Ways water gets polluted and solutions to different types of water pollution:
Reducing Water
Pollution At Home, Domestic Sewage and Agricultural Wastewater:
Decreasing solid surfaces around your home will allow for
less water runoff, the excess water can seep into soil and gardens, helping
reduce runoff polution.
Use native plants, they require less water and are more
tolerant. You can even create your own compost to reduce the amount of chemical
fertilizer required by your plants and will prevent chemicals from getting into
water systems.
Water lawns and gardens efficiently, don't over water. The
less we use the more we conserve.
Don't flush non-degradable products and dispose of all pet
waste properly. (out of storm drains and water supplies)
Dispose of all chemical waste properly. (keep paints, oil,
cleaning solvents, polishes, pool chemicals, insecticides and other hazardous
household chemicals out of drains, sinks and toilets)
Recycle used motor oil, don't pour it down drains. 1 quart
of motor oil that seeps into groundwater can pollute 250,000 gallons of
drinking water.
In the Ocean,
Industrial Wastewater
Plastics producers must be held accountable. Plastics
account for 70% of marine litter. Find ways to stop using plastics in your day
to day routine. Recycle all plastic you use. Clean up plastics off of beaches.
Ocean acidification. CO2 emissions are a huge problem for marine
life. The acidity level of the oceans is causing coral reefs to die off and the
underwater climate to change. Finding ways to reduce use of CO2 emissions is
crucial to helping slow this process.
Redirect urban runoff away from the oceans and watch what
chemicals and waste is being routed into runoff.
a good general pollution resource
http://www.nrdc.org
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