Ground water pollution

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION OCCURS WHEN POLLUTANTS ARE RELEASED TO THE GROUND AND MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN INTO GROUND WATER.

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION IS ALSO CALLED GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION

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At least 50% of the world population depends on groundwater as a source of drinking water.

The problem with groundwater pollution is it causes people to have dirty water and groundwater pollution causes the land to rotten and die of its beauty.

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Groundwater pollution can occur from sanitation systems ,landfills, waste water treatment plants, leaking sewers ,petrol stations and more. conditions.

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Groundwater can be polluted / contaminated as a result of HUMAN activity and Natural CAUSES.

one of the frequent groundwater pollutants that is very hard to clean is vinyl chloride which can cause cancer and may lead to death
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HUMAN ERrOR :(

To clean groundwater pollution it takes time and money.

UNHEALTHY SOIL :(

DIRTY WATER KILLS ABOUT 5000 PEOPLE EACH DAY IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES

groundwater can be contaminated up to such a high level that it needs to be abandoned

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Each year about 250,000 people are admitted to hospitals and/or emergency rooms with poisoning

DON'T DRINK DIRTY WATER

WAYS TO PREVENT GROUNDWATER POLLUTION

• Minimize use of Toxic / Hazardous Raw Materials
• Adopt Good Engineering Practices for selecting proper material for tanks and pipes.
• reduce using chemicals around your house and yard

WAYS TO PREVENT GROUNDWATER POLLUTION

• Avoid draining chemicals, motor oil, insecticides
• Use proper procedures for handling chemicals (Paints, Pesticides, and more.
• be careful of where u throw your waste

YOU COULD STOP DEATHS AROUMD THE WORLD HELP NOW!

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• be careful of where you throw your waste
• Minimize use of household chemicals containing Hazardous substances.

PLease donate to foundations like

HELP STOP THE ISSUE

SOURCES

• WATERENCYLOPEDIA.COM
• POLLUTIONARTICLES.BLOGSPOT.CA
• FLICKR.COM
• GOOGLE

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