{"id":190150,"date":"2016-02-16T05:45:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T05:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=190150"},"modified":"2016-02-16T05:45:26","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T05:45:26","slug":"lets-hope-for-rains-to-tackle-water-crisis-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/lets-hope-for-rains-to-tackle-water-crisis-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s hope for rains to tackle water crisis – Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"
Regardless of the fact that some countries with fewer water bodies provide sufficient water both for domestic and industrial purposes, Ghanaians have been asked to bank their hopes\u00a0on rain\u00a0water\u00a0to tackle the seeming water crisis being experienced in some parts of the country.<\/p>\n
The hardest hit is the \u00a0Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipality in the Eastern Region where the Densu river has dried up considerably.<\/p>\n
Although the challenges with inadequate supply of water has been largely blamed on pollution of water bodies, low investment in the sector and in some cases, changes in weather patterns, the Deputy Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing, Sampson Ahi, says\u00a0the challenge with water is largely natural, because\u00a0“we are in the dry season.”<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”fj6CNaRRL3ryUZYD2Il2Mw57UWZDfYuS”]Residents of Nsawam-Adoagyiri have had\u00a0\u00a0no access to potable water for more than a month and fear there could be an outbreak of cholera and other communicable diseases.<\/p>\n