0
Water Pollution
Water pollution has become one of the largest environmental problems throughout the world. With many countries, both modernized and third world alike, being greatly affected by this problem it is sure to remain a prevalent topic in political and environmental debates for quite some time. Questions about the causes, results, statistics and solutions to water pollution and the problems it causes should be placed here.
1,175 Questions
Does pollution effect animals to mutate?
Yes, pollution can cause animals to mutate. A fish in South Korea has turned into a van-size, 4 legged beast with tail. It was found in Han river when scientists poured chemicals into the river due to a fail experiment. The "host" killed about a hundred and was finally dead when Korea released "Yellow Agent", a smoke bomb with chemcals tested to kill the "host but isn't quite sure if it affects humans. These mutated animals mainly come from pollution.
1982-mutated worm was found. it killed 2 people causing virus.
It depends on the pond, what is in it, and how desperate you are in need of water. Ponds have lots of bugs, microbes and other things living and growing in them. If there are dead animals around the pond.the water may be harmful. If you don't like bugs and visible algae and other plants in the water, you may want to strain it through a piece of clothing.
It should first be boiled for a few minutes to kill anything harmful in the water.
Does filtrete water station remove chlorine?
Yes it does. The Filtrete filter has been tested according to NSF (National Sanitation Foundation) Standard 42 and found to reduce chlorine by 97%
What is the difference between natural and cultural eutrophication?
Eutrophication is having waters prosperous in mineral as well as organic nutrients that promote a proliferation of plant life, especially algae, which reduces the dissolved oxygen substance and frequently causes the extinction of other organisms.
Resource pollution means contaminating a given resource. Contamination of water can be considered as a good example of resource pollution.
How does water get into the air as a gas?
evaporation it is caused by sun light that's why the ocean never over flows
Would carbon monoxide and ammonia pollute our ground water?
No. They are gases, although ammonia is soluble in water. These are both air pollutants.
== == Pattern - Where? Process (physical)- Why? Process (biological) - Why? Species Adaptations
How can changing your toilet reduce water pollution?
d.
more efficient plumbing uses less water and creates smaller volumes of waste
How can you control pollution in tanneries?
Its very difficult to answer. But ways are there to control. We have go for vegetable tannins instead of using hexavalent chromium can use tetravalent chromium. Anykind of industrial pollution should be controlled by its process itself. Go for eco friendly alternative chemicals during the process. Effluent treatment plants should be strictly maintained, monitored and controlled by eminent technologist.
What are the different ways that people are using water that is causing a problem?
we are wasting a lot of water honestly. I am a green freak and save a lot of water or at least i try to. people also pollute water and there for it is also wasted.
Why plants are not used as indicators of water pollution?
I think its because animals can be used to indicate pollution because different animals survive with different levels of oxygen. E.G a sludgeworm or a bloodworm needs little oxygen to suvive so they are indicators of polluted water. Freshwater shrimp and stonfly indicate clean water because they need lots of oxygen to survive. Plants don't use oxygen to survive, they take in carbon dioxide instead.
Does water pollution cause cancer?
Yes water pollution can cause cancer because of all the toxics that in the water which is making it dangerous to drink. Thats why its important to clean out and and stop polluting so much.
What are the examples of water pollutants?
There could be many factors that cause water pollution such as:
- Human Trash ( wrappers, plastic garbage, etc.)
- Human Waste
- Chemicals dumped by hospitals and other companies ( hospitals dump test chemicals into a river)
- Runoff of chemical fertilizers and pesticides from farm fields
Does water cause DHMO to be unstable?
It's simple. Water = DHMO. DHMO (dihydrogen monoxide) is just a scientific way of saying water.
it's water hi megnut
------------------------------------------------------
DHMO cause people to die or get disease. It's every where in the earth. It's a chemical compound which has to be destroyed so the population of earth doesn't decrease.
What are the old methods of cleaning water?
One method is to place the water in a clear glass or PET container in direct sunlight for several hours. Sunlight is harmful to pathogens. This method, SODIS, standing for Solar Water Disinfection, is being applied in many developing countries and is recommended by the World Health Organization. See the link below.
Apex: All of the above.
THE main cause of water pollution are fertilizers and nutrient pollution. Some of the pollutants that are most prevalent in the manure, sewage and chemical fertilizers are Nitrates and phosphates. These pollutants run into the streams and rivers causing excessive growth in aquatic plants and algae leading to clogged waterways and dead zones.
Another cause of water pollution happens when oil, gasoline and additives gets spilled due to a leak in a major oil tanker. This usually gets a lot of coverage and press due to it's effects on marine animals, local fisherman and coastal businesses. Oils can also seep into the waterways through the groundwater as a result of a leak or small spill.
Main sources of water pollution can be
- Agriculture
- Industries
- Sanitary wastes
- Solid wastes
- Natural reasons.
1. Urbanization: Rapid urbanization in the world during the recent decades has given rise to a number of environmental problems such as water supply, waste water generation and its collection, treatment and disposal. Many towns and cities which came up on the banks of rivers have not given a proper thought to the problems of wastewater, sewerage etc. In urban areas, the wastewater is let out untreated and causes large scale water pollution.
2. Industries: Most of the rivers and other sources of fresh water are polluted by industrial wastes or effluents. All these industrial wastes are toxic to life forms that consume this water. Thermal power plants, engineering industries, paper mills, steel plants, textile industries and sugar industries are the major contributors of wastewater production.
3. Agricultural runoff and improper agricultural practices: Traces of fertilizers and pesticides are wasted into the nearest water bodies at the onset of the monsoons or whenever there are heavy showers. Intensive and ever increasing usage of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and other chemicals cause water pollution. Flood-plain cultivation is another significant contributor to water pollution.
4.Religious and social practices: In some religious faith's practices and social practices also add to pollution of river waters. Carcasses of cattle and other animals are disposed in the rivers. Dead bodies are cremated on the river banks. Partially burnt bodies are also flung into the river. These practices pollute the river water and adversely affect the water quality. Mass bathing in the river during religious festival is another environmentally harmful practice.
Plastic bags are also very dangerous and further add to the pollution load to the river water
Water pollution sources can be from various human activities such as wastewater sewage effluents, sanitary sewer overflows (SSO), combined sewer overflows (CSO), agricultural runoffs, concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO), street litters, leaking underground storage tanks, most recently in the news, or drugs that were not properly disposed of resulting in varieties of drinking water problems.
Water pollution can also be caused by acid rain.
Lack of awareness of humans is the primary cause of water pollution. Also dumping of garbage, oil spills, dumping of nuclear waste and passing waste in water sources are causes of water pollution.
Lack of awareness of humans is the primary cause of water pollution. Also dumping of garbage, oil spills, dumping of nuclear waste and passing waste in water sources are causes of water pollution.
us humans wash ourselves,leaving the tap runing,doing our buisness anything we do with water mostly is polution our oceans
What is the influence of sewage on the quality of life around the river?
1. My opinion is sewage disposed of in rivers would affect the quality of life for the locals who live around the river because it could go into bottled water and could even poison fish and various other animals that are fit for human consumption.
It is the permissible limits for water quality laid down as standards by United States Public Health Drinking Water Standards.
