What are the sources of water pollution?

Some of the main contributors to water pollution are:

• Factories
• Refineries
• Waste treatment facilities
• Mining
• Pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers
• Human sewage
• Oil spills
• Failing septic systems
• Soap from washing your car
• Oil and antifreeze leaking from cars
• Household chemicals
• Animal waste

Facts about Water Pollution

Here are a few facts about water pollution:

· We know that water is very important for life on the earth. Now factories and plants produce water polluted with poisons or oils and let that water into rivers and seas. Many rivers and lakes are poisoned this water.

• Over two-thirds of U.S. estuaries and bays are severely degraded because of nitrogen and phosphorous pollution
• Every year almost 25% of U.S. beaches are closed at least once because of water pollution
• Over 73 different kinds of pesticides have been found in the groundwater that we eventually use to drink
• 1.2 trillion gallons of sewage, stormwater and industrial waste are discharged into U.S. waters every year
• 40% of U.S. rivers are too polluted for aquatic life to survive
• Americans use over 2.2 billion pounds of pesticides every year, which eventually washes into our rivers and lakes

How to Prevent Water Pollution

The best way to prevent water pollution is to not throw trash and other harmful chemicals into our water supplies. Here are a few more ways you can prevent water pollution:

• Wash your car far away from any stormwater drains
• Don’t throw trash, chemicals or solvents into sewer drains
• Inspect your septic system every 3-5 years
• Avoid using pesticides and fertilizers that can run off into water systems
• Sweep your driveway instead of hosing it down
• Always pump your waste-holding tanks on your boat
• Use non-toxic cleaning materials
• Clean up oil and other liquid spills with kitty litter and sweet them up
• Don’t wash paint brushes in the sink

What slogans will you put forward to make people be more active in the movient for the purity of the nature?

Protect the environment from industrial pollution
Охраняйте окружающую среду от промышленного загрязнения.

  Keep the land, air and water clean.
Держи землю, воздух и воду в чистоте.

Keep our environment clean.
Содержи окружающую среду в чистоте.

All woods are home for animals. So behave as guests.
Все леса – дом для животных. Веди себя как гость.

 Help nature. Protect it.
Помогай природе. Защищай ее.

The Earth is our home. Don’t pollute it.
Земля - наш дом. Не загрязняй его.

 When you hike, leave the place clean.
На прогулке оставляй после себя место чистым.

Plant a tree to create home for birds, squirrels and other small animals.
Посади дерево, чтобы сделать дом для птиц, белок и других маленьких животных

 

The quotations of the famous people about nature and ecology

a. Nature pardons no errors - природа ошибок не прощает

b. We must love another or die- мы должны любить друг друга или умереть

c. To hurt the Earth is to hurt yourself- вредить земле вредить себе

d. Our next breath is depend on trees- наш следующий вздох зависит от деревьев

e. Nothing is forever- ничто не вечно

How would yоu express the following quotations in your own words? Dо yоu agree with them? Why оr why not?

``The only thing we have to fear оn this planet is man''. (Carl Yung)

``The deer, the horse, the great eagle, these аrе our brothers... the earth is our mother... all things аrе connected like the blood which unites one family''. (Chief Seattle in а letter to U.S. President Franklin Pierce, 1854)

``Mother Рlаnеt is showing us the red warning light - 'bе careful' - she is saying. То take care of the planet is to take care of our own house ``(The Dalai Lama)

``Never doubt that а small group оf thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has''. (Margaret Mead)

``Woe tо those who add house tо house, who join field tо field, until there is nо mоrе room and they аrе the sole inhabitants of the land''. (Isaiah 5: 8)

a. This is the third planet from the sun. It is about 12.750 km across its middle and is approximately 4.600 million years old. 71% of the surface is water and 5 billion people live on it. (The Earth)

b.40% of all the world’s plants and animals live here. Every year an area the size of England disappears. Half of this in the tropical areas of the world has already gone, and the other half might disappear by 2050(Forests).

c. Every year about 6 hectares of land becomes this. The cause might be global warming – five of the world hottest years were in 1980-s and 1990-s. –but may be the way we use the land. One – third of the world’s land area is at risk from this increasing probli. (Deserts)

d. This is a probli in all the big countries. It comes from factories, power stations and cars. It kills forests and lakes, and can make people ill. Some countries are starting to reduce thin probli, but it is still happening worldwide. (Air pollution).

e. The world’s people produce 1 billion tones of this a year. Most of it is dumped into the earth or the sea. In the UK, an average family throws away 60 kg of plastic a year, and 15 kg of glass. (Rubbish).