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    The Consequences of Water Pollution Annually, 90 million people add to the current population of 6.5 billion. At this rate the global population will reach approximately 8.5 billion by 2025 (http://dieoff.org/page120.htm). As the global population grows exponentially, so does the demand for natural resources. Of all these natural resources, water, is the most vital for survival and expansion. Human's dependency on water will never go away, making it a key part to any civilizations future. It

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    There are many ways to fix pollution, action just needs to take place! Did you know that over ⅔ of the world is covered with water, and less than ⅓ is covered with land? As the world's population continus to grow at a rapid pace slowly the earth will run out of fresh water! Now that will be a big problem. Freshwater will slowly start to run out, and some other countries around the world such as Ethiopia, Chad, Cambodia, Haiti and many more. Freshwater for those countries are not available or is at

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    Causes Of Water Pollution

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    In our world, water is imperative for the existence of humans and animals. Water is a vital resource. Humanity uses water for many things such as: “recreational, transportation, hydroelectric power, agricultural, domestic, industrial and commercial” (“Types of Water Pollution” 393). However, humans are steadily deteriorating waterways such as oceans, lakes, and rivers. Water pollution may result in a change in the biological makeup of water, which would lead to pernicious effects on living things

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    oppose the idea of the seriousness of water pollution. Many argue that the water supply for consumption is enough and that there will be no water shortage. “Peak Water” is a term used for a global water shortage (The Environment), so people who consider that the water supply is not going to end use this in their favor. They say that thinking that water is going to be scarce In the future is silly, that people are being peak water alarmists, because there is enough water for everyone, it’s just that there

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    today is a shortage of water”, a statement that sounds too absurd to be believed, but is it? How can we run out of water? Even though almost 70% of the earth is covered in water, unfortunately only 3% of it is usable. According to the World Water Forum (WWF), 1.1 billion people don’t have access to clean water and 2.7 billion people suffer from water shortages with the number increasing year by year. This occurs because of a combination of over-farming and the pollution of water sources, which interrupts

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    Essay On Water Pollution

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    Chapter One The Problem and Its Setting Water is essential to life. It provides an efficient way to transfer substances from a cell to the cell’s environment. Which is why there is usually no positive impacts when referring to water pollution as it is a major global problem. Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies. It exist as a result of harmful substances being inserted into water bodies whether purposely or accidently. When observed it has an affect on the entire ecological system

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    Pollution has had a shocking impact in the atmosphere for including many irreparable damages to ocean life, serious health issues to human beings, and negative changes to the environment. Pollution is a man-made global dilemma which is increasing to a serious magnitude. Human beings, the number one culprit, seem to be blind to this matter. Humans’ inability to clearly see the problem they are creating, will be one of the causes for the world to be no more. One of the many kinds of pollution that

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    CAUSES OF WATER POLLUTION AND EFFECTS AND REMEDIES ABSTRACT Water is one of the necessities for existence of mankind. It is also one of the most abundantly available resources. But indifference of mankind and its abuse of the plentiful resource made water scarcity a problem for many nations around the globe. Water pollution is one major problem that demands utmost attention to deal with emerging water crisis. This paper is an attempt to describe various causes and remedies for water pollution. INTRODUCTION

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    Water pollution and pollution in general is a problem that people don’t like to deal with. Water pollution can cause so much damage to people and to the animals that live in that body of water. The laws that we have are doing what they need to but we need to monitor the water more closely because if we don’t catch the pollution when it happens it could have a disastrous impact on the environment. It could kill all of the plant and animal life that lives in the water. Some of the pollutions that occur

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    the environment. This bill from 2015 says that water and air pollution is harmful to the Florida atmosphere. The bill says the “public policy of this to conserve waters,” and that “air pollution control programs” are now considered necessities in Florida. The policy would be quite pricey because they need to find a new, cleaner way to change factory pollution. Although, spending the money would be worth it because we would have cleaner air and water. A big part of Florida that we're known for is

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