By: Emmet R. Harris
IPNews-Monrovia,Liberia-14 August 2018:The Environmental Protection Agency {EPA} and the package water producers in Montserrado County has commenced a two days water hygiene standardized review meeting at the crown hotel Paynesville city outside Monrovia.
Speaking at the opening of the water hygiene standardized review meeting on Monday, August 13,2018, the Deputy Executive Director Environment Protection Agency=EPA Randall Dobayou, alluded package water producers in Montserrado county for their continued efforts in accelerating the sector but cautioned on the importance to ensure water produced at various facilities are clean and hygienic for human consumption.
The review meeting which brings together approximately (500) packaged water producing companies in the country.
Hon. Dobayou also stated that the EPA and its partners ( packaged water producers) , will ensure closer collaboration in ensuring the standard of water produced by members of the ‘package water Producers Association’, meets the three required qualities of color, taste and order.
“ Let me caution you here together that the EPA will continued to collaborate and ensure package water producing companies operating in Liberia meets all the required standards for a healthy country.”
“We will ensure as part of this collaboration to institute measure where applicable to ensure package water producing companies keep their facilities clean at all time in accordence with the EPA required standards.” EPA Dobayou stated.
For his part, Levi Z. Piah, chief technical advisor, at the EPA stated that the EPA in partnership with the package water producers Association of Liberia, will begin a vigorous creating awareness on the regulation on safe drinking water across the country.
Paih said the authorities at the EPA remain cautiously concern of growing reservation on the difference in scope of operations between the package water producers and distributors in the country.
He called on members of the sector to continued adhering to all requirements setup by the Environmental Protection Agency- EPA to safeguard the greater populace for outbreak of infectious diseases through water consumption.
The meeting concludes today at the same venue.
