Water quality
Water quality and shortage is one of the major crisis faced by many nations. In most nations there are cases of frequents droughts and famine because of climate change. Addressing the issue of water quality issue is a concern for many nations. This is because not all waters are healthy for human consumption. Certain standards and measures needs to be observed to ensure that water provided is of good quality for both animal and human consumption.
The Water Board scenario
In the scenario where a given community is facing water shortage and a given water, board proposes to erect a water recycling plant, several factors should be considered. As a member of this water board one first needs to find out the level of quality of water and its source before the eruption of the drought, the clear cause of water shortage, impacts of water shortage and all other relevant information needs to be gathered. A rapport should be created where the water board holds meetings with the relevant communities and other relevant bodies to discuss the issue of water shortage and quality. Every member of the affected community should be involved in project right from the initial stages to avoid any obstacles to the project arising in future. Concerning the issue of constructing a water recycling plants, the water board should be very smart to handle and respond to issues arising from different parts of the concerned community. Some of the issues and questions that may be raised by the community include, where will the recycling plant be erected? How many people can this recycled water serve? How safe is the water recycled for drinking? Will water provision be available throughout? The board should be prepared to answer such and other relevant questions raised by the community.
The members of this water bodies should also seek approval to build the proposed water recycling plant from different relevant bodies that affects the viability of this plant. Some of these important and relevant authorities include the public health body. This government body may pose several questions to the water board proposing to build a water recycling plant that have to be addressed for approval of the plant. Public health is majorly concerned with the health status of its public members, the health of services provided to the public by various bodies and the impacts of projects to the community. This health authority may raise questions like, what are the impacts of the general impacts of the project during and after construction stages. What are some of the measures that the board is intending to apply to mitigate these impacts? Will the recycled water be healthy for both animal and human consumption? All these questions and many others should be addressed by the board for approval of the project and avoid any future arising issues that may affect the effectiveness of the proposed project.
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