Ashanti South

Ing. Agyekum is the Regional Chief Manager for Ashanti South Region. He joined the company in 1999 as an Assistant Engineer at Accra Tema Metropolitan Area (ATMA).

In 2004, he was transferred to the Brong Ahafo Region as the Regional Project Engineer. Due to his exceptional performance and dedication to his job, he was reassigned in February 2006 to the Northern Region, where he oversaw the Tamale Water Expansion and Optimization Project in the same position.

After AVRL divided the company into four areas, Ing. Agyekum was appointed to oversee operations in Area four (4), which encompassed the Brong Ahafo Region and the three (3) Northern Regions. He continued to take on various roles within the company, including overseeing the Wa Water Expansion Project and the Regional Distribution Operations in Wa in May 2015, and serving as the Regional Distribution Manager in the Central Region in November 2018.

In June 2019, he became the Operations Manager responsible for the Production and Distribution in the Region until September of the same year, when he was transferred to the Accra West Region as the Regional Distribution Manager. In November 2020, he was again transferred to the Accra East Region in the same capacity before returning to the Accra West Region in May 2021. In July 2022, he was appointed as the Regional Chief Manager for Ashanti South Region.

Ing. Edward Agyekum is an accomplished engineer with a BSc in Civil Engineering from Havana University – Cuba, an MSc in Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation from KNUST, a Commonwealth Executive Master’s in Public Administration from KNUST, and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation from the Atlantic International University in Miami, Florida, USA. His passion for engineering is evident in his work and his many achievements within the company.

The Ashanti South Region formed part of the then Ashanti Region with Kumasi as its capital.  Due to the expansion in water supply operations, the then Ashanti Region was divided into three operational Regions:

• The Ashanti South Region
• The Ashanti North Region
• The Ashanti Production Region

The Ashanti South Region, as the name implies occupies the southern part of the then Ashanti Region.  It has six operational Districts whose boundaries are independent of the normal political administrative boundaries of Local Government.

Trade, commerce and farming are the leading economies in the Region.  Other sources of income available relate to substantial gold deposits and other export products such as cocoa and high-quality hardwoods.

SOURCE OF WATER SUPPLY

The Ashanti South Region gets its water supply from the Barekese Headworks which currently produces an average of 22 MGD.  Out of this, the Ashanti South Region receives an average of 10 MGD for distribution in four out of the six operational Districts.  The other two Districts have their own water supply systems.  The Region currently has a customer strength of 40,000.  This number increases by an average of one hundred and fifty (150) customers a month through new service connections.  This number could increase substantially if the distribution system could be extended to cover new developing communities.

The Ashanti South Region serves two major industrial customers – Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited and Everpure (Bottling Water Plant).  Most of the essential government institutions in the Kumasi metropolis are also located in the Ashanti South Region.  These include:

• The Kumasi Polytechnic
• The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
• The Military Barracks
• The Police Barracks
• The Police Training School
• The Kumasi Central Prisons
• and majority of Second Cycle Institutions

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