The Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources, Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, has raised alarm over Ghana’s water access crisis, despite the country’s abundant natural water resources. Water access remains deeply unequal, he noted. The Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources identified non-revenue water, currently estimated at 80 per cent, as a major threat to urban water supply, far above the international benchmark of 25 per cent. To improve access, the Minister announced progress on key urban water projects, including Keta (72%), Wenchi (91%) and Sekondi-Takoradi (89%), with new projects in Damango and Sunyani set to begin soon. He said government, through the Water Resources Commission, is restoring buffer zones, strengthening local water governance and deploying digital systems to regulate mining and protect water bodies.