RIVER
POLLUTION
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fel/2010%20Environmntal%20Website/SS2/index_files/index_file
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ollution/water_pollution.jpg
• Definition: “Water pollution is the
contamination of any form of water bodies.”
• Occurs when pollutants are discharged from
the source of pollution into an area of
uncontaminated water.
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CASE STUDIES: RIVER POLLUTION
• Danube River Pollution
• Rhine River Pollution
• Pasig River Pollution
Bibliography
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DANUBE
RIVER
• Five major rivers, 165 million people pour pollution into Danube
• River absorbs sewage, pesticides from farmers, bilge oils from ships…
• Nitrogen and Phosphorous have destroyed once flourishing fishing companies in
the river.
What Can Be Done?
• Degradation of Danube has affected inhabitants, both ecological and human.
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DANUBE RIVER
Ecological Effects
• Romanian discharges have devastating effect on
Algae levels on Danube
• Petrochemicals and fertilizers based eduents have
killed most plant and marine life
• Impacts land based ecosystem, which is
dependant the Danube River
• Fish populations have entirely disappeared.
What Can Be Done?
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Human Effects
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DANUBE RIVER
Human Effects
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• Although Danube River mainly affects local marine life and ecological
balance, has also affected the communities
• As countries continue to pollute the river, quality of the residents has
decreased in terms of health and life expectancy
• Cost of cleaning the pollutants is to much on Romania, one of the worst
economies in East Europe.
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Ecological Effects
What Can Be Done?
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DANUBE RIVER: Solution-What is
Being Done?
• WWF initiative
• WWF completed ‘Danube River Basin
Participation Strategy’
• Floodplain Restoration, Watershed
Management, Food warning, Evacuation
systems allow rivers to continue providing
natural benefits.
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Rhine River Solution
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"Save the Pasig River Project « Talk Loud | Pinoy or Filipino Talk, Reviews, News, Local Topics That Are In and Out of the Philippines." Talk Loud | Pinoy or Filipino Talk, Reviews, News, Local
Topics That Are In and Out of the Philippines. Web. 14 Apr. 2011. <http://www.talkloud.info/2009/04/save-the-pasig-river-project/>.
PASIG RIVER
Pasig River - Solutions
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Bibliography
• Pollution River Danube Nigel Dickinson 10th April 2011
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• Water Pollution Aron Hummel 10th http://www.sealpa.org/sams/SAMS%20homepage/8th%20Grade%20Pages/Stiefel/2010%20Enviro
nmntal%20Website/SS2/index_files/index_files/Water-pollution.jpg
• Spoon Revolution Tom Brandy, 10th April 2011
http://www.spoonrevolution.com/reasons/ecology,%20economy/pollution/water_
pollution.jpg
• Bulgaria: No Pollution of Danube from Hungarian Toxic Sludge Jimmy Hanson, 10th
April 2011 Sofia News Agency http://www.novinite.com/media/images/201010/photo_verybig_121033.jpg
• The Danube River Tom Allan, 11th April 2011 A Discovery Company
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/willow/the-danuberiver0.gihttp://spacesavesociety.org/waterpollution1.bmp
• Glogster Sultan-Water Pollution 12th April 2011 http://environmental-issuesworldwide.wikispaces.com/file/view/garbage.jpg/82071783/garbage.jpg
• Ted Case Studies: Danube Pollution 10th April 2011 Trade and Environmental
Database TED http://www1.american.edu/ted/danube.html