Environmental Sciences, asked by akritimukhia88, 10 months ago

describe the factors responsible for degradation of water?​

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Answered by Anonymous
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Explanation:

SEWAGE WASTE

INDUSTRIAL WASTE

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Answered by kingofself
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Factors responsible for degradation of water:

Sewage and Waste water:

  • The sewage and waste water has pathogens, heavy metals, toxic wastes, worm like parasites, oils etc,.
  • The sewage waters are collected from the pipes of homes into cesspits or septic tanks.
  • These water are mixed with rivers, lakes and those water on rivers and lakes get contaminated.

Industrial waste:

  • The waste from industries have substances having the suspended or dissolved in water.
  • After treatment, the industrial wastewate will be released to the sanitary sewer in the environment.

Chemical fertilizers and pesticides:

  • The chemical fertilizers that used in the agricultural lands, the stormwater pollutants which can easily degrade the quality of water.
  • At the time of raining, these nutients will flow with the rain water. And the nutrients can cause the growth of algae, so the oxygen will be easily used by those alage.

Marine dumping :

  • The garbage which produced by the household activities in the form of the rubber, plastic, paper, aluminum, glass, food. These are collected and deposited in the sea from some of the countries.

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