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Permanent Security Team To Fight Galamsey On Rivers

Lands Minister Commissions 5 Speed Boats To Fight Galamsey, And A Weigh Bridge

Sustaining Galamsey Fight: Lands Ministry To Track Excavators - Control Room Ready

Annual rainy season to occur across parts of western Africa through November. Heavy rainfall could result in widespread flooding.

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) in the Upper West Region has expressed concern about the activities of illegal small-scale miners, known as “galamsey”, in some parts of the region. It said those activities were a threat to quality water production and supply from the Jumbussie water treatment plant at…

Mr Samuel Kofi Dzamesi, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bui Power Authority (BPA) has called for concerted efforts towards building a climate resilient society to mitigate the impact of climate change in the country. He said the water sector in Ghana was one of the major areas that…

Madam Dorcas Adwoa Painstil, the Ag. Executive Secretary of the Water Resources Commission (WRC), has observed that illicit human activities around water bodies poses serious threats to the natural habitat of fish. She identified factors including waste from small-scale industries and mining (galamsey), leaching of agro-chemicals from farms into rivers,…

Mr Obed Kofi Tuabu, a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Agriculture, School of Engineering, University for Development Studies (UDS) Tamale, has stated that the uncertainties in rainfall amounts and distribution present risks of crop failure in recent times. Besides, the soils in Northern Ghana mostly lack organic matter due…

Officials from West African countries situated along the tributaries of the Volta Basin gathered at a workshop in the Ghanaian capital Monday to find solutions to perennial flooding and severe droughts that affect the socio-economic development of their populations. The Volta Basin is the ninth-largest river basin in Sub-Saharan Africa,…

Ghana’s Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources Hon. Cecilia Dapaah has hinted that the government has set priorities towards the realization of responsive groundwater policies and actions in order to promote groundwater sustainability. According to her, the government is strengthening policies and regulations for groundwater protection and long-term sustainability as…