Sources Of Water Pollution Pdf. Types and sources of water pollution there are several major types of water pollution. Precipitation washes pollutants out of soil and into the water.
High population density iii. Petroleum products such as oil and gasoline enter the water from ships and marine terminals offshore oil rigs runoff from parking lots factories oil dumping and other sources. The above studies show the vast range of water polluting sources.
Types and sources of water pollution there are several major types of water pollution.
Pollution poses a serious risk to life especially when the water is a source of drinking and for domestic purposes for humans polluted waters are potent agents of diseases such as cholera typhoid and tuberculosis. Sources of water pollution point sources pollutants can be traced to specific sources such as pipes sewers ditches from specific sites nonpoint sources pollutants enter a body of water over large areas rather than a specific single point of entry i e. Some popular examples of water pollutants are detergents industrial solvents acidic buildup chemical waste insecticides petroleum fertilizers and sediments marine debris the trashes from runoff thermal pollution caused by humans coolants released by power plants or by urban runoff. Processes such as oxidation biological degradation which sometimes renders contaminants less toxic and adsorption binding of materials to soil particles may take place in the soil layers of the unsaturat.
