The Implications of Water Pollution

Water is probably the most important resource we as people have. Humans can survive without food for several weeks, but without water we would die in less than a week. On a slightly less dramatic note, millions of liters of water are needed every day worldwide for washing, irrigating crops, and cooling industrial processes, not to mention leisure industries such as swimming pools and water-sports centers. Despite our dependence on water, we use it as a dumping ground for all sorts of waste, and do very little to protect the water supplies we have.

The world needs water and there are sometimes limitations. The amount of water on Earth has not changed, but people still worry about water shortage because of the population growth. Droughts are limiting the fresh water and a solution is desalinization. Water pollution is also a problem, but there are many things to stop it. Humans need to work together to prevent these things.

For nearly my whole life, my family and I have lived beachside near the popular tourist attraction Ron Jon’s in Cocoa Beach, Florida. With that being said, since the beach lures in many tourists, these tourists dispose of their trash irresponsibly and in many scenarios the trash ends up in the ocean polluting the water. Furthermore, water pollution is significant to acknowledge because due to the pollution, there are typically negative consequences that follow interfering with the surrounding marine life or the environment in general. For instance, sometimes runoffs occur that later contaminate the water fabricating toxic fungal blooms within the body of water. When this happens, it has been believed that cancer levels rise in the area from this occurrence worsening the health of humans nearby in the surrounding community. Also, sometimes when pollutants enter bodies of water the overall temperature rises. This raise in temperature easily creates ecological dead zones where fish are forced to evacuate the area in search of cooler waters where they can survive and thrive properly. Therefore, different modes of media that aid the process in explaining water pollution and its effects include environmental documentaries, more specifically one titled “Troubled Water” by Paul Manly, educational song covers, which include “Clean It Up” to the tune of the song “Lips are Movin” by Meghan Trainor, and news articles, like the New York Times piece titled ““A Sea of Health and

There has been an increased presence within the water of toxic chemicals, metals, and disease causing microorganisms throughout the years. In general, the main cause of water pollution is the sewage pipes as well as the factories which are slowly becoming more in control. Although the contamination of water has slowly began to be stopped there is still heavy contamination from the waterways from the farmlands which tend to carry fertilizers, pesticides, as well as organic matter. Rain is a major contributor to water contamination from the different acids and heavy metals which fall with the rain contribute to the water

due to pesticides, fertilizers human waste, mining, and manufacturing, the water is getting polluted. Pesticides cause water pollution by flowing into the runoff water that travels to the lake and gets polluted. Fertilizers cause water pollution because now farmers are using chemcal based fertilizers that cause the ground water to become contaminated or polluted over a long period of time. Human waste causes water pollution because it has many chemical that would be very harmful if it was ingested. Mining causes pollution because the machines that excavate the coal or ore use water to cool down. This run-off water, if released to a body of water, will cause algea growth and kill fish. Manufacturing Causes pollution as well because the machinary used to manufacture goods  uses water cool down and when released to water, it increases bacteia to grow and kill fish.

There are natural and human causes of water pollution. Humans have the ability to increase natural contamination by mining natural resources and disposing of them improperly which has dangerous affects. Animals, as well as plants can potentially be affected by the dissolved pollutants. Rocks and soils have concentrations of substances, such as, selenium, potassium, phosphorus, copper, cobalt, molybdenum, zinc, or iodine, which cause health problems in animals. During the Industrial Revolution burning charcoal produced cast iron at high temperatures. Other types of metals that were produced in this time period were titanium, cobalt, titanium, cobalt, platinum, chromium, and more. Use of these metals created larger mining and production industries,

Water is a critical source that is utilized by most living things on Earth to support it ways of live. The usage of water ranges from basic household needs to agricultural purposes. Water is one of the resources on the Earth that is becoming more and more scarce and the water available for usage is being further contaminated by pollution causing sickness and death.(World Health Organization).Countries are experiencing droughts affecting the water supply needed to maintain irrigation, thermoelectric power, and public supply. The definition of water pollution is the result of when too many toxic materials are present, in which negatively impact the water to be unsafe for its intended purpose, which may be drinking to industrial processes

There are many problems throughout the world, with there being starvation, war, struggles for oil.Imagine how bad these issues would be if they were in your neighborhood. The effects would be catastrophic but one major issue that most americans don 't realize and have been spoiled to never being without is Clean Water. Water is a major concern all around the world but here in america we have rarely experienced any type of serious water shortages. Just because america has never had any problem such as lack of clean drinkable water doesn 't mean it won 't happen in the future. We are rapidly using all of our freshwater and with a fast growing population the effects can be seen by just looking at our Great Lakes and even at Hoover Dam. Water

Pollution has been an ongoing program that dates back thousands of years and consists of air, noise, water, light, soil, thermal, and radioactive forms (causes). This research paper will concentrate on water pollution, types, causes, and solutions to deal with what possibly will lead to an inevitable destruction of our environment, leading to water ways that cannot sustain life. Life cannot exist without clean, or non-polluted water. Since our drinking water and a lot of our food sources come from these bodies of water, it is crucial that we all take part in controlling and fixing the water pollution problem that is plaguing all of our bodies of water.

