News – CSIR WATER

September 1, 2025

Ghana Joins the All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance

Ghana is proud to be welcomed by the All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance as its newest Partner. Following the 2024 All-Atlantic Forum, Ghana formally expressed its commitment to AAORIA through the Intergovernmental Oceanographic...

March 18, 2025

The Impact of Plastic Waste on the Ghanaian Economy

Dr. Pennante Naa Ayikailey Bruce-Vanderpuije engages in a detailed discussion with FOX FM in Kumasi, Ghana, on the Impact of Plastic Waste on the Ghanaian Economy [embed]https://youtu.be/_ahf_z1zIQk[/embed]

May 14, 2024

Treating Infection

Treating infection from Odaw, Okrudu rivers Regina Ama Banu - CSIR Water Research Institute Bacteria are found everywhere, while some are harmless others are harmful. When they cause infections, it is usually not a great worry...

April 4, 2024

Wascal Donates

WASCAL DONATES 5 WATER LEVEL SENSORS TO WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTEWASCAL has donated four (4) automatic water level sensors and one (1) water quality sensor to the Water Research Institute in Accra. This contribution aims...

April 4, 2024

Tiseed Project

TiSeed project close out workshop and launch of fish farm tracker appThe project “Accelerating aquaculture development in Ghana through sustainable Nile Tilapia seed production and dissemination” [Tilapia Seed Project – TiSeed] was led by...

March 25, 2024

Water Day

Water: A loan from future generationsI was surprised in my recent visit to the UK when I found that many households I visited drank treated water directly from their taps. I must confess, it took...

March 25, 2024

Ardec Visit

Management Board Ardec visit Board visit As part of the 48th Board Meeting of the CSIR -Water Research Institute, which was held at Volta Hotel, Akosombo, theBoard Members took a working tour of the Aquaculture...

March 25, 2024

MANAGEMENT BOARD

CSIR Water Research Institute Board Of Directors CHAIRMAN MR. ANTHONY BOATENGMR. ANTHONY BOATENGHe is theead for Africa & Financial Resilience specialist for Ford Foundation African BUILD Programme. Over two decades of proven success...

March 20, 2024

CSIR AND WHO

CSIR and WHO Dissemination Seminar on Antimicrobial Resistance The CSIR-Water Research Institute and World Health Organization (WHO) Ghana have successfully organized a dissemination seminar in Accra to present the findings of the Structured Operational Research Training Initiative (SORT...

March 20, 2024

PAR Outreach

AMR EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CREATION AMONGST RESIDENTS OF TABITHA CARE HOME, POKUASE Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to be a major setback to disease control in medicine. Data suggest that the elderly are among the...