New Water Policy and Practice Volume 1, Number 2 - Spring 2015 | Page 34

Environmental Pollution Potential within the Burl River Basin of Liberia, West Africa

Environmental Protection Authority/United Nations Environment Programme (EPA/
UNEP, 2007). As indicated by World Water Assessment Program (WWAP), there are
no substitutes for water; it is, therefore, a critically important resource that needs to be
well managed, especially as it becomes scarcer and more in demand. Studies of the role
of water in ecosystems are improving our abilities to value it and, understand to a larger
scale the long term ecosystems processes as well as the flow of water they require (Oki,
T. and Shinjiro Kanae, 2006). The finite nature of the resource and its essential role as
a major life enhancing factor has placed a premium on water resource management.
Alterations in the natural quality and distribution of water have environmental impacts
that unequivocally evoked a devastating disease burden. To prevent these scenarios,
there must be a best management approach instituted to ensure the quality for water
uses. The quality of water source cannot be overlooked in water supply development.
Virtually, the use of wate