IT CAN BE said that God had made a good design so that surface water would be fully filtered first before it reaches the aquifer, but man has abused that design so much, so much so that the filtering system is now overwhelmed by the volume of unfiltered water, resulting in the contamination of the aquifer, hence it can no longer be the source of clean potable water in many local human habitats.
Too bad that God has made a perfect world, but man has made it imperfect by destroying its natural state.
By comparison, we could say that destroying Godās creation here and there does not make a difference how and why, but without any doubt, water pollution is a bigger problem compared to the other environmental problems, because water is not only life, it is also the one that gives life to the food that we eat.
I have no doubt in my mind that graft is one of the causes of bad governance, but it seems that ignorance and incompetence could even be more profound cases. God forbid, because the worst combination really is the combination of graft and corruption on one hand, and ignorance and incompetence on the other hand.
In a manner of speaking, that would be like putting gunpowder and an ember together, and you would surely know what would happen next. At the first mention of graft, I purposely left out corruption, so that I could bring forward my argument that corruption is not really the end problem in itself, because it is really just the cause of graft, the two having a cause and effect relationship.
In theory, there will be no graft if there is no corruption. In other words, it is corruption that causes graft, never mind what others say that there is no poverty if there is no corruption.
As it is supposed to be, every town or city should have its own sewerage system, apart from its own drainage system. The problem is, some towns and cities do not even have proper drainage system.
What is worst is that some of the local government officials do not even know the difference between a drainage system and a sewerage system, thinking perhaps that they are one and the same.
Perhaps part of the problem is that some of these towns and cities also do not have their own waterworks system. I mentioned that because as it is supposed to be, waterworks and sewerage are supposed to work in tandem, even if they are not one and the same.
Obviously what is lacking here is the higher consciousness to appreciate and understand what ought to be done not only to ensure the supply of water, but also to prevent water from being polluted. (To be continued) (iseneres@yahoo.com/PN)
