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41% Of Ghanaians Depend On Underground Water

AngloGold Ashanti, Obuasi Mine, has initiated a public sensitization programme to educate the people of the Adansi enclave to protect groundwater The programme, which was being implemented in collaboration with the Ghana Water Company was to educate the people on the negative impact of open defecation, illegal mining and spillage…

Graphic Online Date: Jul - 02 - 2021 , 12:21 BY: Maclean Kwofi 30.5k Shares 705 About 28 per cent of people are currently living in areas with scarce water in Ghana, with the figure projected to reach about 46 per cent by 2030. The Head of Surface Water Division of the WRI, Dr Emmanuel Obuobie, said even without the impact of galamsey, places like the Pra Basin could be described as scarce water areas. He said based on recent turbidity measurements, it was clear that galamsey had rendered the Pra and Ankobra rivers not fit for any use without treatment, exacerbating the already dire water sc...

Activities of galamsey have been said to have affected water supply in the country • There is water scarcity in the country, per information from the Head of Surface Water Division of the Water Research Institute • According to Dr. Emmanuel Obuobie, areas with such scarcity make up for 28% of the population • He revealed this during a seminar organised to help find solutions to the menace of water scarcity resultant of galamsey The number of people living in areas with scarce water in Ghana is 28 per cent of the country’s population, with a 2030 projection pegged to reach 46 per cent....