Ghana: Country Explores Sea Water As an Alternative to Potable Water

It was under the auspices of the Water Resources Commission (WRC), the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) ? a research initiative with a goal to increase the productivity of water used for agriculture, leaving more water for other users and the environment. He explained that Ghana is not the first country to explore the above possibility and that it is being used worldwide. He noted that sea water is available and knowing that fresh water is scarce and diminishing in quantity, it is appropriate to search for other means to transform the abundant to get potable water supply.

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