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REGIONAL CHIEF MANAGER

ING. JOHN ERIC KWOFIE

Ing. John Eric Kwofie is a Professional Engineer with specialisation in Urban Hydraulics and Sanitary Engineering, Groundwater Resources Management, and Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management.

He holds a Master of Science degree in Water Resources Engineering and Management from the University of Stuttgart, Germany. He also has to his credit an Executive Master of Business Administration from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. Until then, he held a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering, also from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana.

Prior to his appointment as Chief Manager for Central Regional Operations in January 2025, he worked as a Chief Manager in the Volta, Northern, Brong-Ahafo and Eastern Regions between 2021 and 2024.

Ing. Kwofie joined Ghana Water Ltd. (GWL) as an engineer in the year 2007 under the erstwhile Aqua Vitens Rand Limited (AVRL), Head Office Operations, Accra. During his time with AVRL, he held various key positions including Groundwater Resources Manager, Pro-Poor Project Manager, Production Manager and Distribution Manager.

He also worked as a Manager in charge of Operations at the Head Office, between 2019 and 2021, and served as Production Manager between the year 2013 and 2019 in the Central and Volta Regions.

Prior to joining GWL, Ing. Kwofie was a Regional Coordinator with the German Technical Cooperation’s (GTZ) Water Supply Projects in the Eastern and Volta Regions of Ghana between the year 2004 and 2007, of which 37 communities benefitted.

He is a Senior member of the Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE), and has over 21 years of experience in the water sector, with emphasis on both rural and urban water supply operations and management.

The Central Region

Central Region occupies a total size of 9,826km².  The region shares borders on the east with the Greater Accra Region, on the North with Ashanti and Eastern Regions and on the West with Western Region.  With the exception of Upper Denkyira West, Assin North Municipal and Assin South District Assemblies, GWCL is represented in the seventeen (17) remaining urban centres of the districts.

Water Supply Systems

Currently, the Region operates and maintains a total of nine (9) water supply production systems with an installed capacity of 136,830m³/d.  Those systems are managed by the Operations Manager with support from nine (9) station officers.  Dunkwa and Twifo Praso however rely on groundwater as the source of production whilst the remaining systems are surface based treatment systems.

Sources of Raw Water

Kwanyaku Headworks                   –           Ayensu River

Sekyere Hemang Headworks        –           Pra River

Baifikrom Headworks                    –           Ochi Amisa River

Brimsu Headworks                         –           Kakum River

Essakyir Headworks                       –           Ochi Nakwa River

Breman Asikuma Headworks       –           Ochi River

Winneba Headworks                      –           Ayensu River

Districts in the Central Region (10)

The Central Region has ten (10) operational districts namely: Saltpond, Winneba, Swedru, Dunkwa, Elmina, Essakyir, Buduburam, Bisease, Cape Coast North and Cape Coast South.