This document is a presentation by Dzaklo Courage Kwasi, a student studying Geological Engineering. It discusses a community in Ghana called Abutia Kpota where rice farming is a major economic activity. However, the community faces a problem of water pollution from chemicals in herbicides used on the farms, which is causing health issues. As a geological engineer, the presenter believes they can help resolve this issue through approaches like controlling water flow and movement, identifying chemicals for safe removal, and introducing technology and irrigation systems to improve farming yields while protecting water quality.

1. ENGINEERING IN SOCIETY
PRESENTATION
NAME:DZAKLO COURAGE KWASI
INDEX NO:7739312
REF. NO:20196307
PROG: BSc. GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

2. INTRODUCTION
 ENGINEERING IN SOCIETY is aimed at encouraging
students early in their programs of study to draw a link
between their chosen field of engineering and the
application of this field to the issues that confront the
day to day lives of people.
 As an engineering student I have come to the
realization of the need to make the world a better
place to live by identifying the world challenges and
making the necessary efforts of solving them.
Engineering in society as it stands is my starting point
of how to systematically, scientifically and
technologically address the world challenges of
today which can also be applicable tomorrow too.

3. COMMUNITY DESCRIPTION AND ITS PROBLEM
 ABUTIA KPOTA is a farming community in the
Volta region.
 RICE FARMING is the lucrative work of all the
other farming activities.
 APPLICATION OF HERBICIDES in the farms causes
unconscious poisoning of the water body which
is the PROBLEM.
 CHEMICALS (e.g. 2, 4 D AMINE) from the
herbicides used in the farm pollute the water
which the farmers and other inhabitants
depend on for survival.
 STOMACH ACHES AND OTHER SERIOUS HEALTH
SICKNESSES are the results of the poisoning.

4. RESOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM
 RELATION OF THE PROBLEM AND FIELD OF STUDY
is that control of water pollution is one of the
responsibilities of a GEOLOGICAL ENGINEER.
 CLUES FROM FIELD OF STUDY TO CURB DOWN
THE PROBLEM is simply following the set down
procedures in identifying the chemicals and
compounds and continuing to render them
harmless.
 TECHNOLOGICAL APPROACH to solving the
problem is the putting of structures in place to
control water movement in the field and also to
other inhabitants that depend on water.

5. CONCLUSION
 Stomach aches and other negative effects will be
eroded if the solution lines are followed.
 Developments can also be achieved through high
yield because of the introduction of technology into
the system.

6. RECOMMENDATIONS
 SPECIAL CARE should be taken during the mechanism
operations.
 The mechanism can be upgraded to IRRIGATION
SYSTEM.
 EXPERTISE should also be included in the operation.

7. THANK
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