poulution
EBT Malik Baptiste
U.S History February28, 2013
Dear editor
The issue I chose to speak on was pollution, water pollution to be more specific. Water pollution is the pollution of bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, seas and oceans. Water pollution happens when pollutants such as sewerage or any type of trash is put directly into a body of water without being purified to remove harmful things found in the pollutants. Water pollution is bad for many reasons; one being that the pollutants may be harmful to the animals, plants or any living organism in the body of water. The killing of fish and aquatic plants is a direct affect of water contamination. Some groups that are trying to address this issue are the EPA (environmental protection agency), the NRDC (natural resources defense council) and the AWWA (American water works association). Since this is a very big issue these groups have not been extremely successful with addressing it. The NRDC (natural resources defense council) have issued a plan, “Ten Simple Ways You Can Help Reduce Pollution and Runoff, these are ten steps that anyone can do to help the water pollution problem. Also the AWWA’s (American water works association) policy Water Quality Control in Distribution Systems.
To help contain this issue of water pollution we should do what the NRDC (natural resources defense council) says. Issue a plan that people have to follow. Raise the littering fine, because litter can end up in storm drains that head out to the ocean. Also put a really high fine on littering at the beach these fines will make people think before they litter anywhere and if they do some of the money from the fines should go help pay for treatment of polluted water.
There should also be laws issued making it a necessity to have a waste purifier in factories that are going to be dumping water into lakes and rivers.
U.S History February28, 2013
Dear editor
The issue I chose to speak on was pollution, water pollution to be more specific. Water pollution is the pollution of bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, seas and oceans. Water pollution happens when pollutants such as sewerage or any type of trash is put directly into a body of water without being purified to remove harmful things found in the pollutants. Water pollution is bad for many reasons; one being that the pollutants may be harmful to the animals, plants or any living organism in the body of water. The killing of fish and aquatic plants is a direct affect of water contamination. Some groups that are trying to address this issue are the EPA (environmental protection agency), the NRDC (natural resources defense council) and the AWWA (American water works association). Since this is a very big issue these groups have not been extremely successful with addressing it. The NRDC (natural resources defense council) have issued a plan, “Ten Simple Ways You Can Help Reduce Pollution and Runoff, these are ten steps that anyone can do to help the water pollution problem. Also the AWWA’s (American water works association) policy Water Quality Control in Distribution Systems.
To help contain this issue of water pollution we should do what the NRDC (natural resources defense council) says. Issue a plan that people have to follow. Raise the littering fine, because litter can end up in storm drains that head out to the ocean. Also put a really high fine on littering at the beach these fines will make people think before they litter anywhere and if they do some of the money from the fines should go help pay for treatment of polluted water.
There should also be laws issued making it a necessity to have a waste purifier in factories that are going to be dumping water into lakes and rivers.
Bibliography: - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (22 February 2013) WATER POLLUTION February18, 2013 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_pollution -NRDC (8/22/2012) How to Clean Up Our Water Ten Simple Ways You Can Help Reduce Pollution and Runoff February18, 2013 http://www.nrdc.org/water/pollution/gsteps.asp -Lifestyle lounge (No Date) Causes and Effects of Water Pollution February18, 2013 http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/causes-and-effects-of-water-pollution-4515.html