The Managing Director of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Adam Mutawakilu, has raised crucial issues regarding the deteriorating state of water our our bodies inside the Eastern, Western, and Central Regions, attributing the state of affairs to illegal mining actions.

Speaking in an distinctive interview with PleasureNews, Mr. Mutawakilu outlined that whereas some rivers have confirmed enchancment in water prime quality, others proceed to bear from extreme ranges of turbidity attributable to galamsey operations.

“Take the Western, Eastern, Central, we have necessary challenges with among the many rivers. But if in case you have a take a look at it, it’s blended. While in among the many river our our bodies the turbidity is declining, others’ turbidity goes up, so it’s a mix,” he stated.

According to him, information collected between 2014 and 2015 paints the identical picture of uneven progress in water prime quality all through diverse river packages.
“I did a comparability between 2014 and 2015. If you are taking River Densu in Nsawam, you perceive that the turbidity has been dropping over the months. If you go up and take Kwanyako, then the turbidity has been going up, so the helpful useful resource is mixed,” he talked about.

Mr. Mutawakilu revealed that the Kwanyako Water Treatment Plant inside the Central Region is among the many many worst-affected facilities, forcing the company to take urgent steps to maintain up operations.
“I visited Kwanyako; that plant has an issue. We are working throughout the clock to dredge it after which uncover completely different choices to cope with it,” he well-known.

He talked about whereas some water remedy vegetation have been compelled to shut down on account of extreme air air pollution ranges, others have been effectively revived to keep up present.
“We have the Kyebi remedy plant—it was down some years previously, acquired right here once more, and is down now. Daboase is working, Bonsa is working. It was down as soon as I acquired right here, nonetheless now we have revived it and it’s now working. So there is a optimistic delicate on the end of the tunnel. We, Ghana Water, are working spherical to see how we have completely different strategies of establishing sure that we proceed to provide water regardless of the challenges,” he added.

On requires the declaration of a state of emergency in areas carefully affected by galamsey, the GWCL boss talked about such an plan might be counterproductive.
“The question is that, will a state of emergency clear up the problem? Me, I don’t suppose so. The authorities has deployed so much movement and continues to find, nonetheless a state of emergency shouldn’t impact the communities inside which the mining takes place. Businesses will come down, various points might be crashed, and they need to survive as properly,” he outlined.

He insisted that sturdy authorities dedication and sustained enforcement had been the surest strategies to cope with the menace.
“For me, it is not a number of state of emergency. It’s the dedication the federal authorities, His Excellency John Mahama, is displaying, and collectively along with his appointees, to fight in it. State of emergency just isn’t going to be the reply to it,” Mr. Mutawakilu concluded.

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