{"id":246018,"date":"2016-09-06T10:41:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T10:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=246018"},"modified":"2016-09-06T10:41:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T10:41:59","slug":"ba-risks-losing-main-source-of-potable-water-due-to-galamsey-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/ba-risks-losing-main-source-of-potable-water-due-to-galamsey-audio\/","title":{"rendered":"B\/A risks losing main source of potable water to &#8216;galamsey&#8217; [Audio]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Residents in the Brong Ahafo Region risk losing their major source of potable drinking water, River Tano due to the activities of Galamsey operators.<\/p>\n<p>The water body which has a total catchment area of about 1500 kilometers\u00a0 square runs through Ghana and Cote d\u2019Ivoire and serves the Ghana Water Treatment Plant at Abesim near Sunyani.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/9bd76a51-d172-4bb4-978a-ad2732c6705e.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-246178\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/9bd76a51-d172-4bb4-978a-ad2732c6705e.jpg\" alt=\"Tano\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the report below, <strong>Citi News&#8217;<\/strong> Duke Mensah Opoku captures the effects of the pollution of the River on residents of the Bono Ahafo Region.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/281614540&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents in the Brong Ahafo Region risk losing their major source of potable drinking water, River Tano due to the activities of Galamsey operators. 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