If we ate fish or another animal that had been harmed by water pollution, there is a chance that we could also be harmed by whatever was left in the animal. Contaminated water not only impacts wildlife and environments, but can also affect our drinking water. ... Humans are especially affected by unclean water because whereas animals such as fish, birds, and reptiles are able to drink pond or sea water, there is only one percent of fresh water that is safe for us to consume. ... We as humans can be harmed severely by water pollution because we can easily get diseases from pollutants in the wat...

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Rising nitrate concentrations threaten the quality of drinking water, while high pesticides" use contributes to indirect emissions of toxic substances. Growing levels of these pollutants in the surface waters reduce their ability to support plant and animal life and makes them less attractive for recreational use. ... Enormous quantities of excess manure are spread on farmland, posing as threats to drinking water and fisheries. Feedlots that hold animals in close quarters are the leading source of pollution. Spills and leakage from the manure lagoons of factory farms can cause fish kills...

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All organisms contain it, some live in it and some drink it. ... They can reach toxic levels when animals eat one another. ... Infectious Organisms, many diseases causing organisms that re present in small numbers in most natural waters are considered pollutants when found in drinking water. ... When other animals feed on a contaminated animal, the chemicals are passed up to them. ... More than 14 million Americans drink water contaminated by pesticides, and the EPA estimates that ten percent of wells contain pesticides. ...

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Water pollution happens because of the industrial waste, sewage waste and water waste, mining activities, marine dumping, accidental oil leakage, burning of fossil fuels, chemical fertilizers and pesticides, leakage from sewer lines, global warming, radioactive waste, urban development, leakage from the landfills, animal waste and underground storage leakage. Water pollution effects; human health, contaminated drinking water, mercury level risks, ecosystems, death of animals, economic cost and may of causes and effects as mentioned in the previous essay in which the causes and effects were ana...

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Water that we drink doesn't enter directly from the water source to our faucet. Many steps are taken to ensure that the water we drink and use is safe. ... Other tests are done in order to insure the high quality of our drinking water. ... The EPA's standards allow us to determine the difference between healthy water and water that can be harmful towards humans, animals and the environment. Drinking standards that have been issued by the EPA give the "Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) for more than 80 contaminants.* (Online) Available: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/wot/howsafe...

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Animals are a natural part of outdoors. In most cases, wherever there is water, you will find animals. Streams" are also a place where animals often nest and look for food. The stream can be a place for animals to roam on land, in the air, and live. ... The DEQs job is to ensure that areas such as wildlife and fisheries, parks and recreation, wetlands, mountain streams, litter control, drinking water, and forestry are clean and healthy for the citizens. ...

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Health Effects Drinking water can become contaminated at the original water source, during treatment, or during distribution to the home. The levels of contaminants in drinking water are seldom high enough to cause acute health effects. ... The get into drinking water when the water source is contaminated by sewage and animal wate, or when well are improperly sealed and constructed. ... Every homeowner who relies on a private well for its drinking water supply and every water provider in this country is at risk for MTBE contamination. ... Seepage overflow into drinking water sources...

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Plants and animals need clean water to survive. ... Each of us, no matter how carefully we watch what we eat and drink, has traces of industrial chemicals and pesticides in our bodies. ... The toxins enter our bodies through the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe. 1. ... The National Wildlife Federation has fully documented that the toxic effects of chemicals in polluted waters include damage to an animal's endocrine and reproductive systems. ...

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Yet, More than 1 billion people do not have safe water to drink. ... These necessities may include drinking, bathing, and farming, all of which are greatly being put at a seriuous risk. The main obstacle is the fact that the Ganges river is used as a burial ground where hundreds of human and animal carcasses are either cremated or released into the riveras a part of ritual to carry the spirit to a higher life. ...

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Only 2.5% of that water is fresh water that is safe to drink. ... After that, the water goes to the secondary settling tanks, which removes the bacteria from the previous stage and sends it to be reused, the water is foggy after this stage but is still not safe to drink. ... It is either sent around the city for agricultural uses or landfills or it is put through reverse osmosis to make it safe to drink for humans. ... This will help every single person, plant, and animal on this planet and decrease the risk of human extinction....

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Close to 40% of China's rivers are polluted, and a median portion of those carry water so harmful, it meets all the criteria for being toxic; animals and humans should avoid touching these water ways. Of even greater concern, nearly 60% of China's available drinking water is safe for consumption. ... Without enough drinking water will lead a lot of social problem, such as social unrest, difficult life, competition for water resources between regions and so on. ... As a result of inadequate drinking water quality, the population still suffers from a considerable number of water-rel...

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Swine farming has many effects on the environment, rivers, other grazing animals, human health and the economy. ... Nourishing water is vital for grazing animals such as cows, goats, sheep, and many more (Stone). When contaminated water from swine waste is poured in these animals' water buckets, it begins to trigger many diseases in the animals' bodies. The waste that is in the drinking water most often causes these grazing animals perish. ... With pig farmers the product is obviously a living animal that requires care, food and water. ...

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Global warming will effect weather everywhere, plants and animals everywhere and people everywhere. ... Salt water will pollute freshwater wells that millions of people use for drinking water. ... Conservation will also be important for drinking water supplies. ...

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The effect is that the microbes use up all the oxygen causing many fish and other fresh water animals to die. ... High quantities of this chemical in our drinking water has be known to cause "blue baby syndrome". ...

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Acid rain can also be harmful to humans because acid rain kills the crops and fish we eat, ruins homes, and the acid can release lead in the pipes and the lead could go into our drinking water. ... Soil is formed when rocks are broken up by the weather and erosion and mixed with organic matter from plants and animals. ... The plants are damaged and any animals that eat the plants will absorb the poisons, which will remain in the animals body and can hurt them or even kill them. ...

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You may be surprised to discover that the pure water you drink, the clean air you breathe, and the places that are most special to you, wildness areas or city parks, may be threatened by acid rain. ... Put about 1/4 cup water in each of four clean drinking glasses, labeled A,B, C, and D. 2. ... Depending on the pH level, acid precipitation could kill and damage almost all of the aquatic life, including the animals, plants, and all of the other living things in that body of water. ...

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I will hang these from the side of the cage so the chickens can eat and drink without spilling. ... I am working hard to place high, but am very satisfied in learning how to raise and care for these farm animals....

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Plants and animals need various salts in order to stay healthy. ... Every living thing-plants, animals, and man-must have water to live. ... This water is too salty to be used for drinking, farming, and manufacturing. ...

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Sustaining drinking water supplies, wastewater treatment, and storm-water management will require higher expenditures on infrastructure (Smith, Smith 2011). ... An outbreak of these wildfires has left many people with homes and destroys land and animal habitat. ...

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Typically, about 60% of the water we take in comes from drinks, 30% comes from food, and the remaining 10% is metabolic water - the product of respiration. ... This property is very useful to many land animals, as they can use their body heat to evaporate the water from their surfaces. ...

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Countless Americans liter down storm drains daily which leads to more contaminated waters and more deaths of sea life animals. ... Keeping your sodas cold adds 10-25% to your electric bill, try drinking more water. ...

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Acid rain has been killing plant life which provides oxygen which is a necessary element that all animals need to live. ... Electricity was produced to power the ships or satellites and at the same time, water was being produced for the crew to drink. ...

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