Archives: <span>Glossary Entries</span>

Sanitation

Sanitation is a process that purifies and cleans wastewater by eliminating pollutants and impurities. It is the removal of sewage, liquid, and semi-liquid waste from sewage and treatment sites through a group of biological, physical, and chemical processes to form clean drinkable, and usable water for consumers.  

Cooperation

In order for solutions to the world’s water problems to work, transnational cooperation is key. All countries must unite to contribute financially and technologically to ensure that people in all countries, rich and poor, have access to sanitary water.

Participation

Participation is a collective part of every active member of a nation, community, individual, groups, households actively participating in keeping our water clean and utilization by consciously taking necessary steps to ensure to do there part to conserve and at the same time warranting optimal hygiene practice.

Wastewater

Water which is contaminated with substances such as human waste, oils, and chemicals due to it being used for various functions including cooking, cleaning, and flushing, or by storm runoff from industrial surfaces like roads and roofs.

Ecosystems

There are different types of ecosystems in which all organisms and physical environments interact with one another. The two types of aquatic ecosystems are freshwater and marine ecosystems. Examples of freshwater ecosystems include rivers, lakes, forests, wetlands, while marine ecosystems are made up of oceans. These water ecosystems are home …