what is sooooo bad about water pollution?
537412
Quick! Hit your friend over the head before he/she breeds!
265619
we would all die for drinking dirty water.
340588
I suppose you mean why is polluted ground water harder to get rid of??\n\nB/c it is in the ground. Groundwater found in aquifers can go hundreds of feet below the ground & can cover several hundred miles. Water in these aquifers "travel". Sometimes you can have pollution added in one place & it show up miles away in another.\n\nIt's not like you can keep up w/ everyone who is polluting it as well. There are point & non point sources of pollution. Point sources are identifiable ones that you can actually see. Non point sources are the worst b/c they are the ones that are hard to identify & cover larger areas such as fertilizers & pesticides.\n\nSo to sum it up...if you can't see where it is going or where it is located, you can't clean it up. And you can't exactly clean up an aquifer that covers that much area to begin w/.
215921
I am not much one for the bible aspect, but Yea I wish we could curb pollution right now, but have you been to any other country besides USA, or where ever you're from? I don't know who writes these "stats" about who pollutes the most, but someone should come here to Japan and check these fools out.
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Some good internet sites where you will get these details are \n\n\nhttp://yap.nic.in/delhi-Pollution.asp\nhttp://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/Crisis/River-yamuna.htm\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganges_River
214012
too much of anything is bad, and that goes for enemas..my mom has been giving me cleansing enemas since I was a young kid, and still does, but only once or twice a month, using only one litre of warm soapy water...anything more would not be healthy according to her..
546808
Saltwater tastes nasty... kinda ermmmm... saltyish. It's also lethal to some aquatic life whilst essential to others.\n\nAlso drinking salwater will dehydrate you whist fresh water hydrates you.
59626
The bigger problem is useable water.  Only 1% of earth's water can be used by humans.  The rest is salt water or glaciation.  Here's a good website explaining more:\n\nhttp://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthwherewater.html
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Its not.  What you see on top of water is hydrocarbon polution.  most really deadly polutants such as hexa valent chromium deposit in the river bed or lake floor and continue to contaminate the water for several years.
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Pollution is:\n\n1. Undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities.\n2. Undesirable change in the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of the air, water, or land that can harmfully affect the health, survival, or activities of human or other living organisms.\n3. Unwanted chemicals or other materials found in the air. Pollutants can harm health, the environment and property. Many air pollutants occur as gases or vapors, but some are very tiny solid particles: dust, smoke or soot.\n4. Any substances in water, soil, or air that degrade the natural quality of the environment, offend the senses of sight, taste, or smell, or cause a health hazard. The usefulness of the natural resource is usually impaired by the presence of pollutants and contaminants.\n5. Harm to a natural environment, such as air, water, or soil through contamination with either natural or human-made materials. Such contamination may be deliberate, accidental, direct, or indirect. Throwing garbage into the lake, for example, makes the water unhealthy for fish and unfit for humans to swim. Indirect pollutants can enter our water supply from groundwater and runoff that contain agricultural fertilizers and pesticides or improperly disposed of industrial waste.\n6. Pollution which is (1) induced by natural processes, including precipitation, seepage, percolation, and runoff; (2) not traceable to any discrete or identifiable facility; and (3) controllable through the utilization of wise management practices.\n7. The undesirable presence of matter or energy that can cause harmful environmental effects.
1069516
Sounds like pollution to me, I wouldn't eat it,if I was you.lol
966826
check your stream water at above source soil runoff area,and compare periodic outfall testing in areas where there is an irregular out flow.you will discover a number of virulent bacteria changes with severe pollution.this is part of my study into the current worldwide MRSA infection cycles
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By hydrosphere are you talking about the water cycle? If so, then the problems involve water being an excellent solvent.  It dissolves many different things, some good but also many that are bad(pollutants). \nWe've historically used water as a dumping ground for those things we wanted to get rid of b/c it is so easy. Cleaning up the mess later, if possible, is expensive and difficult.
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The Colorado River has been dammed a lot and it's affecting the areas around it.  Is that what you mean?  Or do you mean polluted rivers?  Like, when Lake Erie caught on fire?\n\nThe Amazon is being hurt by rainforest deforestation.  Like, too much sediment running off from erosion, too much sunlight (from cutting down trees), maybe some fertilizer runoff.\n\nYeah, the Ganges is a total mess.  It's so polluted--raw sewage, industrial waste...it's disgusting.  I'd say you could find several endangered rivers in India.  \n\nTry China, too.  They probably have some endangered rivers.  Check around very industrial areas, places with stuff like nuclear plants or factories, textile or paper mills, stuff like that.
654396
Pure water, H2O is a terrible conductor of electricity, however, water that has hard water deposits and other impurities in it is a great conductor
1055387
deforestation removes the protective layers of the earth ,and the soil dries out by the sun ,if the land has been used for agriculture ,the now dry and dusty soil impregnated with agro chemicals (.including pesticides) ,are easily washed into the rivers by the rains.\nhere the mud effects aquatic life because the waters PH levels are  raised in acidity.\nwhich can affect sexuality as well as kill marine life.\nso most of the Damage is in the rivers and coastal areas and lagoons.\nby the time it all reaches the seas things are too diluted to have a marked difference.\n\nbut there are always limits to tolerance .\nif things go on long anough and in increasing quantities ,the life in the sea will also be affected .it already has with the red killer algae(Red tide),a result of chemical contamination
675532
OMG EEEEK! jump off a bridge into a vat of toxic waste, hopefully it will reverse this problem lol