Water Pollution

ENVIRONMENTAL Pollution:

WATER POLLUTION

LAND POLLUTION

NOISE POLLUTION

AIR POLLUTION


Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms.[1] Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat, or light. Pollutants, the elements of pollution, can be foreign substances or energies, or naturally occurring; when naturally occurring, they are considered contaminants when they exceed natural levels.

Water pollutants come from point and non-point sources. Their effects on aquatic systems largely depend on whether polluted waters are standing (lakes and ponds) or flowing (rivers). Standing systems are generally more susceptible because of slow turnover. The major water pollutants are organic nutrients, inorganic nutrients, infectious agents, toxic organics, toxic inorganics, sediment and heat. Organic nutrients come from feedlots, municipal sewage treatment plants, and industry. They promote growth of natural populations of aquatic bacteria. Bacterial decomposition of organic materials results in declines in dissolved oxygen, with dire effects on other oxygen-requiring organisms.

Land pollution basically is about contaminating the land surface of the Earth through dumping urban waste matter indiscriminately, dumping of industrial waste, mineral exploitation, and misusing the soil by harmful agricultural practices. Land pollution includes visible litter and waste along with the soil itself being polluted. The soil gets polluted by the chemicals in pesticides and herbicides used for agricultural purposes along with waste matter being littered in urban areas such as roads, parks, and streets.

Noise pollution (or environmental noise) is displeasing human, animal or machine-created sound that disrupts the activity or balance of human or animal life. The word noise comes from the Latin word nauseas meaning seasickness.



Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals, particulate matter, or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms, or damages the natural environment into the atmosphere.