By Ghana News
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The Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Dr Kingsley Agyemang, has disclosed that the Kyebi Water Treatment Plant has been rendered non-operational due to illegal mining activities on the Birim River.
According to him, the Birim River, which serves several communities in the Abuakwa South Constituency, has been heavily polluted by illegal mining activities and rendered unsafe for consumption.
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In a signed statement dated Wednesday, October 8, 2025, Dr Kingsley highlighted the seriousness of the issue.
He stated that the turbidity level of the Birim River has now risen to 64,000 NTU, making it dangerously harmful and rendering the water untreatable.
“For months now, I have watched with deep sorrow as the soul of Abuakwa South bleeds. The Ghana Water Limited has, for over three months, been unable to operate the Kyebi Water Treatment Plant that supplies potable water to Kyebi and the entire municipality.
“The Birim River, once the pride and lifeline of our people, has turned into a thick sludge of poison. Its turbidity now stands at 64,000 NTU, a level so dangerously high that the water is untreatable and unsafe for human use,” the lawmaker stated.
The lawmaker also raised concerns about how the situation, including the collapse of the treatment plant, has left constituents struggling to access clean and safe water for their daily activities.
“This grim reality means that thousands of my constituents have been left without clean water for over three months. And when water is life, the absence of it is the absence of life itself. Abuakwa South, the land of our birth and hope, now gasps for breath because a few individuals have chosen greed over the collective good,” he lamented.
He has, therefore, appealed to all stakeholders within the security agencies to take decisive action against illegal miners and their activities.
“As the Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, I cannot remain silent while our people suffer and our land perishes. I am therefore making a passionate appeal to all the relevant institutions within the Criminal Justice value chain, including the Police, the Prosecution Service, the Judiciary, and the Environmental Protection Agencies, to act decisively and without fear or favour.
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“The law must bite, and it must bite hard. Those who profit from the destruction of our environment, whether local or foreign, must be made to face the full rigors of the law,” he added.
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