The Ghana Water Company Limited is still lamenting the threat posed to water bodies through activities such as illegal mining.<\/p>\n
The company recently announced a significant improvement in the water situation, but that has been short-lived due to worsening pollution caused by illegal miners.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”5ep2izl7QQjgv5to8ajxF4PjThGMFPZv”]According to the Western Regional Communications Manager of the company, Nana Yaw Barnie, the situation has led to continuous water rationing in most parts of the region.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhenever we enter the dry season, water becomes a problem because we do not have enough raw water for treatment, so that is what is happening now. We started rationing water in January and we are still rationing, we have a problem due to various factors such as galamsey,\u201dhe said.<\/p>\n
He noted that galamsey is still very much alive in the Western Region despite ongoing efforts by the government to end it.<\/p>\n
He indicated that, a report on water quality has shown that the colour quality of water bodies in the in region had decreased from 3000-900 Hazen Unit (HU)\u00a0 in 2017, but this year, it has seen its worst increase of over 4000HU.<\/p>\n