Did you know ?

The world generates incredible 400 billion tons of industrial waste each year.

Our planet is so heavily polluted and we are not doing enough to prevent further pollution. Every single day different waste is being dumped into our oceans, rivers, seas.

How & Who forbidden it ?

Ganges river is the largest river in India, and home of many unique ecosystems. However these ecosystems could soon come under great threat because rising sea levels are causing salt water to flow into India’s biggest river. This is happening because sea levels in some parts of the Bay of Bengal were rising at 3.14 mm annually against a global average of 2 mm, and if temperatures continue to rise not only Ganges will become more salty but also large number of population in Indian subcontinent will be severely hit with more frequent and more powerful natural disasters such as floods and storms, which will very likely result in more disease and more hunger.

Ganges river, the largest river in India, does not only have problem with pollution but is also becoming more salty because of sea levels rise.

Indian university in the city of Kolkata that published this study was very surprised with the discovery of the mangrove plants, a rare phenomenon along the Ganges river belt, that usually live 100 km (60 miles) away in the swampy Sundarban archipelago spread over a 26,000 sq km (10,000 sq mile) area on the world’s largest delta region. They also spotted more saline water fish in the river as Ganges river is becoming more and more salty. It looks like Ganges river does not only have problem with pollution but also with salinity.

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http://pollutionarticles.blogspot.com/search/label/Ganges

Many people aren’t still aware that ocean pollution is a major problem that isn’t only affecting the ocean but the rest of the Earth as well. Ocean pollution directly affects living organisms in ocean and indirectly humans and their health. There are many sources of pollution and the most dangerous is illegal dumping, especially of poisonous materials. This illegal dumping is unfortunately so, wide spread and is causing damage to many plants and animals in the ocean. On top of the food chain we could easily end up eating seafood that was harmed by some toxic materials before it came to our plates. Especially dangerous is the lead which can cause a lot of health problems, especially damaging brain and kidneys. Recycling is the right answer but unfortunately not for all people.

Dumping is the biggest problem but there are other problems as well like wastewater, use of pesticides and other chemicals in agriculture, which you definitely wouldn’t think of right away. Wastewater is a run-off from rainwater that ends up in rivers, lakes and oceans as well. Majority of people still don’t know that this run-off is going into the ocean at daily bases in small amounts which are piling hence creating a major problem. Agriculture is also harmful to the ocean because pesticides and other dangerous chemicals are taken off of the plants and carried to the oceans when it rains.

Oil pollution also has tremendous affects on oceans and presents real dangers in form of tankers and their possible failure or crash which could lead to oil leakage as it was the infamous Exxon Valdez incident. In this accident 10.8 million gallons were spilled, causing deaths of many animals, including 250,000–500,000 seabirds, 2,800–5,000 sea otters, approximately 12 river otters, 300 harbor seals, 250 bald eagles, and 22 orcas, as well as the destruction of billions of salmon and herring eggs.

Oil spill cleaning efforts usually need months or even years to clean up the polluted area and by the time cleaning is done many fish species, seabirds and even some mammals had already died because of it. And as the scientific results in infamous Exxon Valdez oil spill showed effects are far more lasting than it was expected, and some habitats may take more than 30 years to recover, which is very long time so you can imagine total negative impact on affected ecosystems.

Global warming is another major problem and is concerning oceans as well. Global warming causes the water to rise and when it rises, it covers low land islands with plants, animals, and even some people’s homes on them. This can hurt animals in the different layers of the ocean. Other problem is warm water that is killing some algae which can’t stand this temperature, and this has effect on complete food chain because there are some fishes that eat these algae, meaning they don’t have food, some other fishes eat this fishes meaning they don’t have food as well, etc, and the food chain is irreversibly broken.

