Untreated well water was a major irrigation source in Ouagadougou, as was potable water in Tamale, raising queries over sustainability.
The Glenmore reservoir, on the Elbow River, serves as a source of potable water.
The catchment ceased to be used as a source of potable water in the 1990s, when a desalinization plant built in the 1980s was expanded, but it still is used as a service reservoir.
However, in recent times and with the development of desalination processes, there has been an increasing interest in using brackish waters as a source of potable water.
Fourteen compounds were identified with risk quotients above 0.2 which may warrant further investigation if greywater is used as a source for potable reuse.
In the last decade desalination has been considered as a solution for potable water needs only for specific water scarcity countries having cheap fuel.
Treating concrete surfaces with cementitious coating, especially those are used as a reservoir for potable and recreational water, is increasingly gaining popularity as a safer and better alternative to conventional coating material formulated from epoxies, urethanes, acrylics and polyureas.
For the past 53 years, the World Health Organization (WHO) has listed manganese (Mn) as a threat to potable water.
It has traditionally been achieved by a process known as indirect potable reuse (IPR).
