Galamsey threatening water supply – GWCL warns
The GWCL said the rivers have become brownish and muddy posing a threat to the Daboase Water Treatment Plant and increasing the cost of water production.
Jonas Danquah 
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has warned of the looming danger posed by illegal mining activities popularly known as galamsey on water supply in the Central and Western regions, as the contamination of the rivers worsens.
The GWCL has been compelled to ration water to residents in the areas since the river had become brownish and muddy, posing threat to the Daboase Water Treatment Plant and increasing the cost of water production.
The Managing Director of the GWCL, Dr. Clifford Braimah, called on the government for urgent action to halt illegal mining activities to safeguard the country's water system from further pollution.
The Government has consequently renewed the commitment towards the fight against galamsey, warning that the perpetrators would not be spared, irrespective of their status in society or political affiliation.
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Speaking after a joint ministerial tour of various water stations in the Central and Western regions, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor, said government would combat illegal mining in the country’s water bodies head-on.
According to him, the government was not against mining, stressing that the "government is now more than ever committed to working to sanitise the system and ensure that mining was done the right way."
The Central and Western Regional minister pledged to put resources at his disposal to fight the menace.
The Central Regional Minister said "we should be ashamed of what we have done to our water bodies. It's an anomaly", and promised to erect a security post at the various sites to help fight the menace.