There are indeed many problems but not that many answers because all ecological problems are connected on the global scale and therefore solving one of them isn’t completely possible without solving all of them, which is at this moment almost impossible task. Public conscience still isn’t on the required level, scientists’ warnings aren’t still seriously understood and legislation is insufficient and not strict enough. There’s also need for global action, because world is one big community and some individual action won’t solve anything, although it could point out way the things should go to. Now, will this way be followed and by whom it remains to be seen. We can only hope for the best and contribute as much as we can.

Ocean pollution happens every day and is harmful to many sea plants and animals and eventually to the human health as well.

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http://pollutionarticles.blogspot.com/2007/11/ocean-pollution.html

The most serious problem today is the destruction of our environment. General population is ignorant about it. Pollution, draught, flood, soil and water problems are not natural but they are consequences of uncaring and selfish attitude of mankind. Not only present but future generations too will suffer due to the ill-effects of this. Gangajal Nature Foundation is making an effort to awaken people from their deep slumber.

We appreciated the work done by Hon. Shri Rajiv Ji Gandhi on the Dying Ganga. River Ganga is declared as a National River of India by Prime Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh in 2008 which was ‘International Year of Rivers’

Gangajal Nature Foundation is working hard for last four years towards awakening and educating people about upkeep of rivers and lakes by organizing photo exhibitions, screening of the documentary, by holding national level competitions in essay-writing, photography and documentaries. So far around seventy thousand sensible citizens have visited the eleven exhibitions.

We are trying to spread awareness about water pollution, through the medium of ‘Gangajal photo exhibition’  since last four years. We are exhibiting Photographs of  India’s National River The Ganga clicked by our Founder President Mr. Vijay Mudshingikar from the year 2001 to 2006. Our  ‘Gangajal’  documentary film based on these photographs  as tools to spread awareness.

Save Ganga ! Save India !

Water pollution is the result of human activities as almost any human activity can have effect on water quality. Contamination of lakes, rivers, and oceans happens every day threatening animals and plants that live in these water bodies. Water pollution is burning problem that needs to be solved but this is very difficult because there are so many different causes of water pollution, and we should solve every single cause in order to completely solve this problem. However we can point out two main causes for water pollution: sewage waste and waste water.

When thinking about water pollution many people think primarily of sewage waste. This is understandable given constant increase of human population, and the fact that many people in undeveloped countries still lack even the basic sanitation (toilets). Sewage disposal problem is more serious problem than many people think, and it often results in water-related illnesses such as diarrhea, that by some estimations kills more than 4 million children each year. But the problem with sewage doesn’t lie only in countries of the third world, but also in many developed countries. For example, when you flash the toilet, waste goes somewhere, sometimes even into the sea. Now if this would be completely “natural sewage” then this wouldn’t be big problem because 90% of sewage is water. However we are definitely changing this percentage by flashing down paper, plastic, and many other wastes which eventually enter into our river bodies, and can cause many waterborne diseases.

Waste water is problem that has been there since the beginning of industrial era. Waste water are different chemicals discharged mainly by factories, of which much gets pumped untreated into rivers, oceans, and other water bodies. The world generates each year incredible number of 400 billion tons of industrial waste, of which many ends up in different water bodies. Factories are mostly responsible for waste water problem, but are not only factor. Another significant contributor is also a highway runoff, especially now with so many different vehicles on our highways. Spilled fuel, different brake fluids and similar stuff are all toxic chemicals. When it rains these toxic chemicals are being carried to rivers and other water bodies.

Sewage waste and waste water are problems that deserve our attention, not only because of many different ecosystems that have to live in polluted water bodies but also because of ourselves, especially because of freshwater supply in many parts of the world. Without the water there is no life on Earth, and we have less than 3 % of fresh water on earth, of which majority is frozen in glaciers.

Solving the water pollution problem is especially difficult task in undeveloped countries that lack both funds as well as the education to understand the importance of keeping the water sources clean. There are still some people dying of thirst in some countries, and this is really moral slap in the face for all of us, since water should be resource available for all of us, and not just for the lucky ones.

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http://pollutionarticles.blogspot.com/2008/09/water-pollution-waste-water-and-sewage.html