Dear Friends, this is the 1st
post after the welcome note which took long time. I would like to thank all my
friends for your support.
So let’s start with the most
familiar topic to all “Water Pollution”. Almost everyone would be aware of this
terminology; some would have studied from their early school days. So I am not
going to anything new, instead just remind you about the present intensity and
its adverse effects on our planet. The main aim is to create awareness among us
by sowing seeds about the recent problems affecting our planet earth, here
specifically about water pollution due to industrial waste water deposition.
There are some chemical
industries like Leather, Textile, Pulp & Paper, Oil & Refinery etc., which
discharge their effluents without complete treatment into the water bodies
nearby. These contain toxic materials either in dissolved or suspended form. The
flora and fauna present in the water bodies consume these toxic materials
causing to decline in their species. Sometimes they are so affected that they
become extinct species. This is because on addition of toxic materials to the
existing water bodies disturb the habitat. Only those species which can adapt
itself to the new habitat can survive others die. There are many toxic
chemicals discharged into water bodies are soluble in water like phenol, dyes
etc. and some are insoluble like oil which will not allow sunlight to pass
through it. So the aquatic life under the oil region will not be able to get
sunlight for their growth, which will disturb the aquatic life cycle.
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| Mixing of Pollutants in Water |
The aquatic life consumes the
Carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, so disturbance in created in aquatic
life cycle will impact the Carbon cycle. As the water gets polluted it loses
its capacity to absorb carbon dioxide, instead the death of aquatic life can
release Carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, thereby increasing the amount of
Carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. This increasing amount of Carbon dioxide
will cause global warming which in turn increase the temperature. Presently the
temperature has increased by 5-6% compared to previous years.
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| Fish Dead due to polluted water |
So what will happen if the
temperature increases by 5-6%? It’s very simple our living habitat will change,
like the climate, season, also will help in causing of natural calamities like
storm, hurricane, floods, droughts etc. So if you see we have just polluted
water, but its undergoing various chain of reactions to have an amplified effect
on us.
So there’s a saying “It’s Never Late” even we put in
our effort we can save our planet and live peacefully. Everything is in our
hands. So let’s all come together to save our planet.
