{"id":93651,"date":"2025-09-11T14:40:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=93651"},"modified":"2025-09-11T14:40:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:40:33","slug":"gwl-shuts-down-kwanyako-headworks-over-galamsey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=93651","title":{"rendered":"GWL shuts down Kwanyako Headworks over galamsey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>40 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><div>\n<p>Residents in parts of the Central Region, especially in the Kwanyako enclave, have been forced to use water from unsafe sources following the shutdown of the Kwanyako Headworks by the Ghana Water Limited (GWL).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shut-2.jpg\" alt=\"GWL shuts down Kwanyako Headworks over galamsey\" class=\"wp-image-10032847583\" title=\"GWL shuts down Kwanyako Headworks over galamsey\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shut-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shut-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shut-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shut-2-533x300.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shut-2-233x131.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shut-2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shut-2-218x123.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shut-2-754x424.jpg 754w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shut-2-330x186.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shut-2-225x127.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shut-2-217x122.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shut-2-340x191.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shut-2-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shut-2-55x31.jpg 55w, https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shut-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n<p>The decision was necessary after the company learnt that intake pumps at treatment plants at the headworks had broken down due to heavy silt accumulation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" 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