Ashanti Region: Barekese Headworks risks being closed down 

The Barekese Headworks in Ashanti Region risks being closed down by the Ghana Water Company Limited if urgent steps are not taken to halt illegal artisanal mining, also known as galamsey, currently on-going upstream of its catchment area at Nkwantakese in the Afigya Kwabre District.
  
According to the Water Resources Commission, the Barekese water intake facility should be designated as a security zone, as has been done in the Weija catchment since August last year, an initiative that is already producing positive results.
 
The Board Chairman of the Water Resources Commission, Agyewodin Adu Gyamfi Ampem, raised the concern at a news conference in Kumasi.

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