Water Pollution Essay

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Cambodia
UNEP
Pollution of Public Water

Pollution of Public Water

I. Topic Background
Fresh, clean, and plentiful water provides the foundation for many communities all around the world. We depend on fresh water to survive, but currently we are heading towards a water crisis, even in California. The changing climate patterns are always threatening lakes, rivers, and even the ocean from melting ice caps, and the key sources that we need for drinking water are being overdrawn or polluted. From severe and frequent droughts to flooding across the world, many of the most profound and immediate and pressing impacts of climate change relates to water. More than one-third of all counties will face high risks of water shortages and problems by 2050 as a result of global warming if it is not stopped. Other serious impacts will include sea level rise, saltwater intrusion into freshwater banks, harm to fisheries because of lack of fish, and more frequent hurricanes and extreme storm events. Somalia, Mauritania, Sudan, and Niger are just some of the nations most heavily affected by the pollution of water and/or not being able to obtain such water. Because water is a necessity for life to be created and to exist, this alarms the international community. These people are forced to drink dirty water that carry diseases and infections and do not have access to fresh water.

II. United Nations Involvement
The UN document A/68/264 list ways water is wasted such as through over watering plants, long showers, and waste management. The UN has a long history with the water crisis and has been involved even before the 1980s. On 28 July 2010, through resolution 64/292, the United Nations General Assembly publicly recognized the human right to fre...

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...nt of industrial buildings in an area making sure they don’t pollute the water there. We also plan on implementing filters on the waste that these buildings produce, through air or waste. Finally, we plan on better waste management. Every day, we bake, do laundry, use the restroom, wash our cars, bathe, water our plants, and do many things that require water. We also use water in schools, hospitals and public places. Every home has a toilet is connected to septic tank usually nearby or located outside the house. Each time waste is flushed down the toilet, it goes into this tank, where it is separated from the water used. Biological processes are used to break down the solids and the liquid is then drained out to a drainage system. From this here, it can escape into the soil/ground and/or nearby water bodies. In some countries, they are just deposited into the sea.

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