Residents in the Brong Ahafo Region risk losing their major source of potable drinking water, River Tano due to the activities of Galamsey operators.
The water body which has a total catchment area of about 1500 kilometers square runs through Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire and serves the Ghana Water Treatment Plant at Abesim near Sunyani.
In the report below, Citi News’ Duke Mensah Opoku captures the effects of the pollution of the River on residents of the Bono Ahafo Region.
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By: citifmonline.com/Ghana