Story By: Juliet Akosua Danquah
As the country grapples with the severe pollution of its rivers from illegal mining, the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) has claimed it possesses the definitive solution to cleanse the nation’s water bodies.
The Vice Chancellor of UMaT, Professor Richard Kwasi Amankwah, announced that the university has engineered a specialized technology capable of purifying all rivers contaminated by galamsey.
He made this declaration during UMaT’s 17th Congregation in Tarkwa, where 2,496 students graduated.
He explained that the innovation, developed by the Minerals Engineering Department, is ready for deployment and only requires a government mandate to begin the large-scale purification of heavily silted rivers.
“We have a process where Geomatic Engineers, led by Prof. Cynthia B. Boye, utilize satellite imagery to monitor water quality in rivers across numerous small-scale mining districts,” he detailed.
“In tandem, the Minerals Engineering Department collects river samples and devises precise purification methods. I wish to state emphatically that UMaT possesses both the technology and the expertise to decontaminate all of Ghana’s polluted rivers, provided we are given the opportunity,” the Vice Chancellor asserted.
