INDUSTRIAL WATER POLLUTION By Drew and Joseph

What is Industrial Water Pollution?  Industrial water pollution is any contamination of water directly relating to an industry  The most common way for industries to pollute water is by directly discharging substances into water bodies  Other methods of industrial water pollution: Oil drilling/ transport, runoff from factories, dissolving of harmful gases into water, harmful chemicals slowly seeping into water, etc.

Some other sources of industrial water pollution Industrial Water Pollution In the City

What Problems Does it Cause?  Water is unusable (drinking, agriculture, food production, recreation)  Food chain destruction/contamination  Population of aquatic animals shrinks rapidly

Who is Affected?  Aquatic and land animals  Farmers  Consumers  Plants

What Will Happen if it Continues?  Fish will become endangered and hard to find  There will be more unhealthy water ecosystems  Water will be more scarcely used for households and consumers  Recreational water bodies will be limited in number

Federal Laws  Clean Water Act (Federal Water Pollution Control Act)- -Basic general laws for regulating pollutants added to water, regulates water quality standards  Safe Drinking Water Act—Protects drinking water sustainability across US  CERCLA federal law of 1980– Put a tax on Chemical and Petroleum industries, and created superfund sites that require clean-up of industrial pollution For additional info: 

Effects of CERCLA  Currently there are 14 superfund sites in Oregon  Because of the CERCLA, many superfund sites in Oregon were cleaned  For example: Because of the lead contaminates that were seeping into the ground water, the Gould inc. Semiconductor site was listed in 1982, cleaned by 2000, and taken off the superfund site list in 2002

Solution Options What we can do  Donate to environmental charities  Keep litter and waste away from water What industries/government can do  Enforce laws controlling water pollution  Limit deforestation near water  Do not place harmful industrial waste like mercury near water

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