Taking The Environment For Granted

Water pollution is the uncleanness of water i.e. oceans, dams, lakes, rivers, aquifers and groundwater. Water pollution arises when contaminants are directly or indirectly discharged into water bodies without adequate management to remove harmful complexes. Solid wastes are dumped into these water bodies throughout the world. Water pollution distresses plants and living organisms, living in these bodies of water. In nearly all cases the result is unsafe not only to individual species and populations. 

The root cause of pollution is agricultural development, population growth, urbanization and industrialization. It has been advocated that it is the top worldwide reason of major deaths and diseases.  It accounts for the deaths of 14,000+ deaths day-to-day. In most regions it is not the lack of regulations but their weak enforcement that hinders progress. In this essay I will be discussing and unpacking water pollution as an environmental issue which has always been highlighted in the media.

The eco system cannot cope with the increasing levels of water pollution caused by different chemicals and other types of waste. The substances that cause water pollution can be divided into two main groups- germs and chemicals. Germs are micro-organisms that cause illnesses such as cholera, malaria and bilharzia mixed with poisons which are mainly produced and released by industrial sectors. Humans are using more and more materials that are polluting the water sources that we drink from.

Water pollution is a major global problematic issue which requires on-going evaluation and revision of water resource policy at all levels. Dirty water is the world's leading health hazard and continues to threaten both quality life and public well-being. The issue with water pollution is the fact that in numerous countries, great industries still pursue to dump different sorts of waste into streams. Litter in nearby streams ultimately ends up in the local rivers. The growth is due to lack of environmental awareness.  Every day, two million tons of sewage excess is discharged into the world’s water. It is equivalent of the weight of the entire human population. There has been a formation of an environmental monitoring programme that includes the following [World Water Day]:

• Establishment of an environmental baseline.
• Detection and evaluation of environmental trends.
• Provision of advance warning of approaching critical conditions.
• Prevention of potential threats to the human environment.