Causes:
-industrial waste
-sewage and wastewater
-mining activity
-marine dumping
-accidental oil leakage
-chemical fertilizers and pesticides
-the burning of fossil fuels
-leakage from sewer lines
-global warming
-radioactive waste
-urban development
-leakage from the landfills
-animal waste
-underground storage leakage
-people throwing trash
1. What are some more causes to water pollution?
There are many types and even more causes. Some are acute, as in disastrous spills, some are chronic problems. The acute ones make headlines, but the chronic problems are ones that can cause lasting damage and need to be managed to improve.
Factory runoff: clothing dies, toxic like fluoride, carcinogens, heavy metals like lead and detergents. See Flint River
Agricultural run off: fertilizers, herbicides
Sewage: overflow during storm events or raw sewage entering water directly from settlements on a river. Bacteria growing in the water can cause many deadly ailments like Legionnaires disease & cholera,
Oil & Gas: Fracking waste water contaminants, oil spills, contaminants, see the movies: Erin Brokovich, Deep water horizon, Gasland) Acid rain is caused by natural sources (volcanoes) but primarily from the burning of fossil fuels and the byproducts emitted into the air dissolving in the water in the atmosphere and falling as rain, snow, fog etc. This in turn goes back into the rivers and oceans decreasing the pH and affecting how invertebrates grow - corals, lobsters, crabs, shrimp etc - and damaging the ecosystem.see https://www.epa.gov/acidrain/what-acid-rain
Construction run off by rivers, oceanfront. silting waters making sunlight unable to penetrate for photosynthesis for corals/algaes and even physically smothering organisms themselves.
Residential: Road salt in places where they dump salt on roads to prevent freezing, drains through soil into ground water. Consumer one-time use plastic are a huge global pandemic. The great pacific garbage patch and the microplastics kill so many marine species due to accidental ingestion from whales to birds to fish, see: the story of plastic. and check out https://theoceancleanup.com/ Plastics are even showing up in the fish we consume in supermarkets.
A tank or piping network that has at least 10 percent of its volume underground is known as an underground storage tank (UST). They often store substances such as petroleum, that are harmful to the surrounding environment should it become contaminated.
Nuclear waste is produced from industrial, medical and scientific processes that use radioactive material. Nuclear waste can have detrimental effects on marine habitats.
Oceans are polluted by oil on a daily basis from oil spills, routine shipping, run-offs and dumping. Oil spills make up about 12% of the oil that enters the ocean. The rest come from shipping travel, drains and dumping.
Dumping of litter in the sea can cause huge problems. Litter items such as 6-pack ring packaging can get caught in marine animals and may result in death.
Industry is a huge source of water pollution, it produces pollutants that are extremely harmful to people and the environment. Many industrial facilities use freshwater to carry away waste from the plant and into rivers, lakes and oceans.
Domestic households, industrial and agricultural practices produce wastewater that can cause pollution of many lakes and rivers. Sewage is the term used for wastewater that often contains faeces, urine and laundry waste.
Industrial and agricultural work involves the use of many different chemicals that can run-off into water and pollute it. Metals and solvents from industrial work can pollute rivers and lakes.
Microbiological water pollution is usually a natural form of water pollution caused by microorganisms. Many types of microorganisms live in water and cause fish, land animals and humans to become ill.
Some pollutants do not dissolve in water as their molecules are too big to mix between the water molecules. This material is called particulate matter and can often be a cause of water pollution.
Nutrients are essential for plant growth and development. Many nutrients are found in wastewater and fertilizers, and these can cause excess weed and algae growth if large concentrations end up in water.
A lot of the Earth’s water is found underground in soil or under rock structures called aquifers. Humans often use aquifers as a means to obtain drinking water, and build wells to access it.
Microorganisms that live in water feed on biodegradable substances. When too much biodegradable material is added to water, the number of microorganisms increase and use up the available oxygen. This is called oxygen depletion.
Surface waters are the natural water resources of the Earth. They are found on the exterior of the Earth’s crust and include: Oceans Rivers Lakes These waters can become polluted in a number of ways, and this is called surface water pollution.
Eutrophication is when the environment becomes enriched with nutrients. This can be a problem in marine habitats such as lakes as it can cause algal blooms.
An increase in water temperature can result in the death of many aquatic organisms and disrupt many marine habitats. For example, a rise in water temperatures causes coral bleaching of reefs around the world.
Atmospheric deposition is the pollution of water caused by air pollution. In the atmosphere, water particles mix with carbon dioxide sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, this forms a weak acid.
