Water Pollution

     Keeping the pollution to a minimal isn’t the easiest thing in the world to do. The major water pollutants are chemical, biological, or physical materials that

Water pollution, as defined by the World Wildlife Fund, “happens when toxic substances enter water bodies such as lakes, rivers, oceans and so on, getting dissolved in them, lying suspended in the water or depositing on the bed.”1 In 1948, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act was passed by congress, but was later amended in 1972 in response to great public outcry—this amended document is what is now known as the Clean Water Act.2 Despite these national efforts, in a report released by the Environment America Research & Policy Center in 2014, Virginia was listed as one of the top five states with the largest discharge of toxic substances into waterways, documented at over eleven million pounds.3 Furthermore, in a 2014 report conducted by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, it was found that the water pollution has spread throughout sixteen-thousand miles of the state’s rivers.4

Water pollution is when, “one or more substances have built up in the water to such an extent that they cause problems for animals and people” (Woodford). Water pollution is also bad for humans and animal’s health. Sewage, chemicals, radioactive waste, oil pollution, and plastic, are some causes for water pollution (Explain That Stuff). When water from rain runs off roofs and roads into rivers it carries away trash, toxic chemicals, dirt, and harmful organisms (NRDC Water). Some solutions to these are to throw things into the correct bin, use water wisely, and not throw chemicals, oil, paints, and medicine down the sink, drain, or toilet. Also plant lots of trees and have cities develop a sewage treatment plant to minimize pollution (eSchool Today). It’s important to protect our

When we talk about how water is being polluted we just justify ourselves saying that there is a lot of water in this world and that a little bit of it getting damaged doesn’t matter at all. To understand the consequences of water pollution we first have to know what water pollution is and how it happens. Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies like lakes, rivers and oceans. This form of environmental degradation occurs “when pollutants are directly or indirectly discharged into water bodies without adequate treatment to remove harmful compounds” (“Wikipedia”). Chemical waste from factories is sometimes dumped into rivers and lakes. These chemical

Water pollution in the United States has been a persistent yet widely ignored issue since the nascent of industrialization. As awareness and concern about water contamination spread during the mid-twentieth century, more and more pollution prevention plans and programs came into action. One of the most significant of these was the Clean Water Act (CWA), which still exists today. The Clean Water Act was passed as an attempt to restore the condition of America’s water bodies, and it has resulted in noticeable water quality improvements but also widespread controversy concerning cost, efficacy, restrictions on industry, and ambiguity of the text.

My logical points revolve around the fact that water pollution is a bad thing. Humans depend on clean water for drinking, bathing, and doing recreational things (especially the people of Iowa with all of the activities they do on the river during the summer months). Much of the pollution problem

There are two types of pollutions that can occur there are primary that is caused from a known source and secondary is formed with primary pollutants which are mostly from a chemical reaction. When the most important object that humans need to survive like water is polluted no one is able to drink from it because the outcome will be your loves ones attending your funeral. Five thousand people die from polluted water everyday. An important fact is that sewage and industrial waste from unsuccessful experiments or the unwanted garbage is being dumped in U.S waters. The world uses water for bathing, drinking, swimming, and other fun activities. Who would want to let their children play with polluted water. With industries sterilizing the water

“Without water, life would not exist.” This is a quote taken from Water.org. However, it needs a little clarification, Without clean water, life will not exist for long. There are many countries today that do not have access to clean water. This necessity we the people of the United States of America take for granted is not a normal occurrence in every country. With this paper we will look at five different countries with the most polluted water in the world. We will see what is being done to help reduce the water pollution and how the water pollution is effecting the economy is these countries.

