Ocean Cleanup Finds Rivers Are Major Culprits Behind Ocean Pollution
A new study has revealed that the major culprit behind Earth's polluted oceans are the world's river systems. Researchers at ...
Tag: Water pollution
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 lakes ...
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) for its operations at ...
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 and stop sewage ...
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 immediately enforce stricter regulations ...
‘Protect Ghana’s Water Bodies’
Executive Director of Water Resources Commission (WRC), Mr. Ben Ampomah, has called on government and other stakeholders in the sector ...
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 ...
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 ...
Protect Ghana Water Bodies
Parliament yesterday observed International World Water Day, with a call on Ghanaians to devise ways to treat and re-use waste ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ghana Risks Importing Water – Experts
Experts at the Ghana Water Company have warned that the country risks importing water for consumption unless illegal mining activities ...
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 ...
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 using drones ...
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 Region, ...
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 ...