-industrial waste
-sewage and wastewater
-mining activity
-marine dumping
-accidental oil leakage
-chemical fertilizers and pesticides
-the burning of fossil fuels
-leakage from sewer lines
-global warming
-radioactive waste
-urban development
-leakage from the landfills
-animal waste
-underground storage leakage
-people throwing trash
1. What are some more causes to water pollution?
There are many types and even more causes. Some are acute, as in disastrous spills, some are chronic problems. The acute ones make headlines, but the chronic problems are ones that can cause lasting damage and need to be managed to improve.
Factory runoff: clothing dies, toxic like fluoride, carcinogens, heavy metals like lead and detergents. See Flint River
Agricultural run off: fertilizers, herbicides
Sewage: overflow during storm events or raw sewage entering water directly from settlements on a river. Bacteria growing in the water can cause many deadly ailments like Legionnaires disease & cholera,
Oil & Gas: Fracking waste water contaminants, oil spills, contaminants, see the movies: Erin Brokovich, Deep water horizon, Gasland) Acid rain is caused by natural sources (volcanoes) but primarily from the burning of fossil fuels and the byproducts emitted into the air dissolving in the water in the atmosphere and falling as rain, snow, fog etc. This in turn goes back into the rivers and oceans decreasing the pH and affecting how invertebrates grow - corals, lobsters, crabs, shrimp etc - and damaging the ecosystem.see https://www.epa.gov/acidrain/what-acid-rain
Construction run off by rivers, oceanfront. silting waters making sunlight unable to penetrate for photosynthesis for corals/algaes and even physically smothering organisms themselves.
Residential: Road salt in places where they dump salt on roads to prevent freezing, drains through soil into ground water. Consumer one-time use plastic are a huge global pandemic. The great pacific garbage patch and the microplastics kill so many marine species due to accidental ingestion from whales to birds to fish, see: the story of plastic. and check out https://theoceancleanup.com/ Plastics are even showing up in the fish we consume in supermarkets.
A tank or piping network that has at least 10 percent of its volume underground is known as an underground storage tank (UST). They often store substances such as petroleum, that are harmful to the surrounding environment should it become contaminated.
Nuclear waste is produced from industrial, medical and scientific processes that use radioactive material. Nuclear waste can have detrimental effects on marine habitats.
Oceans are polluted by oil on a daily basis from oil spills, routine shipping, run-offs and dumping. Oil spills make up about 12% of the oil that enters the ocean. The rest come from shipping travel, drains and dumping.
Dumping of litter in the sea can cause huge problems. Litter items such as 6-pack ring packaging can get caught in marine animals and may result in death.
Industry is a huge source of water pollution, it produces pollutants that are extremely harmful to people and the environment. Many industrial facilities use freshwater to carry away waste from the plant and into rivers, lakes and oceans.
Domestic households, industrial and agricultural practices produce wastewater that can cause pollution of many lakes and rivers. Sewage is the term used for wastewater that often contains faeces, urine and laundry waste.
Industrial and agricultural work involves the use of many different chemicals that can run-off into water and pollute it. Metals and solvents from industrial work can pollute rivers and lakes.
Microbiological water pollution is usually a natural form of water pollution caused by microorganisms. Many types of microorganisms live in water and cause fish, land animals and humans to become ill.
Some pollutants do not dissolve in water as their molecules are too big to mix between the water molecules. This material is called particulate matter and can often be a cause of water pollution.
Nutrients are essential for plant growth and development. Many nutrients are found in wastewater and fertilizers, and these can cause excess weed and algae growth if large concentrations end up in water.
A lot of the Earth’s water is found underground in soil or under rock structures called aquifers. Humans often use aquifers as a means to obtain drinking water, and build wells to access it.
Microorganisms that live in water feed on biodegradable substances. When too much biodegradable material is added to water, the number of microorganisms increase and use up the available oxygen. This is called oxygen depletion.
Surface waters are the natural water resources of the Earth. They are found on the exterior of the Earth’s crust and include: Oceans Rivers Lakes These waters can become polluted in a number of ways, and this is called surface water pollution.
Eutrophication is when the environment becomes enriched with nutrients. This can be a problem in marine habitats such as lakes as it can cause algal blooms.
An increase in water temperature can result in the death of many aquatic organisms and disrupt many marine habitats. For example, a rise in water temperatures causes coral bleaching of reefs around the world.
Atmospheric deposition is the pollution of water caused by air pollution. In the atmosphere, water particles mix with carbon dioxide sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, this forms a weak acid.