In August 14, of 2015, an EPA worker takes a water reading in the Animas River near Durango, Colorado. Once the water was tested, there was an estimate more that 3 million gallons of wastewater in the River. Do you want to know what caused it? An abandon and dormant mine, had a pool of wastewater that had collapsed and went down to the river where we get our fresh water from. Most of the mines from the U.S. have produced 50 billion tons of untreated, unclaimed mining waste on public and private land. Also the ocean is polluted, and estimated 10 percent of the 260 million tons of plastic produced each year-end up in the ocean. The biggest problem that we face today is water pollution, because it affects marine life, reason being, the fishes

Unfortunately we as humans are contaminating the water supplies all around us every single day. Water becomes contaminated when anthropogenic, or people-made, substances get dissolved or mixed into water. This results in an overabundance of deadly contaminants in the water, which have a direct effect on the animals that live in it. Some of these contaminations are extremely difficult, or even impossible, to clean up. Although huge oil spills, such as the BP oil spill, get a majority of the news coverage, there are many different ways people pollute the earth. These various ways include landfills, leaking gasoline storage or septic tanks, and even farm land that is treated with pesticides. A lot of these contamination methods are poorly researched,

Since there are so many problems when it comes to point source pollution, there are also many solutions to stopping them. For example, driving a car releases gasoline into the air but when you ride a bike you release no harmful gases into the air resulting in better exercise and no pollution. Other solutions can be forcing companies to limit the gases they release into the air which causes many environmental problems. Farmers should use the right amount of fertilizer for their crops because too much fertilizer pollutes the air. Point source pollution in the United States is regulated by the environmental protection agency also known as the EPA. So that is another way point source pollution is treated. The Clean Water Act (CWA), passed by Congress in 1972, provides the basic structure for improving the release of pollutants from point sources to the bodies of water in the United States. That way we can decrease the cause of point source pollution.

There is pollution in major bodies of water in Iowa due to runoff from farms. This runoff makes its way through rivers and streams to eventually reach the Gulf of Mexico. Runoff is a major issue in Buena Vista, a county in Iowa, because it’s water has been so badly polluted. Raccoon River was so badly polluted that the Des Moines Water Works filed a federal lawsuit against them. Buena Vista county decided to hire multiple law groups to handle the lawsuit. This came with the question as to who was funding these law groups as they were being paid by a group of donators. Eventually the county had to clean the Raccoon River and the question was posed of how to limit the amount of nitrogen pollution caused by the runoff from Raccoon River. It was estimated to cost $16 billion to clean the river which wasn’t economically logical.

A duck wakes up in the morning looking for her missing baby in the river. All of the babies are present except the youngest one. After a few minutes, a weak scream comes from distance and the mother finds her baby in an empty bean can. California is facing the issue of contamination in drinking water because people are lacking knowledge about what might be the results of drinking this water. One study shows that some of the particles in water specifically can cause asthma, cardiovascular problems and cancer (Katz n.p.). According to this fact many people are risking their health by drinking toxic water. As the population of California increases, the contamination in water increases as well. Some of many areas which have polluted drinking water are located where the low-income families live (Katz n.p.). These low-income communities have a tendency to be most affected by these hazards since they are mostly unemployed and they cannot speak out their issues. Contaminated drinking water is a crucial, often unnoticed problem in California that disproportionately affects low-income communities.

Did you know when you litter it goes straight to any water source! Have you ever wondered what gets washed into the rivers and waters for fish? Many of people litter and it just gets washed right into the rivers or people just throw garbage straight into the water for the fish to eat. So next time you have a piece of garbage think before you throw in straight onto the ground or in the water.

The world we live in is has many problems that cause a lot of bad, with many ongoing issues that have been occurring for so many years and now today. Every day there are daily routines that affect the life of humans and the life of other living organisms. The earth is a valuable and fragile place that can only do its best to care for itself. Water is essential to life as we know it. If people use it, trash it and do not care for it, then this place that is a home to many will soon die. Water is polluted every day. Water pollution has been a big issue that has been a world-wide problem. The current water pollution is worse than it had been a few years ago, this problem continues to grow. People must act upon it before it is