Idle Teshie-Nungua Desalination Plant Leaves Ghana with $235m Bill

Ghana Loses $235m In Desalination Arbitration

  Ghana is facing a potential US$235 million liability following two arbitration awards in favour of Befesa Desalination Developments Ghana Limited (BDDG) over the termination of the Water Purchase Agreement Read More...

Idle Teshie-Nungua desalination plant leaves Ghana with $235m bill

By Ashiadey Dotse Ghana faces US$235 million as financial liability, over the Teshie-Nungua Desalination Plant, as residents in communities the facility was built to serve continue to struggle for regular water supply while the plant remains shut. A dispute arose over the Teshie-Nungua Desalination Plant regarding the Water Purchase Agreement under which Ghana Water Company […]

Ghana Water ordered to pay $235m over Teshie-Nungua desalination dispute - The Ghana Report

Ghana Water Limited has been ordered to pay US$235 million to Befesa Desalination Developments Ghana Limited (BDDG) following a ruling by an international arbitration tribunal over the Teshie-Nungua desalination project. The award was issued by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) on September 17, 2026, after two arbitration proceedings involving Ghana Water Limited and the […]

Explained: Ghana’s water plant deal that produced a $235m judgment debt instead of water for 500,000 people

Fifteen years after Ghana signed a deal to turn seawater into drinking water for Teshie and Nungua, the plant is idle, residents are buying water from tankers, and an international tribunal has ordered the state to pay $235 million to the plant’s Spanish owners. That is nearly twice the $126 million the plant cost to build. A plant built for the tail end of the network The Teshie-Nungua desalination plant was designed to produce 60,000 cubic met…