Water pollution

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Plastic In Rivers Major Source of Ocean Pollution

Plastic that is dumped in rivers and then ends up in the world's oceans is one of the major sources of marine...

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An Enemy of Ghana’s Arable Lands and Water Bodies

Galamsey: An enemy of Ghana’s arable lands and water bodies Galamsey as it is called in Ghana has resulted in serious...

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Galamsey Affecting Water Production In Ghana

The Managing Director (MD) of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) Ing Dr Clifford Braimah has bemoaned the level of...

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Road Salt Runoff Threatens US, Canada Lakes

Salting of roads in winter helps drivers navigate snow and ice, but the runoff may be irreparably damaging freshwater...

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MPs Laud SSGL Ltd Over Lavender Hill Treatment Plant

Members of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Local Government have commended Sewerage Systems Ghana Limited (SSGL)...

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MPs Push For End To Dumping of Faecal Matter Into Sea

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Local Government wants the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to crack the whip...

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AMA Charged To Stop Dumping of Fecal Matter Into Sea

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Local Government has called on the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to...

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‘Protect Ghana’s Water Bodies’

Executive Director of Water Resources Commission (WRC), Mr. Ben Ampomah, has called on government and other...

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Let’s Rescue Birim River From Galamsey Operations

Water in the Birim River is fast becoming untreatable for human consumption as a result of high levels of pollution by...

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Ghanaians Urged To Practice Waste Segregation

Mr Raymond Ategbi Okrofi, the Country Manager of Safi Sana Ghana Ltd, has called on government to come up with policies...

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Protect Ghana Water Bodies

Parliament yesterday observed International World Water Day, with a call on Ghanaians to devise ways to treat and...

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Kyebi Left With Single Borehole As Treatment Plant Shuts Down

Activities of illegal miners have led to the shutdown of the Ghana Water Company treatment plant at Kyebi in the East...

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Birim Pollution Forces Shutdown of Water Plant In Kyebi; Residents Resort To One Borehole

Residents at Kyebi in the Akim East Municipality of the Eastern Region queue at the only borehole in the area to access...

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Galamsey, Pollution Destroying Water Bodies In Ghana

The imminent threat of Ghana’s water resources running dry in a few years time gets scarier by the day. Water...

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Ghana Risks Importing Water – Experts

Experts at the Ghana Water Company have warned that the country risks importing water for consumption unless illegal...

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Wastewater Use For Sustainable Living and Survival

Since 1993, March 22 has been celebrated as World Water Day. The day was first officially added in the schedule 21 of...

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Gov’t To Fight Menace Using Drones, Tracking Devices

The Minister of Lands, Forestry and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has hinted that government would soon start...

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Illegal Mining Along Black Volta Threatens Water Supply In Upper West

Illegal mining activities along the Black Volta River is threatening potable water supply in Wa in the Upper West...

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Large Oil Spill Cleaned Up In Russia’s Vladivostok

A large oil spill of about 200 square meters has been successfully cleaned up here, the Marine Emergency Rescue Service...