A regional workshop on the EPIC Response Framework: “Innovative Governance for Flood and Drought Risk Management” has been held in Accra, with a call on stakeholders to apply innovative solutions to flood and drought challenges in West Africa. The workshop followed an EPIC Response Framework Report launched in June 2021…
Illegal mining affecting water production in Daboase
April 21, 2021
Illegal mining activities are affecting the production of quality water at the Daboase Water Treatment Plant in Wassa East District, the Western Regional Chief Manager of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Francis Agyei-Boateng, has lamented.
He said galamsey activities increased cost in water treatment and also maintenance regime and called for a collective national action to stem the canker.
Mr Agyei -Boateng expressed these sentiments when the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Ms Cecilia Abena Dapaah, led a government delegation to assess the water situation at the Daboase Treatment Plant on Monday.