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Household Water Contamination

Household Water Contamination. By: Utkarsh Yadav & Alex Hyland. What is Household water contamination?. ill treatment and ill usage of household water. (Water used by the everyday person and in the average household). What impact it is having in the world/locally?.

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Household Water Contamination

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  1. Household Water Contamination By: Utkarsh Yadav & Alex Hyland

  2. What is Household water contamination? • ill treatment and ill usage of household water. (Water used by the everyday person and in the average household).

  3. What impact it is having in the world/locally? • Ill-treatment of human waste= communicable diseases: cholera, malaria

  4. Why is this a problem? • Lives are getting lost due to the ill treated water that spreads disease. • Because the water is becoming contaminated and is spreading diseases like cholera throughout populated areas.

  5. Rules for Household Water Contamination: • In Oregon, It is not mandatory to create a water protection plan. • A plan was developed in Portland to help protect the Bull run watershed.

  6. Who is affected? • People living in third-world, un-developed countries (India, Haiti) • If we don’t properly treat our water, we might also become slaves to life threatening diseases.

  7. What will happen if issue is not addressed? • People, as well as all surrounding creatures (plants, animals) will severely suffer and possibly die.

  8. Possible Solutions • Regularly cleaning out your septic tank • Proper treatment of our water

  9. Citations • Filter Water. Well Water and Groundwater Contamination. N.d. filterwater.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. <http://www.filterwater.com/asp/cs/      well-water-and-ground-water-contamination.asp>. • MTM Septic Tanks, Sewage Plants. The Operation of a Septic Tank. N.d. MTM Environmental & Civil. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. • Polluted water at Dakshinkali Temple. 22 Mar. 2010. Research and Resources. NA, n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. <http://pigandpeppers.wordpress.com/category/      research-and-resources/page/2/>. • The Socialist Way. It Never Rains but it Poors!N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov.      2010. <http://thesocialistway.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html>. • Yasmine. A Boy Swims in the Polluted Waters of the Buriganga. 17 May 2009. hottDhaka.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2010.      <http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/      multimedia/archive/01403/      polluted-water_1403734i.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.hottdhaka.com/hotttalk/forum/      index.php%3Fsub_section%3Dview_topic%26mf_id%3D23%26sf_id%3D42%26id%3D3909&usg=__      Aa_5h_P5a0HE3t7xcme1eeqK0eQ=&h=400&w=620&sz=66&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=hJwEnlu     LkGhK4M:&tbnh=150&tbnw=227&prev=/      images%3Fq%3Dpolluted%2Bwater%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DX%26rls%3      Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26biw%3D1419%26bih%3D744%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&it bs=1&iact=hc&vpx=784&vpy=401&dur=1591&hovh=180&hovw=280&tx=99&ty=87&ei=UYTlTPfTDI     yksQPonc2wCw&oei=UYTlTPfTDIyksQPonc2wCw&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:18,s:0>.

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