Ways to avoid water pollution CINTHIA ROMAN

Ways to avoid water pollution.
The first things to know in order to avoid contaminating the water are the causes of water pollution..

People need to use water everyday in industries as well as homes. Human beings get this water from groundwater sources, rivers, and lakes. Using it, water is often contaminated. Most of the polluted water goes back into the rivers, lakes, and oceans.

Water is a very important resource for our life, as the studies made it in all the project of water pollution, human beings need more than 20% of the water has on the body to stay alive. Water is used to perform daily tasks, like cleaning the house, cooking food, bathing and washing the car. In Mexico daily use varies from 60-70 gallons per day per home.

In every household, more water is needed in the preparation and cooking of food, in bathing, in cleaning the house, and in other matters. It is assessed that around seventy gallons of water daily is consumed for household chores. Link 1

The water also provides comfort in our homes. It give us the ability to keep homes clean, the ability to cook, and the ability of drink water daily. Water also provides electric power. The energy created by water is called hydroelectric power. It is very necessary for water to be in homes for people to live comfortably.
Water is also necessary for industries to produce many products such as paper and cars. Water is also used to produce canned vegetables and to clean the fish, meat, and fruit.



There are many things people can do to reduce their contaminations of water:
• Don't use herbicides and pesticides in your garden: Herbicides are very dangerous and harmful because of chemical that is produced or manufactured, these chemicals are harmful to both human as well as for the water that grass and other flowers are watered. We recommend using herbicides and pesticides moderately green. Try using natural fertilizers and pesticides as much as possible, or if not, do not overuse non-natural products or over-water gardens and lawns.
• Compost kitchen waste instead of using the garbage disposal in your kitchen sink: The garbage goes immediately to the disposal of the water, polluting all the water with food and cooking oils.
• Fix oil leaks in your car: Is important fixed the oil because this pollutes the streets or the air, polluting the potable water.
• Don't let car wash water run into the street: It is very important to use buckets of water to wash the cars, in case of hoses water use increases much more because it takes more to wash.
• Also, actively conserve water by turning the tap off when you do not need running water, such as while brushing teeth. Apart from preventing water shortages, it lessens the amount of water that needs to be treated.
• Toxic products like paints, automobile oil, polishes, and cleaning products should be stored and disposed of properly: avoid keeping them near water either sinks or other things, because removing this type of contamination such as oils, cleaning products can not remove them from the composition of water due to chemicals that are composed of these products




The disposal of sewage is a major problem in developing countries where there isn’t adequate sanitation in large areas, thus carrying disease causing bacteria and viruses into sources of water. In countries that are developed, people often flush pharmaceutical and chemical products into their toilet.

Nuclear waste, atmospheric deposition, and underground storage leakages are some of the other causes of water pollution.
Is very important to keep the water clean and drinkable for future generations, because without water, man is nothing. Remember that water is not an inheritance to our children, is rather a loan from them, we must be responsible and think about future generations, and that 60% of water in the soil is salty, and with it you can not perform work in industries much less drink it, take care of the little and potable water that we have, be responsible for a better world.

1-http://socyberty.com/activism/proper-ways-to-avoid-water-pollution-measures-on-saving-water-and-preventing-water-wastage/