Waste Contamination In Water Eutrophication By Patricia Lopes
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Waste Contamination in Water - Eutrophication
By Patricia Lopes
The degree of eutrophication in water bodies depends, mostly, on the concentration of nutrients usually phosphorus in the water,. Calculations show that because of the increase of population growth and urbanization, the world input of phosphorus into the rivers will have reached 2.56 million tons per year by the end of the 20th century. Also, an additional 0.6 million tons, are added mainly due to agricultural and livestock farming. The increase of eutrophication is mostly in rivers, lakes, water reservoirs, and coastal marine waters. The world rivers total phosphorus concentration has increased by four times. These facts clearly show that something …show more content…
I believe policies regulating agricultural is needed to control and regulatate the use of phophorus. For example, the Great Lakes Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement (June 2005). This is where the Ontario government has strengthened the protection of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence River Basin. I believe that if we created a strict agreement like that one, for every lake that is suffering with eutrophication, lakes will get better. Chemistry based solutions take turn to be implemented due to political and regulations issues. Also the results can be tested only in the long run. Thus, it is not unreasonable to command communities to respect, help restore and take care of their lakes. These are many action individuals can do to get involved in removing water …show more content…
These nutrients stimulate the growth of aquatic plant life. Eutrophication is a natural cause, nevertheless due to the population growth, human activity is the main responsible of the increase of eutrophication from its natural state. The eutrophication process results in the depletion of dissolved oxygen in the water provoking animals and plants dyeing because of the lack of dissolved oxygen.
Eutrophication can produce problems such as bad taste and odorous as well as green scum algae in water bodies. Also, the growth of rooted plants may increase, which lead to the decrease on the amount of oxygen in the deepest waters of a lake for example. In extreme case eutrophication may lead to the death of all forms of life in a water body. This has already occurred in such places as Lake Erie in the Baltic Sea, and is a growing problem in freshwater lakes all over
Waste Contamination in Water - Eutrophication
By Patricia Lopes
The degree of eutrophication in water bodies depends, mostly, on the concentration of nutrients usually phosphorus in the water,. Calculations show that because of the increase of population growth and urbanization, the world input of phosphorus into the rivers will have reached 2.56 million tons per year by the end of the 20th century. Also, an additional 0.6 million tons, are added mainly due to agricultural and livestock farming. The increase of eutrophication is mostly in rivers, lakes, water reservoirs, and coastal marine waters. The world rivers total phosphorus concentration has increased by four times. These facts clearly show that something …show more content…
I believe policies regulating agricultural is needed to control and regulatate the use of phophorus. For example, the Great Lakes Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement (June 2005). This is where the Ontario government has strengthened the protection of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence River Basin. I believe that if we created a strict agreement like that one, for every lake that is suffering with eutrophication, lakes will get better. Chemistry based solutions take turn to be implemented due to political and regulations issues. Also the results can be tested only in the long run. Thus, it is not unreasonable to command communities to respect, help restore and take care of their lakes. These are many action individuals can do to get involved in removing water …show more content…
These nutrients stimulate the growth of aquatic plant life. Eutrophication is a natural cause, nevertheless due to the population growth, human activity is the main responsible of the increase of eutrophication from its natural state. The eutrophication process results in the depletion of dissolved oxygen in the water provoking animals and plants dyeing because of the lack of dissolved oxygen.
Eutrophication can produce problems such as bad taste and odorous as well as green scum algae in water bodies. Also, the growth of rooted plants may increase, which lead to the decrease on the amount of oxygen in the deepest waters of a lake for example. In extreme case eutrophication may lead to the death of all forms of life in a water body. This has already occurred in such places as Lake Erie in the Baltic Sea, and is a growing problem in freshwater lakes all over