PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Factories release Chemicals into the air which can lead to acid and make our lakes and rivers toxic.
Urban runoff from streets can carry oil, heavy metals and other containments from cars.
Untreated or poorly treated sewage can be low in dissolved oxygen and can lead to a high and fecal bacteria, nitrates...etc. treated sewage can still be high in nitrates.
Groundwater and surface water can be contaminated by dumping garbage, toxic wastes and many others. This can lead to acid rain, nitrate deposition, etc. and alter the water chemistry in lakes.
In rural areas the water runs through coal mines which turns the water orange with its pollutants and kills aquatic life and threatens residents drinking water. It makes fishing as a sport or for dinner impossible.
Sewer systems, washing clothes, and most people use privately sewage systems which makes the water worse because it gets in the soil, gravel, sand, or peat.
The well water is the most contaminant because of mine drainage and wildcat sewers. Many people have had their well water tested and found that it is not safe to drink.
Farmers use pesticides and fertilizers and when it floods those pesticides and fertilizers runoff into our lakes and rivers.
WASTE WATER THAT RUNS THROUGH CITY SEWERS, WASTE WATER PRODUCED BY INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES, WATER RUNOFF FROM FARMERS, URBAN AREAS, MINING, FORESTRY, AND CONSTRUCTION. This concerns the well being of all living organisms.
Main rural water pollution in the real world
Waste water is the most of what rural areas use.
