Water Pollution Filter

All around the world, countries are fighting to keep their drinking water clean. Whether it’s streams, rivers, or lakes, countries have taken great measures to maintain high quality drinking water for both human consumption and animal consumption. Countries must first understand the sources of the polltion, then determine the best methods to eliminate the pollution. Clean drinking water is a valuable resource and a the key to human survival. Plants and animals also depend on water for their growth, so all water must be kept clean. The major contributors to water pollution can be classified in three categories, industrial, agricultural and municipal.

It is difficult to control pollution, particularly if an archival institution is in an urban area, as most national or state institutions are. Ideally, the institution will install filter systems to filter out polluting air particles. This is often not possible, as it is quite expensive and requires high maintenance. Alternative strategies for controlling the effects of pollution include storing poor quality paper products, such as newspapers, separately from archives, so that the pollutants generated when the newspapers deteriorate are not transferred to valuable materials, storing records in boxes, containers or file cabinet to keep out dust and dirt, sealing untreated wood such as shelving with an interior latex paint, not an oil based paint,

Mining can deplete surface and groundwater supplies. Groundwater withdrawals may damage or destroy streamside habitat many miles from the actual mine site. In Nevada, the driest state in the United States of America, the Humboldt River is being drained to benefit gold mining operations along the Carlin Trend. Mines in the northeastern Nevada desert pumped out more than 580 billion gallons of water between 1986 and 2001 – enough to feed New York City’s taps for more than a year. Groundwater withdrawn from the Santa Cruz River Basin in Southern Arizona for use at a nearby copper mine is lowering the water table and drying up the river.

Biological decomposition of organic debris impart a characteristic taste and odour of rotten eggs which is mainly due to hydrogen sulphide. Growth of algae, micro-organisms, hydrogen sulphide and ammonia give an obnoxious odour to water making if unfit for use. The unpleasant taste and odour is aesthetically unacceptable even though it may not pose any serious threat to health.

Due to improper disposal of sewage, water waste products from our homes, oils companies, and industrial waste companies to name a few water pollution is one of the most imperative environmental concerns to date. Pollutants such as lead, oils, nitrates, phosphates, and mercury get into our bodies of waters immediately impacting our marine life such as the fish people eat, mammals and birds as well. These pollutants also end.up into the water systems within our households, oftentimes, due to improper filtration systems or simply old pipes. Which leaves millions— even billions of civilians and animals ill or deceased yearly.

Additionally, once the zeolite molecular sieve columns are saturated with radium, the resulting solid radioactive waste must be disposed of because the radium binds too tightly to the zeolite and cannot be removed for future use in energy or heat production. Thus, this method still produces radioactive waste, which has reached a total of one million tons in just one year.17 Because the solid waste produced exceeds radioactive material soil application and landfill limits, this waste must be disposed of in a costly, complicated manner that includes encasing the radioactive waste first in glass, then in concrete, and finally burying it deep underground in regulated locations called geological repositories.

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.

Water is a transparent and nearly colorless chemical substance that is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms, water can be liquid, solid or gas, is tasteless and odorless. Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface. On Earth, 97% of the planet's crust water is found in seas and oceans and only 3% of this water is freshwater, and 98.8% of that water is in ice.

There are many forms of pollution throughout the United States, but one of the major sections of pollution is in our water ways. Having pollution throughout our water causes many problems not only for the environments within the water, and the environments outside of it as well. One of the major concerns when it comes to pollution is that people do not seem to care as much as they should. They don’t view it as a big problem, when in reality, it is one of the biggest problems facing the world today.

Industrial water consumption makes up 22% of global water use. In 2009, European and North American industrial water use accounted for half of their total water use, whereas in developing nations industrial water use ranges from 4-12% of national water use [10]. As industrialisation in developing nations increases, industrial water use could potentially increase by a factor of 5, strongly increasing pressure on water resources [10]. Wastewater can be reused within the industry producing it or between several industries through ‘industrial symbiosis’ [11].

First, there is point source pollution, pollution that comes from a single location. An example of a point source pollution would be rainfall. Rainfall picks up and carries human-made pollutants, such as harmful gases, oils, and smoke, which are then deposited into a body of water such as lakes, rivers, and groundwaters. Factories and sewage plants are two of the common types of point source pollution. Another main water pollution type is nonpoint source pollution, pollution that comes from multiple locations and sources. An example of nonpoint source pollutions would be, pesticide run offs, urban runoffs, bacteria or nutrients from livestock and crops, harmful chemicals from factories, and many more. “As technology improves, scientists are able to detect more pollutants, and at smaller concentrations, in Earth’s freshwater bodies. Containing traces of contaminants ranging from birth control pills and sunscreen

Water is not only a way to hydrate, but is crucial to the basis of all life. Washington has

Water pollution is a major global problem which is the pollution of seas, lakes, rivers, swamps… The pollution is made of storm and rainwater, sewage water and industrial waste. In developing countries, 70% of the waste dumped into waters are coming from industries. More than 80% of sewage from sewage treatment plants pollutes rivers and lakes 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.

Anybody of water that is contaminated with pollutants, is called Water Pollution. There are two types of water pollution, Nonpoint and Point specific pollution. Nonpoint pollution cannot be found by a specific location and can be caused by runoff water, an example of this pollution is pesticides (Flinn Scientific, 2009). Chemicals and fertilizers can run off into the water supply(Mary Beth Abel Hughes, James Sammons, Scott Eddleman, Pamela J. W. Gore, Daniel P. Murray, Patsy Eldridge, 2007). Water moves over the ground and picks up chemicals and other waste into a body of water (Flinn Scientific, 2009). Pollution that can be pinpointed at a specific place and can be found and reduce the problem of pollution, an example of this pollution is factories, is known as Point Specific Pollution. (Flinn Scientific, 2009). Since Earth is becoming industrialized, water is being used and more waste is thrown into usable water (Flinn Scientific, 2009) About 70% of factories and industries dump waste into usable water(40factsaboutwaterpollution, 2013). Waste is produced by Industries and is dump it into the nearest water source (Mary Beth

The lab report focuses on the experiments showing how contaminated water can be turned into uncontaminated water. The process was interesting to do, as well, watch happen with my own two eyes. The three experiments completed were: 1. Effects of Groundwater Contamination, 2. Water Treatment, and 3. Drinking Water Quality. During the experiment I used the tools provided in the Lab Kit, which included: Glass Beakers, gravel, sand, charcoal, cheesecloth, oil, and detergent, different brands of water, vinegar, alum, and bleach. All of which showed the contamination of the water once I started the