Many rivers, including the Birim River in the Eastern Region and other water bodies, that take their source from these forests have as a result been left heavily polluted, depriving residents in nearby communities of a source of freshwater and putting at risk the lives of over five million other people in major cities in the south whose potable water are sourced from the forests.
Nsuo binom a ebi ne, Birim a ɛwɔ Apue mantan ne nsuo nkae no nyinaa a ɛfiri kwae ahodoɔ yi mu ba no nyinaa asɛe, a ɛnam saa nti no wɔn a wɔte ho mpo nnya nsuo nnom, ɛnna wɔn nso a wɔwɔ anaafoɔ fam no nso no bɛyɛ ɔpepemnum a ɔdan nsuo yinom no so nnya nsuo.