Drinking water is completely an essential necessity and its quality can never be over emphasized just as its availability. Over 3 million people including children below the age of six making up more than 50% of that number die every year from drinking contaminated water. According to UNICEF and WHO, one in eight people worldwide lack access to safe and clean portable drinking water. As a result of this, many of these people are forced to drink this infected water knowing that it is harmful and life threatening. In poor developing countries, people are only able to get about 19 – 20 liters of clean water daily. The demand and supply or availability of clean water in these countries have made people to walk for hours and travel miles on foot to get access to less contaminated water.

Most people take their water supply for granted and what is needed to ensure they are drinking clean water, that will be healthy for their consumption as well as the environment. Therefore, as a plant manager of a growing urban area, my job is to ensure the community is provided with clean and abundant water. However, local water supply has becoming polluted and water is in short supply, and I am facing a grave issue. Due to residue and substances run off from Industrial waste, road salts, construction sites, heavy metals, fuel, gas, coal, firewood, bacteria from fertilizer usage, pet wastes, leaves, grass clippings, and faulty septic tanks. The residues and substances as damage animal habitats, causing many animals to lose their homes or die. Plants are damaged or killed and some plants have exploded rapidly over areas. In addition, citizen’s ability to enjoy local areas such as parks, ponds, lake, and rivers, as become toxic with bacteria, parasites, and chemical toxins. According to Help Save Nature (2017), this causes a change in the temperature of the water and it harms the life forms and affects the balance between various organisms in the water bodies.

Water Pollution isn’t going to be stopped by regulations, scientists are going to have to come up with ways to within the environment to stop it. In order to get rid of surface water pollution, scientists have come up with ways to reduce it. Recent research from the University of Sinaloa has found a plant that is used to get rid of some of the water pollution. Typha domingensis is reducing pollution from bacteria from mammals by “ninety-eight percent” (“Common Weed”). This weed is quite tall and can be found in either shallow or deep water. In a study, the plant found nearly several types of bacteria that was causing pollution in the water (“Common Weed”). This plant is just a start to stop water pollution or at least contain it. Scientists have come up with new systems that can remove water pollutants from fields. Laura Christianson is an expert in what kind of woodchips would react with the field pollutants (“New System”). The woodchips help get rid of the nitrate in fields. They woodchips can consume the nitrate which is then removed from the water. To get rid of the phosphorus, they created a system called a p-filter (“New System”). There are two different types of filters, acid mine drainage treatment residual and steel slag (“New System). The acid mine drainage also called MDR for short, removed roughly “eighty to ninety percent of phosphorus” (“New System”). The MDR filter is by far more productive in removing phosphorus compared to the steel slag. The steel slag is

Water is essential to all life. Water makes up 71% of the earth, with only .5% of that available for use (not salt water). And that limited amount is facing an ever growing threat of becoming polluted by human means. Through the hydrologic cycle, water is in every part of the earth; underground, in the air, and surface waters. This alone means that there are many ways for pollutants to enter the system. Humans are the biggest polluters to water, putting industrial and domestic waste into the water cycle everyday. Some of the most frequent pollutants are fertilizers, pesticides, and litter.

Water pollution is a major global problem which is the pollution of water (seas, lakes, rivers, swamps)... The pollution is produced by storm/rainwater, sewage water and industrial waste. In developing countries, 70% of the waste dumped into waters come from industries. More than 80% of sewage water from sewage treatment plants pollutes water without being treated first! 43% of America's rivers and lakes are too polluted for fishing, swimming, or aquatic life. 1.2 trillion gallons of sewage water and industrial waste are released into US waters every year. Water pollution can also be in the form of solid waste.

There are nine different causes of water pollution that are really worth pointing out. These are Sewage and Wastewater, Marine Dumping, Industrial Waste, Radioactive Waste, Oil Pollution, Underground Storage Leakages, Atmospheric Deposition, Global Warming, and Eutrophication (Water Pollution Guide). Some of these happen to be way worse than the others but either way, it is still pollution.