Monrovia – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia will on Monday, August 13, commence two-day training for technicians of packaged water producing companies in Montserrado County.
The training, according to EPA’s Communication Specialist, Danise Love Dennis is intended to enhance the quality of water being produced by packaged water manufacturers.
It is estimated that waterborne diseases including Typhoid, Cholera, Guinea worm, and Diarrhea killed 3.4 million people, globally, each year.
Danise said it is against this backdrop that the training is being organized to help provide technicians the necessary education and awareness to help them remove or reduce bacteria and pathogens that contaminate drinking water, in order to decrease the incidence of waterborne diseases According to Danise experienced professionals from Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC), National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), Ministry of Health, and the EPA will lecture participants on how to turn ground water into fresh and safe packaged drinking water.
Technicians would also be taught EPA’s regulation on production of packaged drinking water.
She disclosed that registration for EPA’s compliance certificate for packaged water producers started on Monday, August 6, and ends on September 30, 2018.
During this period and afterwards, she noted that a team of Environmental Inspectors will access all water producing facilities across the country to ensure that producers are in full compliance with EPA’s drinking water guidelines”.
EPA is Liberia Government agency responsible for the management and protection of the environment.