Measures to Prevent Water Pollution

Vocabulary flashcards defining terms, organizations, and polluted water bodies mentioned in the lecture notes on water pollution prevention measures.

Surface runoff

The flow of water carrying excessive chemicals like herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers into water bodies to cause pollution.

Non-degradable products

Things that cannot get rotten, such as diapers, sanitary towels, and plastics, which can destroy sewage treatment processes or litter beaches and river banks.

Vegetative cover

Plants along the banks of water bodies that protect them from direct sun rays which can dry up the water.

Forestry Commission

A government agency that, along with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), should ban farming and other activities along the banks of rivers, lakes, and streams.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

A government agency that works with the Forestry Commission to ban activities along water body banks to control water pollution.

Galamsey

The popular local name for illegal mining in and around water bodies that causes pollution.

River Pra

A river polluted as a result of illegal mining (galamsey) that used to be a source of drinking water and domestic use for communities.

River Offin

A river polluted by illegal mining (galamsey) that previously served as a source of drinking and domestic water.

River Oda

A river contaminated due to illegal mining in and around water bodies.