Ashanti South

ASHANTI SOUTH REGION

ING. FRANCIS AGYEI-BOATENG (REGIONAL CHIEF MANAGER)

Ing. Francis Agyei-Boateng is a Civil Engineer with specialization in Water Supply and Wastewater Systems Design and Operations.

He holds a Master’s degree in Engineering Management from Coventry University, United Kingdom, and a post-graduate certificate in Advanced Water Supply Management and International Management from the University of Dortmund, Germany, as well as a post-graduate certificate in Company Directorship from the Graduate School of Governance and Leadership, Accra, Ghana. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons.) degree in Civil Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana.

He worked as a Projects Engineer for the then Ashanti Region and later held positions at the Head Office as Project Manager and Head of Projects on separate occasions. Additionally, he served as Head of Projects / Head of Planning and Development in the erstwhile ATMA and Accra East Region, and was a Distribution Manager in the Western Region. Prior to his transfer to the Head Office as Chief Manager, Project Planning and Development, Ing. Agyei-Boateng rose through the ranks to become the Regional Chief Manager while in the Western Region.

Ing. Francis Agyei-Boateng has had a rare opportunity of working as an intern with Stadtswerke Mainz, the department responsible for water supply in the city of Mainz, the capital of Rhineland-Palatinate State of Germany and the Mekorot, which is also the national water supply company of Israel, headquartered then in Tel Aviv.

With over 27 years of experience in the water sector, he has contributed significantly to water distribution operations, planning, designing, implementation, and evaluation of water supply projects, as well as Water Supply Engineering Management.

Ing. Francis Agyei-Boateng is endued with passion for accelerated Water Supply Infrastructure Development aimed at improving access to underserved areas. He is also committed to the provision of requisite engineering training for efficient management and sustainability of supply systems.

He is a member of the Ghana Institution of Engineering.

Regional Profile

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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