Water Quality Deteriorating
Our water quality continues to deteriorate every day due to the following reasons. One of the main reasons our waters had become polluted is due to agricultural reasons as farmers use excessive nutrients such as pesticide, sediment and other pollutants. These can leach into soils, groundwater or run off farmland. Unnecessary irrigation can lead to water logging or soil salinity, this salty water is not only poisonous to the soil but it also drains into river systems.
Other factors that contribute to water pollution may be industrial waste, untreated sewage and urban run off. Food that is irrigated with polluted water can actually pass on diseases to people and can cause death or serious harm. Pollution is one of the main contributors to the scarcity of our clean water. |