| Author | Message | ||
     Daniel G |
Im doing an assignment and I want to know two particular ways that we can prevent water pollution from happening | ||
| Joan |
What causes water pollution? | ||
| Paul C |
Can u tell me? | ||
| T Jones |
Water Pollution Water is probably one of the most important resources we have. People can survive without food for several weeks, but without water we would die in less than one week. On a slightly less dramatic note, millions of litres of water are needed every day worldwide for washing, irrigating crops, and cooling industrial processes, not to mention leisure industries such as swimming pools and watersports centres. Despite our dependence on water, we use it as a dumping ground for all sorts of waste, and do very little to protect the water supplies we have. There are several threats to our water resources. Oil spills kill thousands of seabirds and can wreck water desalination plants and industrial plants drawing their water from affected coastlines. However, oil can get into the sea from many other sources, and cause just as much damage. Poor management of existing water resources can lead to those resources running out or at least shrinking, such as the Aral Sea. More locally, the North Sea is suffering from heavy pollution. Much of the pollution in rivers and seas comes from chemicals, mainly from agriculture. Another pollution issue which is often overlooked is thermal pollution. | ||
| Opec Admin (James) Username: James Registered: 06-2003 |
Thank you T Jones for the colourful report. Indeed water pollution is a very complex subject and needs several different considerations when discussing what actually constitutes to ‘water pollution’. Of course, humankind owes much to our current situation and it is up to us as civilised human beings to sustain the quality of life for our future generations. However, to achieve greater control over water pollution we must first deal with the pollution already at hand. As I mentioned before water pollution is very complex and we must consider several techniques to combat these diverse problems. We as OPEC specialise with only a few streams of effluent problems but together with our technical partners we can offer a whole range of solutions and if not we will help point people in the direction they need to be able to achieve a cost effective solution for all concerned. | ||
| Anonymous |
When did North Sea Oil and Gas first come into production? A date for each please |