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Dr. Hanson Mensah-Akuteh

REGIONAL CHIEF MANAGER

Hanson Mensah-Akutteh (Ph.D.), is the Regional Chief Manager of the Ashanti Production Region. Before his position, Dr. Hanson was the Chief Manager of the Upper East Region.

Dr. Hanson joined Ghana Water Company on the 28^th of April 2002 as a Water Quality Assurance Officer. He rose through the ranks and became the Regional Water Quality Assurance Manager in 2012. He served in the then Ashanti Region now divided into three (3) regions as Process Chemist at the Barekese Water Treatment Plant from 2002 to 2005. He was transferred to Brong- Ahafo Region to serve as the Regional Water Quality Assurance Manager in 2005.

Dr. Hanson served as Regional Manager, Water Quality at both ATMA Production Region, Accra, and the Head Office, until his promotion to the Chief Manager position in 2020.

He has over 21 years of working experience in Process Water treatment, Managerial, and Leadership adeptness, and has attended several in-house and external training & workshops relevant to the water supply industry and managerial leadership.

Dr. Hanson holds a BSc. (Hons) Biochemistry, College of Science, KNUST, 1995, a Master’s in public health (MPH), College of Health Sciences, KNUST, 2012, and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Water Supply and Treatment Technology from the School of Engineering, KNUST in 2022.

Ashanti Production Region was carved out of the then Ashanti Region on 13^th September 2013. It is responsible for the potable water production aspect of GWCL’s mandate as spelt out in the mission of the company. The region is therefore into raw water abstraction, treatment, transmission, storage and water quality monitoring for distribution, billing and commercial activities by Ashanti North and South regions.

Ashanti Production operates five (5) Conventional Water Treatment Plants (CWTPs) and four (4) Groundwater Systems (GWS). The total designed capacity is 67.334Mm3/year and an installed capacity of 57.234Mm3/year.  The five CWTPs are Barekese, Owabi, Mampong, Konongo and Odaso. The GWS are Effiduase-Asokore, Agona, Tepa and New Edubiase.

A new CWTP with a designed capacity of 5.3Mm3/year is currently under construction at Aframso in Kumawu.  In addition, the region operates eight (8) Booster Stations and 23 storage reservoirs with varying capacities ranging from 54m3 to 9,000m3. The total distance covered by the transmission pipelines is 132.8km and are made of steel, DI and HDPE materials with sizes ranging from 200mm to 1050mm diameters.