Illegal Mining: Galamsey fight improving water production - GWCL

The Head of Corporate Communications at the Ghana Water Company Limited, Stanley Martey said that they hope the campaign is sustained.

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has revealed that the recent campaign against illegal small-scale mining popularly referred to as ‘galamsey’ is improving production of water nationwide.

The Head of Corporate Communications at the Ghana Water Company Limited, Stanley Martey told Accra-based Citi FM that they hope the campaign is sustained.

“We’ve seen some improvement and we are happy about the campaign against galamsey activities. I hope that it will all be sustained…If it is not sustained and this galamsey activity continues or start again, we are going to face the same challenge.”

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He said the quality will keep improving if the fight is continued.

Before the campaign against galamsey started, the production plants of the GWCL had been shut down due to difficulties in treating the heavily polluted water for subsequent distribution to homes.

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However, the Kyebi, Dabuasi and the Odaso water treatment plants which were shut down due to galamsey activities have been reopened to serve their various catchment areas.

Mr Martey said a better enforcement of the laws will ensure that the water resources of the country are protected. He said all effort must be put in place to ensure that the progress made in the fight are not reversed.

The Head of Corporate Communications at the Ghana Water Company Limited, Stanley Martey said that they hope the campaign is sustained. Read Full Story