The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) has announced that it possesses the technical capability to rehabilitate all rivers contaminated by illegal mining activities.
According to the University, the technology is a game-changing solution to Ghana’s escalating environmental crisis.
Speaking at the university’s 17th Congregation in Tarkwa, where 2,496 students graduated, Vice-Chancellor Prof. Richard Kwasi Amankwah affirmed that UMaT’s Minerals Engineering Department has engineered a comprehensive purification system capable of addressing the high turbidity levels plaguing major water bodies.
He noted that the technology draws on satellite-enabled water quality assessments led by Geomatic Engineers under the guidance of Prof.
Cynthia Boye, coupled with rigorous sampling and purification modelling by minerals engineers.
According to Prof. Amankwah, the system has already demonstrated its potential across several small-scale mining communities.
He stressed that the university stands ready to deploy the technology nationwide, pending government approval, to restore clarity and ecological balance to polluted rivers.
He underscored that UMaT not only possesses the scientific expertise but also the operational readiness to spearhead a national clean-up effort, signalling a major opportunity for collaboration in the fight against galamsey-related environmental degradation.