GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY

  For resources to be sustainable, they must be conserved to ensure continuity and availability to upcoming generations. Water, as a resource, can be conserved thought the following ways:  1. Avoiding wastage: All people should use water wisely to minimise wastage. All taps should be turned off when they are not used. The used water may be re-used again. For example, water that has been used to rinse clothes can be re-used to mob the floor, soak the dirtiest clothes, rags etc. Do not use water directly from the tap, instead fetch the water in a container and use it wisely. 2. Controlling polluting: People should neither throw wastes carelessly nor introduce any chemicals into water. Stern laws should be made and enforced to stop industries from dumping toxic wastes into the water bodies. Any industry found polluting the water by any means should be heavily punished or even closed down altogether. 3. Protection of water catchment: Vegetation in water catchment areas should be p...

  Source of food especially rice for human consumption. Provided employment opportunities to the farmers hence improving their standards of living. The project has helped to re-settle people who were formally landless. The project has led to improvement in the infrastructure e.g. roads which has improved transport in the area. Flooding of the rivers has been controlled hence improving the safety of lives of the people around. It’s a source of government revenue through taxes used to develop infrastructures e.g. roads. It has led to improvement in research hence resulting into high crop yielding varieties. The project led to effective utilization of the land which could have remained idle hence reducing resource wastage. It has led to development of processing industries which have led to urbanisation e.g. the rice mill at Mwea-Tebere. Infrastructural development has led to urbanisation e.g. Thiba and Embu towns. It has led to large scale output hence encouraging exports leading to...