Water Pollution

Water is a natural commodity which exists in all forms be it solid, liquid or gas. Generally speaking, 3/4th of the earth’s surface is water but only 1% of it is fresh water which can be actually utilized by us. The rest is either solid in form of glaciers and ice caps or salty water…

The area of concern in Ireland that I have chosen with regards to the environment and or/population health is water quality, particularly in rivers and lakes in County Wexford. One of the reasons for choosing this location is because the EPA stated that its rivers are ‘under pressure from agriculture, domestic wastewater and urban run-off”….

How do we know if the water is not contaminated with dangerous toxins? In the 1970’s the United States passed an amendment to the Federal Water Pollution Act that Drastically changed our lakes, ponds, rivers creeks, and our oceans.The Clean Water Act created basic regulations for putting pollutants in bodys of water whether it was…

Glades County is a region on the Gulf Coast with a population of 600,000. About 90 percent of the population is located in and near the city of Sitkus. The main attractions of the area are its clean, sandy beaches and nearby fishing. Resorts, restaurants, hotels, retailers, and the Sitkus/Glades County economy in general rely…

We have seemed to fall into a lifestyle of comfort, ease, and convenience, where disposable is a better choice than reusable. Ask yourself would you rather finish your drink in a plastic bottle and throw it away or drink from a reusable container and have to wash it? Chances are you answered you would rather…

Industrial wastewater treatment covers the mechanisms and processes used to treat waters that have been contaminated in some way by anthropogenic industrial or commercial activities prior to its release into the environment or its re-use. Most industries produce some wet waste although recent trends in the developed world have been to minimise such production or…

Plastic has been one of the most important inventions of the 20th century, it revolutionized and change the entire world but at the same time brought many problems with it. In the ’60s is when plastic started to get very popular and spread all around the world, at that time, they couldn’t imagine all the…

Land pollution affects our everyday world. When people throw their trash on the floor, they are destroying the planet little by little. We had better days when the Native Americans were here because they did not use very much of the world. People throw trash on the floor as if the world is infinite, but…

The first thing that comes to mind when we think pollution is health issues and the ongoing issues, car emission and so on. But, were here to discuss the ocean impact on all pollution and the power mother nature has to repair or take back what belongs to it. So what is really causing the…

CH2O is a company that blends chemicals to create products such as acid cleaners, and then ships the blended chemicals in drums to the customers. After the drums containing the chemicals reaches the customer, CH2O asked that the customer returned the drums to be reused. Once the drums were returned, the company cleaned the drums…