The Vice Chancellor of the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Prof. Richard Kwasi Amankwah, had revealed that the school has developed a technology to clear all illegal mining-polluted river bodies in the country.
He disclosed this while speaking at the 17th Congregation Ceremony of UMaT at Tarkwa, where 2,496 students graduated at various levels.
The Vice Chancellor said all they need now is support from the government to give them the support so they can use the technology in cleaning the river bodies from the high turbidity.
He also disclosed that the technology was designed by the Minerals Engineering Department of UMaT.
“We have this technology where some geomatic engineers, led by Prof. Cynthia Boye, use satellite imagery to capture the quality of water in our rivers, and they have been able to check the quality of water of the rivers in many of the small-scale mining communities.
“Coupled to that, in the Minerals Engineering Department, they are taking samples from these rivers and calculating how they can purify it. I want to put it on record that UMAT has the technology and the know-how to clear all the polluted rivers in Ghana if given the opportunity,” he stated.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
