As part of ongoing national efforts to combat the growing pollution of water bodies, particularly as a result of illegal mining activities popularly known as ‘galamsey,’ in Ghana, the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has launched a water cleaning exercise on the Birim River at Kyebi Adukrom in the Abuakwa South Municipality of the Eastern Region.
The technology, Ionic Nano Copper pilot intervention, is designed to demonstrate practical, scientifically guided methods of restoring degraded river systems and strengthening long-term water resource management.
The CEO of the Environmental Protection Authority, Professor Nana Ama Brown Klutse, who led the pilot initiative, indicated that an amount of $200,000 from its internally generated funds was used just to purchase the technology from the supplier which can clean up to 1 km of a flowing river, and described the technology as a game changer to clean all degraded and polluted water bodies.
Professor Nana Ama Brown Klutse who indicated that the EPA and its partners spent a year sampling and carrying out various testings on the technology, believes once civil society, non-governmental organisations and other groups support the government with funding, Ghana Water Limited will spend less on treating water for Ghanaians.
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