Water Pollution

The Topic that I chose for my research project is Water Pollution. Water Pollution can be described as being caused from Industrial causes or economic problems. This is a bigger issue than people think. We take for granted the water that we have and do not notice it until we do not have it. In my hometown we had the water shut off many times so I have experienced weeks at a time without running water. I never realized how much I needed it until I did not have it anymore.

My target audience is going to be mostly people who are unaware of this issue. I want to make people more aware of the problem so that together we can step u and make a change.

So water pollution is a major global problem which requires ongoing revision and evaluation of water resources. Water pollution has been suggested that it is the leading worldwide cause of deaths and diseases. It accounts for the deaths of more than 14,000 people daily. There is an estimated 700 million Indians who have no access to a proper toilet. In China, about 500 millions people lack access to safe drinking water.

Water is usually referred to as polluted when it is impaired by contaminants and either does not support human use, such as drinking water. Natural things such as volcanoes, algae blooms, storms and earthquakes also cause major changes in water quality and the ecological status of water.

People should learn and know about this issue to help make a change. The everyday person can do their part in preventing water pollution in the every day life. For instance, don't just flush everything down the toilet or sink, some things may have chemicals that may get into the water through the sewer systems.

The government does a lot of water treatment however. Domestic sewage is 99.9 percent pure water, while the other 0.1 percent are pollutants. These pollutants pose a risk on a large scale. In urban areas, domestic sewage is typically treated by centralized sewage treatment plants. In the U.S. Most of these plants are operated by local government agencies. Municipal treatment plants are designed to control conventional pollutants. Well-designed and operated systems can remove up to 90 percent or more of these pollutants. Some plants have the additional sub-systems to treat nutrients and pathogens. Most municipal plants are not designed to treat toxic pollutants found in the industrial waste-water.