Wastewater Management: Optional report

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Wastewater Management: Optional report
by Okoth Okoth \| 03-05-2021 23:25 0
According to section 42 Kenya‘s 2010 constitution, every person has a right to clean and healthy environment. The government acknowledges that a healthy environment is crucial to delivering Vision 2030, which is Kenya‘s long-term development blueprint. However, one of the greatest challenges of the twenty first century is the incessant of supply of clean drinking water for the millions of the living things all over the world. Therefore there is need to provide the new approach to wastewater management and to deal with the issues in an environmentally-conscious manner. Inappropriate or absent wastewater management deteriorates drinking water sources and natural environment and endangers human health. It is a major problem in numerous countries which demands taking appropriate and well considered actions adapted to the specific environment and economic welfare. Water scarcity can be addressed through improvement of the efficiency of consumptions and seek sustainable alternative sources. Several approaches exist among them efficient and effective wastewater management and reuse to supplement fresh water and keep environment clean. The reuse of wastewater can be a strategy to release freshwater for domestic use, and to improve the quality of river waters used for abstraction of drinking water (by reducing disposal of effluent into rivers). Aspects of wastewater management are explored with integrated perspective in that a holistic view of the entire wastewater system is required for proper wastewater management, starting from the wastewater generation until the ultimate disposal schemes. The functional elements of integrated wastewater management system are generation, collection, treatment (including sludge treatment) and disposal and reuse. A successful wastewater management decision requires a comprehensive, impartial evaluation of wastewater management approaches.

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2 Comments

Debbie Mentor says :
Hi Okoth,

This is your mentor Debbie :)

Living in a city environment, I always thought waste water management has become developed enough that there??s no need for us to worry about it. But it seems like this was a narrow-sighted view!

Hopefully with an increasing awareness of this issue, Kenya will be provided with clean drinking water shortly!

Best, 
Debbie
Posted 17-05-2021 08:31

Yuseon Mentor says :
Hi Okoth,

This is your mentor Yuseon:D

Just like you have mentioned, scarcity of clean drinking water is a problem, even in developed countries. As water is the most important of resources there should be realistic solutions addressing this problem. Better management of wastewater would increase water consumption efficiency, but I wonder if it is possible to find sustainable alternative source for water. It seems irreplaceable to me.

Thanks for sharing your insight with us!
Posted 14-05-2021 00:53