Apply In-Person:

1. To Obtain Ground Water Permit in person, the applicant has to approach the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL). Contact link
2. Applicant must obtain the application form from GWCL office.
3. Applicant must obtain the application form from the relevant department.
4. Applicant should read carefully in the application form, after all details must be filled in the application form.
5. Please provide the names and addresses of two referees who can comment on the character competence and reputation of himself/herself and his/her firm.
6. Please provide the name and address of his/her firm's bankers as required by the Director.
7. The applicant has to make sure that he or she has all the required documents that are required for this process to be successful and they can be found under the "Required Documents" section of this page.
8. Payment of appropriate fees should be made and that can be found under the "Fees" section of this page.
9. Submit the completed form in two copies along with the supporting documents to the respective office.
10. The Director shall after receipt of application referred the application to any public authority designated by the Committee for consideration and comments.
11. The permit may be granted for a period not exceeding five years, the permit shall be granted subject to such conditions as are relevant to the specified particular types of uses determined by the Committee.
12. A processing time of 15 days is needed to complete the processing of the Ground water permit, after which the applicant will be contacted through a phone call to collect his/her Ground water permit.
13. Applicant will be required to carry his/her identification documents when collecting his/her Ground water Permit.

• Application form
• An approved permit
• Identification document (valid passport)
• National identification card
• A borehole completion report with attachments to include the pumping test data, certificate of water quality analysis, sitting report.
• For companies or NGOs Company profile indicating Memorandum and Articles of Association, shareholders and management set up registered certificate.

Ghana Water Company limited
Location: Accra
Address: Ghana Water Company limited
Water utility in Ho, Ghana
JF65+4W2, HO, Ghana
Head Office: 28th February Road
(near Independence Square)
Post Office Box M 194, Accra – Ghana
Email: info@gwcl.com.gh
Website Link
Contact number- +233 36 202 8287
Contact link
Location link

• Individual/Association/Company/Public Authority, corporate engaged in the business of boring/pumping ground water wells.

• A fee for this procedure is free of charge.

License Fee:

• 450,000 GHS New permit.
• 200,000 ¬ 3,000,000 GHS payable annually depending on the amount of water being abstracted.

• This validity for this permit is 5 years.

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• The processing time for this procedure is 15 working days.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Please provide other instructions related to the certificate/documents.
E.g. the state office holds birth records since January 1908.

• Name of the applicant
• Name of Individual/Association/Company/Public Authority
• Name of landowner where borehole is constructed and water will be used.
• Location of land where the water well/borehole is or will be constructed.
• the Use or proposed use of water a) Irrigation b) Livestock (c ) Urban domestic (d ) Rural domestic ( e) Industrial (f ) Fisheries (g ) Services (h ) Power generation (i ) Recreational
• Name of Company/Partnership/Public Corporation/NGO/Cooperative Society.
• Acting for Company/Partnership/Public Corporation/NGO/Co-operative Society.
• Postal address (if different from above):
• District
• Main Activity
• List the full names and citizenship of each Director
• Date of Registration
• Name and address of his/her firm's bankers
• Names and addresses of two referees
• Information relating to the construction type and standard of:
  • Construction.
  • Dimension.
  • Any other feature of the works.
  • Any associated works.
• Information relating to the future maintenance and operation of the works and any associated works and the date on which operation of these works may commence.
• Information on the period within which work on the works must be completed.
• Information on the qualifications that must be held by any person who is to undertake, design, construct or operate the whole or any part of the works.
• Information on works of a waterway, additional works and measures to be undertaken.

• A water permit (consent) may be required to take, use, dam or divert water, or to take or use heat or energy from water. Water permits are commonly needed for taking, using, damming or diversion of surface and ground water, e.g. for irrigation purposes.

• Ghana water company limited was established on 1stjuly, 1999 following the conversion of Ghana water and sewerage corporation into a state-owned limited liability company under the statuary corporations Act 461 of 1993 as amended by LI 1648.

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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