Takoradi — Illegal mining, popularly called galamsey, is undermining efforts to sustain potable water in small towns, particularly in mining areas across the country, the Chief Executive Officer of Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), Mr Worlanyo Kwadjo Siabi, has disclosed.
He explained that upsurge of minerals, including arsenic, manganese and fluoride in groundwater in some mining areas, have destroyed and causing a decline in water coverage.
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