THE WEIJA LAKE

 The weija lake, located  17km west of Accra capital of Ghana; it has a shoreline of 48km. The weija lake was purposefully created in 1979 by the Government of Ghana to simply supply piped borne water and to support irrigation and fisheries activities.

In spite of it requisite purpose, people living along the banks of the lake have cleaned large portions of the vegetation surrounding the lake for farming purposes. In regard to the activities taken place it has caused the lake to be losing much water due to the drying up of the moisture content of lands surrounding the lake.

As a result of the  surrounding land losing protective cover, anytime it rains, street erosion arouses huge volumes of sand into the water body causing much attendant problems. Also most people living close to the dam engaged in wood harvesting, an activity that further destroyed the vegetation cover of the lake.

From my observation, i found out that due to the poor waste management practices of Ghanians, people living along the banks of the lake tend to use the lake as a refuse receptacle pouring anything unwanted into the water body, household refuge fecal matter and so forth. The pollution of the lake had  been compounded as a result of several industrial and commercial activities carried out at the weija township. These activities has caused the lives of many aquatic life's; it has hamper the production of fisheries.

In conclusion, it will be of great help to Ghanians  if Ghana Water Company Limited and other organization who matter will provide chemicals to remove excessive pollutants with consequential effects on aquatic life.