Essays on Water Pollution

Seneviratne (1974) has observed that the teeth of many school children in the north central province of the country exhibited the distinctive changes of dental fluorosis whereas those in the central province did not. A study was therefore conducted to investigate the extent and degree…

Why trash vortex should be your concern as a public health professional. Water pollution is when substances which are toxic are in the water and when dissolved or lay suspended on water, decrease the quality of the water. The effect of water pollution is numerous,…

Water, It flows through our homes every day, and we take it for granted as long as it remains safely contained within the pipes. But imagine coming home from work to find that a washing machine hose or an icemaker line has broken loose, or…

“Use what you have, touch the land lightly and reveal the energy of the place.” The words of project architect Michael Farewell tightly sum up the moral code of the Stony Brook – Millstone Watershed Association. Their mission is to “Keeping water clean, safe and…

Water pollutants can be grouped according to their physical properties (e.g. color, odor, state, or temperature), biological traits (e.g. pathogens), or chemical characteristics (e.g. organic or inorganic compounds). However, water pollutants can generally be classified into the following. Organic Pollutants: Organic contaminants in waste water…

Currently, the villages of Ksach Leav, Koh Khnear, and Puntha Chea do not have constant access to clean water. As a result, CRDT (Cambodia Research Development Team) has requested of Au Fait to design a water filter, to provide the villagers with clean water. Firstly,…