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Wealth Over Water: How Galamsey Is Threatening Ghana’s Water Security - MyJoyOnline

A new visual analysis by researcher and data visualisation analyst Fatah Maltaba Abass, titled Wealth Over Water: A Visual Analysis of Water Security and Environmental Governance Impacts of Illegal Gold Mining in Ghana, brings together data from the Water Resources Commission (WRC), Ghana Water Limited, COCOBOD, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Pure Earth, the World Gold Council and peer-reviewed studies.

MyJoyOnline1 source1 min readFiled October 13, 2026

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    62 out of every 100 commercial meters inspected missing from Ghana Water database – MD - MyJoyOnline
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    Ghana Water revenue mobilisation below 50% of potential – MD - MyJoyOnline
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    Wealth Over Water: How Galamsey Is Threatening Ghana’s Water Security - MyJoyOnline

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