Water Sector Strategic Development Plan (2012-2025).

This Water Sector Strategic Development Plan (WSSDP) sets out Ghana’s commitment to and provides the framework for achieving the vision in respect of water, which is “sustainable water and basic sanitation for all by 2025.” The WSSDP identifies and addresses existing and emerging challenges in delivering water and basic sanitation services in the country and proposes strategies towards ensuring that all people in Ghana have access to basic levels of water and sanitation services by 2025. It illustrates the Government of Ghana’s commitment to operationalising the policy objectives and implementation strategies in the National Water Policy and the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda (GSGDA) (2010-2013).
WSSDP has been prepared by the Government of Ghana (GoG) to provide a framework for implementing its vision, policy objectives and targets for the water and sanitation sector. It will guide the water sector as a whole in the planning, development and management of the nation’s water resources and in the delivery of sustainable water and water-related sanitation services. Government’s vision of the water sector aims to all people living in Ghana have adequate, safe, affordable and reliable access to a basic level of water service, practise safe sanitation and hygiene and that water resources are sustainably managed.” The overall goal of this plan is “improved living standards of Ghanaians through increased access and use of safe water, sanitation and hygiene and sustainable management of water resources.” This goal is expected to be achieved by 2025 through the implementation of an investment programme from 2012 to 2025 structured along two main prongs: service delivery and cross-cutting issues.
WSSDP aims at performing activities on cross-cutting issues in the water and sanitation sector, such as: research, gender, monitoring and evaluation. The emerging issues around these thematic areas are as follows: Knowledge Management; Gender and Monitoring and Evaluation. Ensure gender equity in participation in water and sanitation management at all levels.
The water sector as defined in the WSSDP includes the following sub-sectors: urban water delivery including water supply service in peri-urban communities; rural and small towns water delivery; basic sanitation and hygiene in rural areas; and water resource management. The plan does not address other aspects of environmental sanitation.