A journalist and documentary movie maker, Edem Srem, has raised severe issues about mercury air pollution within the Densu River, a significant supply of water for a number of communities within the nation.
A publish shared on his X web page on Thursday, October 17, 2024 said, “Ghana Water attracts water from the Densu River at Densuso for surrounding communities and the Densu River flows to the Weija Dam, which provides water to about half the residents of Accra. You aren’t far-off, thoughts you, the Densu right here is polluted with mercury.”
The Densu River, spanning 116 kilometres is considered one of 16 water our bodies within the nation severely affected by unlawful mining actions popularly known as galamsey.
It provides half of Accra’s consuming water and flows into important wetlands alongside the Atlantic Ocean.
Stories point out that the river that flows by means of Potrase, Nankese, Abisim, Apedwa, Nsawam, and Adeiso earlier than emptying into the Weija Dam in Accra has been severely polluted, posing a major menace to each human and aquatic ecosystems
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Public discussions on unlawful mining resurfaced within the nation when Ghana Water Restricted (GWL) introduced that the actions of unlawful miners have disrupted water provide within the Central Area.
Learn the publish beneath:
Ghana Water attracts water from the Densu River at Densuso for surrounding communities and the Densu River flows to the Weija Dam which provides water to about half the residents of Accra. You aren’t far-off, thoughts you the Densu right here is polluted with mercury. Picture taken 14/10/2024 pic.twitter.com/3F3rFjypCd
— Edem Srem (@Afrikanticha3) October 17, 2024
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