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Water Quality Using Project Management.
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Water Quality Using Project Management.
Healthcare is an essential need for every individual all over the world. It has been hard to ensure
that quality health care is provided to a large population. It entails food safety, water quality, disease
prevention, physician recruitment, vaccination policies, and emergency room care. With good project
management, we can ensure that quality healthcare is delivered, especially water quality. Globally, the
International Water Resources Association (IWRA) has a long history of working on water quality as an
issue. Water quality is a consideration of the management of efficient resources of water (Zhouhu, Jian, &
Zhu JieRen Jie, 2011). It has been realized that proper water quality improvement is essential for policy
making, research, operations, management, and governance of water resources. In most cases, a reduction
of the necessary quantity of water for various uses has been caused by inappropriate use of water qualities
and degradation of water quality. Socio-economic improvement is possible if sufficient water is
appropriate for development. For this reason, the paper discusses how project management can fit in
ensuring that water quality is sustained (Munns & Bjeirmi, 1996).
Project management is the process by which skills, methods, and knowledge in experience are
applied to achieve a specific objective according to an agreed criterion (Radujković & Sjekavica, 2017). It
entails careful resource management, managing risks, clear communication, and smart budgeting with the
expected stakeholders and teams. To set realistic goals, timelines, and budgets, most large corporations
have hired project managers to ensure that a project is successful for business through outstanding
performance (Perez, 2015). By the 2030 vision of reducing the rates of pollution, elimination of release of
hazardous chemicals and materials into water sites, increasing recycling and reuse, and reducing the
proportion of untreated wastewater by 50%, project management is required in the water industry.
With pressure on the agricultural, ecosystem, energy, and industry sectors, it is essential to use
project management to ensure that different users embrace water waste reuse. The water industry needs
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project management in various ways. In the past years, a negative image has been argued on access to
safe drinking water. Most individuals have complained that they have no access to safe drinking water
and hence need to visit hospitals or clinics frequently from illness. There are various instances of how
project management can fit into water quality. First, it can be incorporated into improving existing
Draining water systems. Project managers can be appointed to look into the rehabilitation of supply pipes
or pumping stations, electric flow meters, mechanical meters, and storage tanks. Therefore, they can build
a diverse and strong team with a wide range of disciplines consisting of engineers, mechanics, plumbers,
and environmental professionals.
Project managers create a plan that identifies every task from the start to the end of the project
(Beek & Loucks, 2017). Plans have helped most project managers to understand when to start a project,
how to save costs and time, and have control of the entire project even if it has been assigned to different
teams. Therefore, project managers can submit approval to the government outlining the improvement
and closure of existing drainage systems to showcase the significance placed on providing quality water.
The closure of existing drainage systems is a model designed by project managers to ensure the
provision of quality water; hence when making decisions, they take into account the impact of poor
drainage systems on water quality. Closing existing drainage systems means that there is the provision of
quality water through the establishment of new drainage systems. In addition, project managers will
consider the impact of human activities on the water environment. Considering water quality, there is less
money and time required to clean up. The vast size of water projects requires much planning. For
instance, the project needs to be timely and have a solid start or end time. Therefore, a project team that
does not close out and a project plan for the government are necessary. Large projects can be subdivided
into manageable sub-projects that ensure key objectives are achieved, and progress is measured regularly.
An example of project management is the Delta County Colorado Health Department, West
Central Public Health Partnership, which developed a comprehensive database for groundwater quality
that had been collected throughout the six counties in the region to display and identify well contaminants
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(Miller, 2019). Before it, there had been no regional approach to providing quality drinking water. The
project was only successful with the support of the CDC and technical assistance such as project
managers. Websites were created to ensure that interested parties can access groundwater quality
information through a user-friendly website. The West Central Public Health Partnership identified areas
where there is a high contamination potential and alerted new owners of existing health hazards. The Safe
Water program helped provide motivation and incentive to increase testing for owners without resources
to sample their well water. The project management involved in the undertaking was extensive. However,
a collaborative effort put together for months of research involving project managers, environmentalists,
CDC, and the WCPCP region was visible.
In conclusion, effective project management should be embraced by the health community.
Repeatedly project management has demonstrated that it can work by starting, executing, monitoring,
controlling, and ending a process. Water industries using project management in their quality assurance
activities and risk management are becoming more socially acceptable. Companies should embrace
project management to ensure their companies function to achieve their expected goals and objectives.
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Drinking Water Hazards and Developing Public Tools to Disseminate Well Information.
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