CRS holds forum on sustainable sand mining on White Volta River

” Mr Sulemana Hassan, a staff of Ghana Water Limited in-charge of Water Quality in the Northern Region said illegal sand mining was adversely affecting water production in the Greater Tamale Area.

Mr Hassan said Ghana Water Limited would continue to provide technical expertise and support to regulatory institutions to help protect the river, which is the company’s only source of raw water for supplying the Greater Tamale Area.

He said the findings informed the implementation of the Sustainable Sand Mining Project, through which CRS had worked with stakeholders to identify and demarcate buffer zones to prevent farming activities close to the river at Nawuni and reduce the cost of treating water for urban consumption.