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Land guards threaten Okponglo dump conversion to garden

Featured Aug 9, 2017

A few weeks ago it was an illegal refuse dump site at Okponglo close the main entrance of the University of Ghana. But following the persistent reportage of Citi News’ the recurrent illegal refuse dump site is fast becoming a garden. This is because the University of Ghana has given…

Timeabu residents battle with acute water shortage due to galamsey

Featured Aug 9, 2017

Residents at Timeabu in the Ejisu-Juabeng Municipality of the Ashanti Region have been hit with an acute water crisis as result of illegal mining activities in the area. The only source of drinking water, ‘Banko’ Stream, has been polluted while the two bore-holes in the community are also faulty. The…

FoN opposes immediate ban of mercury in Ghana

Featured Aug 2, 2017

Friends of the Nation (FoN), an environmental Non-Governmental Organisation, has opposed an immediate ban on the importation of mercury into the country and, therefore, advised the Government to tread cautiously to prevent any backlash. It said an immediate ban on mercury imports and use may make the current illegal…

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Timeabu residents battle with acute water shortage due to galamsey

Featured Pollution August 9, 2017

Liberia shuts down bottled water companies

Eco Crime Featured July 19, 2017

The authorities in Liberia have closed down more than 50 companies selling drinking water in bottles and plastic sachets. The public health authority said the water was not fit for human consumption. It said some of the companies claimed to be producing mineral water when it was nothing of... Read more

Ban Plastic straws and bottled water, adopt bamboo and paper

Conservation Featured July 11, 2017

Executive directors and Ambassadors of drink safety water, are calling on various districts and municipal Assemblies to immediately ban plastic straws and bottled water in the country due to its non biodegradable properties. According to Mr. Issaka Amon Kotei, who is a local government expert and Drink Safety... Read more

Residents of Yaw Adipa get potable water

Featured Health July 6, 2017

Y. Konnor drinking fresh water from the borehole, while Mr Mahesh Mahtani and others look on The residents of Yaw Adipa, a farming community near Nsawam in the Eastern Region, can now boast of potable water after they were provided with a borehole by Hyundai Motors and Investment (Ghana)... Read more

Kpone Barrier: Residents want buildings on water ways demolished

Climate Featured June 25, 2017

Residents of Kpone barrier in the Greater Accra Region have called on Kpone Katanmanso District Assembly to demolish all buildings sited in water courses to prevent perennial flooding. According to them, the Assembly had slept on its responsibilities for far too long resulting in a situation where individuals take... Read more

Water shortages kill twelve million people annually

Featured Nature June 21, 2017

Findings by the United Nation’s (UN’s) Convention to Combat Desertification indicates that twelve million people die annually due to water shortages or contaminated drinking water. The findings also revealed that the world’s drinking water supplies have fallen by almost two thirds since 1950 while desertification is threatening the... Read more

Plan Int. Ghana provides two rural communities potable water

Featured Health June 18, 2017

Plan International Ghana has provided potable drinking water to two rural communities to mitigate water stress bane in the communities. The beneficial communities are; Mintakrom and Amahi-Nkwanta both is Akuapem North Municipality of the Eastern region . Commissioning the Mechanised borehole Projects Friday, the Eastern Program Unit Manager of Plan... Read more

FAO releases new tool to track water productivity in agriculture

Agriculture Climate Featured June 12, 2017

Organisation (FAO), has released a new tool that offers water-scarce countries and river basins a way to boost productivity, by measuring how the resource is efficiently used in agriculture. The WaPOR open-access database has gone live, tapping satellite data to help farmers achieve more reliable agricultural yields and allowing... Read more

Sweden base organization to build capacity of communities to protect Water Bodies in Ghana

Conservation Featured Pollution June 9, 2017

Six communities in the Eastern Region of Ghana are to benefit from a capacity building geared towards protection of Water bodies through a program dubbed ’Ghana Drink Safety Water Project (GDSWAP),expected to be rolled out by Kingdom 1st Group, a Sweden base organization. A Senior Consultant to Kingdom... Read more

Gov’t to solve Yendi water crisis – Bawumia

Featured Health May 18, 2017

Government has promised to allocate three million Dollars for the Yendi water expansion project.Vice President, Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia made this known at the Dagbon Regent, Kampakuya-Naa Yakubu Abdulai Andani’s palace in Yendi. He said government was much concerned about the Yendi perennial water crisis, hence the move to... Read more