{"id":461559,"date":"2018-02-05T15:40:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T15:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/05\/harvesting-rainwater-is-the-solution-to-water-shortage-nana-dwomoh-sarpong\/"},"modified":"2018-02-05T15:40:48","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T15:40:48","slug":"harvesting-rainwater-is-the-solution-to-water-shortage-nana-dwomoh-sarpong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/05\/harvesting-rainwater-is-the-solution-to-water-shortage-nana-dwomoh-sarpong\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvesting rainwater is the solution to water shortage \u2013 Nana Dwomoh Sarpong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday,  5 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>kasapafmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-05<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/99699811.295.jpg\" alt=\"Rain Tunnel\" title=\"Rain Tunnel\" width=\"295\" height=\"205\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Kwabena Dwomoh believes preserving rainwater is a way of adapting to climate change<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517845248_561_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The President of Friends of Rivers and Water Bodies, Nana Kwabena Dwomoh Sarpong, has urged households to consider harvesting rainwater\u00a0for better use in the future.<\/p>\n<p>For him, this is a\u00a0race against season and nature, and hence preventing rainwater from going to waste is direct response to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRainwater harvesting is an age-old technique and Ghanaians must be encouraged to store rainwater to help curb the excesses in the dry season. It\u2019s obvious those managing water have failed woefully and we must find alternative ways to arrest the problem of water shortage,\u201d he told Fiifi Banson on Anopa Kasapa on Kasapa 102.5 FM.<\/p>\n<p>His comment comes in the wake of the perennial water shortage which has compelled the Ghana Water Company Limited to undertake\u00a0water rationing programme which started two weeks ago.\u00a0Already, most parts of the country have started experiencing the water rationing.<\/p>\n<p>The company has asked the public to\u00a0manage the minimal water in the system efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the 3 regions up-north\u00a0have been badly hit by the water shortage.<\/p>\n<p>Head of Communication at GWCL, Stanley Martey, has told Kasapa 102.5 FM, the severity of the dry season coupled with human activities, have caused water sources to dwindle very fast.<\/p>\n<p>Parliament\u2019s Works and Housing committee says more answers are required from the Ghana Water Company management over the situation and has invited\u00a0GWCL\u2019s management to give further details on the development.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 43 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Monday, 5 February 2018 Source: kasapafmonline.com 2018-02-05 Kwabena Dwomoh believes preserving rainwater is a way of adapting to climate change The President of Friends of Rivers and Water Bodies, Nana Kwabena Dwomoh Sarpong, has urged households to consider harvesting rainwater\u00a0for better use in the future. 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