ATEBUBU RESIDENTS SHARE DRINKING WATER WITH ANIMALS IN BRONG AHAFO REGION

Residents of Konkomaline, Ahotor and Adom suburb of Atebubu in the Brong Ahafo region are now sharing a "Dam" popularly called “TUSE” with cattle's due to water crisis that has hit Atebubu township the people have expressed displeasure over lack of potable water in the community.

The residents say lack of potable water has become a problem in the community, a situation which forces them to share water with their livestock.

Some of the residents and students are sometimes forced to walk kilometers to fetch water from other communities.

The students disclosed that the water which is sometimes contaminated by the animals poses danger to their health.

“We drink water that is also drunk by animals like dog, cow, goat and sheep. The stream is currently serving as the main source of drinking water for a population of over 5000; the stream water is mostly very dirty, full of impurities.
‘We can’t continue to drink with animals.
The students however are appealing to government and stakeholders to come to our aid” they said.

According to the residents, they have no other place to get potable water than to depend on the dam.

They stated that they use the water for Cooking, bathing and washing without adding any chemicals to it and since they don't add any chemical to it before they used it to bath, it has affected their skin.

Residents also hinted that always politicians deceived them by promising of given them portable water but after voting for them that end's it.