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Household Water Contamination

Household Water Contamination. By: Utkarsh Yadav & Alex Hyland. What is Household water contamination?. Household water contamination is the contamination of the ill treatment and ill usage of household water. (Water used by the everyday person).

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

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

  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. Who is affected? • Everyone!

  6. How is everyone affected? • In a food chain, things start from the smallest organisms and work their way up to the larger ones. If the smallest ones get contaminated, then the next smallest will get even more contaminated due to the numbers that they eat the smallest ones. Slowly every organism in the food chain will get affected.

  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 • Educate the public (see Kate and Katie's PowerPoint)

  9. Things to do: • Only plant vegetation native to your area • During summer months, cut grass higher to help retain soil moisture. • Cover your garden during winter months. • If it will kill a bug in your lawn, it may kill fish in your stream also! Use pesticides sparingly by practicing “integrated pest management.” • Don’t put yard trimmings in a stream! Compost trimmings or take them to a local composting program. • Scientists believe that fecal matter from pets is a major source of bacteria in urban waterways. • Flush fecal material down the toilet or wrap it up and place it in the trash. • Do not Wash your car at a designated car wash • Wash oils or other spills down the storm drain! • Pick up litter. • Do not allow wastes to enter a storm drain or stream. They can injure or kill fish and wildlife! •  Do not burn or bury trash! Reuse and recycle everything possible!

  10. 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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