1. WATER POLLUTION

2. GROUPMEMBERS MASHA RAJKUMAR – BASSARATH JAMIE KOKARAM KAREEMA KARIM
JASON MANGAROO
NICHOLAS DATHARDEEN

3. WHAT IS WATER?
Water is the resource that covers over 70% of the earth’s surface and is very important for both people and the environment.

4. WATER POLLUTION
Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies, example lakes, rivers, ground water and oceans. These impurities have a detrimental effect on water quality, and can be harmful to living organisms and aquatic life.

5. SOURCES OF WATER POLLUTION
There are 2 sources of water pollution :
Point Source
Non-Point Source

6. TYPES OF WATER POLLUTION
Surface Water pollution
Groundwater pollution
Microbiological
Chemicals
Nutrients
Suspended Matter
Oxygen Depletion

7. CAUSES OF WATER POLLUTION
Sewage and waste matter
Industries
Oil pollution
Atmospheric Deposition
Marine Dumping
Radioactive waste
Underground Storage Leakages
Global Warming
Eutrophication

8. DANGERS OF WATER POLLUTION
Heavy metals from industrial processes affect marine & human life
Industrial waste are harmful to aquatic animals and subsequently people
Infectious diseases are spread through sewage waste in drinking water
Too much organic matter causes an increase of aerobic algae
Acid Rain
Suspended particles reduces quality of drinking water

9. DANGERS OF WATER POLLUTION

10. PREVENTION OF WATER POLLUTION
Conservation of water
STOP Littering
Reduction in use of pesticides and fertilizers

11. TREATMENT OF WATER POLLUTION
Industrial Treatment
Dentrification

12. TREATMENT OF WATER
Ozone Wastewater Treatment
Septic Tanks

13. So we ought to take the initiative and stop polluting our waters!