Water Pollution

What causes water pollution?

• Storm water run-off picks up all pollutant and enter into water streams.  
• Mining activities (Acid mine drainage)
• Acidental Oil leakage 
• Chemical fertilizers and pesticides 
• Animals waste 

Mining Activities

• When rain or surface flows over exposed rock and soil. 
• It forms sulfuric acid and also washes heavy metals into the water.
• It kills everything from microscopic to large fish. 
• The ecosystem is completely destroyed. 
• Spills and leaks and mountaintop removal mining. 

Animals waste

• The waste produce by animals is washed away into our water streams(rivers) 
• Mixed up with other harmful chemicals 
• It causes diseases like cholera, diarrhea, jaundice, dysentery. 

Chemical fertilizes and pesticides

• These used by farmers to protect crops from insects and bacterias.
•  The rains mixed up with these chemicals, flows down to rivers and canals.
• Cause serious damage for aquatic animals. 

Acidental Oil Leakage

• Large amount of oil spill enter into sea. Does not dissolve in water.
• serious damage and harmful to fish, bird, sea otters.etc.  
• cause varying of damage to species depending on the amount of oil spill.

Other causes

• Collected and deposited garbage into sea in some countries. 
• Marine dumping: items from garbage takes 2weeks to 200 years to decompose 
• enters the sea cause water pollution and cause serious damage to species 

Examples

• The accident in 2000 sent some 100,000 tons of waste water.
• Poured in copper,cyanide and heavy metals into the Tisza River.
• Destroyed 1,240 tons of fish.
• Polluting the drinking water that supplies 2.5 million people. 

Waterborne Infectious Diseases

• Parasites or other disease-causing microorganism are transmitted.
• Through contaminated water.
• Results in typhoid, intestinal parasites, viruses. 
• We can get infected by drink or come in contact with water serves as home .
• Come from infectious agents that spend part of their life in water cycle.

Prevention of water pollution

• Never throw rubbish away anyhow.Look for the correct waste bin.
• Use water wisely. We reduce the amount of dirty water that needs treatment.
• Do not throw chemical like medicines, oils, paints down the sink drain. 
• Be careful when use pesticides or fertilizers.
• If overuse these chemicals it'll run off to our water streams.  

Continues prevention of water pollution

• De=nitrification: natural process prevent leaching of nitrates soil.  
• Ozone Wastewater: breaks down pollutants to prevent the spread pollution.  
• Septic Tanks: use to treat the sewage at the place where it's located.   

Responsibility

• Don't throw trash/garbage into water (river/lake).
• Recycle wisely. 
• It's everyones' responsibility to protect our environment. 
• Reduce diseases,  protect aquatic systems. 

References

• eschooloday.com
• NRDC- Natural Resources Defense Council.  
• Hubpages
• Water pollution articles (sciencedaily.com)

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