'Mining activities threaten Ghana's water MDG results', 25 May 2015: While the government of Ghana works…to meet the MDGs on universal water coverage, the activities of mining firms make surface water on which most communities depend unwholesome...[and] expenditure by the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL)…[o]n water treatment unsustainable…[A] study [which] evaluated the impact of gold mining within the Pra basin…[found that]…“…the water…[has become] turbid…” …Samuel Obiri, one of the research scientists, said that [negative human]…activities had also resulted in the release of toxic chemicals…into the river…[which] was of great environmental concern because of the…potential long-term effects on human health…Officials of the GWCL…claim that raw water from the Pra is being contaminated through mining and agricultural activities...“Communities along these rivers, who are not fortunate to have their water treated, are ingesting contaminated raw water into their system,” cautioned Obiri…Chairman for CONIWAS [Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation], Mariam Don-Chebe, noted that safe drinking water and adequate sanitation had a major impact on…health, education, wealth creation and gender equity…