2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
5/21/2019 | 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM | FIGHTING WATER POLLUTION AND RESTORING OUR LAKES: A LESSON TO BE LEARNT FROM GHANA | 151 DEF
FIGHTING WATER POLLUTION AND RESTORING OUR LAKES: A LESSON TO BE LEARNT FROM GHANA
Ghana had serious water pollution challenges in its rivers, lakes and streams such as Pra, Birim and Ankobra. The rivers were unsafe for human consumption; fishermen were not able to fish, the rivers posed a threat to aquatic ecosystems due to illegal mining of gold in the rivers beds and the discharge of untreated mercury, cyanide, excreta into the rivers. Ghana Water Company shut down its treatment plants at Osino, Sekyere, and Daboase because of high cost of purification. To clean and sustain Ghana’s rivers, US$ 400 million was needed. However, due to an aggressive political, economic and environment measures adopted by the Government in 2018 in line with the UN SDGs goals 6, 11 and 13, the rivers and lakes are now restored to its natural states. The Government established a joint Military Task Force to control the illegal mining activities and streamline their operational. Thousands of illegal miners, including Chinese nationals were arrested and deported, 2,044 equipment used were destroyed.
It is based on this outcome that, this paper recommends other countries should learn from Ghana environmental, ecological, political, social lessons to restore their polluted rivers and lakes.
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Regulation
- Management
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Isaac Nyameke
(), Ghana Aquaculture and Fish Network, isaacnyameke@gmail.com;
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Daniel Obeng
(), Ghana Aquaculture and Fish Network, danielyobeng@yahoo.com;
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