Thirst in the midst of abundance?

This water has been gushing out of a burst pipeline at Kwashieman in Accra for more than a week now.
Attempts by the residents, including this reporter, to get officials of the Ghana Urban Water Company Limited (GUWCL) to patch the leakage failed as they would either not answer the calls or promise to come only to fail.
And this is not the first time. Similar leakages and bursts in the present and nearby pipelines have occurred more than five separate times only in this year.
But while this treated water waste into gutters and subsequently muddy nearby areas, thousands of people, including some neighbours of the burst pipelines, continue to live without water.
Some of those neighbours are now relying on the bubbling water from the ground to meet their individual water needs as they still struggle to cope with life in the national capital without a stable source of water for domestic consumption.
Is this not a clear sign of thirst in the midst of abundance?
There could be enough water for all if only the authorities in charge of this life-anchor resource acted with a sense of responsiveness.
Picture: MAXWELL ADOMBILA AKALAARE