The Ghana Water Restricted (GWL) has introduced extreme water provide challenges in Cape Coast, Elmina, and surrounding communities as a consequence of unlawful mining (galamsey) actions within the Pra River.
The corporate defined in a launch that water sources have been polluted past reasoning limits, affecting processing and distribution for home and industrial use.
“Galamsey has compromised the standard of uncooked water, decreasing our consumption to the barest minimal.”
“About 60% of the catchment capability is silted, inflicting turbidity ranges to rise to 14,000 NTU, as an alternative of the designed 2000 NTU.”
Based on the assertion, the Sekyere Hemang Water Remedy Plant is producing solely 7,500m³/day, 1 / 4 of its capability, inflicting extreme inconvenience to clients.
GWL apologized for the disruption and urged residents to affix the battle towards galamsey, report unlawful actions, and assist initiatives to guard water our bodies.
“Your help is essential in serving to us restore the standard of the uncooked water and guarantee a dependable water provide of fresh ingesting water,” GWL added.
The corporate is participating stakeholders to discover a lasting answer to the difficulty.
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