Water Pollution Sources by Petr Kn https://padlet.com/petrknor3/uwcmostaress en-us 2025-03-05 19:48:36 UTC 2025-03-06 13:34:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/8.0/png/1f30a.png Industrial Effluent petrknor3 https://padlet.com/petrknor3/uwcmostaress/wish/3353016662 Wastewater generated from industrial activities (includes pesticides, oils, fertilizers, detergents, pharmaceuticals, hydrocarbons... )

  • Examples: mining, farming, energy production...

]]> 2025-03-05 19:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor3/uwcmostaress/wish/3353016662 solid waste disposal https://padlet.com/petrknor3/uwcmostaress/wish/3354283235 Solid waste disposal is the method used to manage and get rid of solid waste materials generated by households, industries and institutions.

Examples:

  • Composting - Organic waste is biologically decomposed.

  • Landfilling - throwing waste into a landfill

  • Incineration - process of controlled combustion of garbage

]]> 2025-03-06 13:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor3/uwcmostaress/wish/3354283235 Urban Run Off https://padlet.com/petrknor3/uwcmostaress/wish/3354284444 -Water from urban areas that goes into water; drain, stream

-When there is heavy rain, the drain system overflows and sewage also ends up in the rivers around urban areas

-This affects irrigation and degrades the quality of underground water as well.

]]> 2025-03-06 13:32:41 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor3/uwcmostaress/wish/3354284444 Sewage https://padlet.com/petrknor3/uwcmostaress/wish/3354284992 Sewage is waste matter such as faeces or dirty water from homes and factories, which flows away through sewers


Sewage can be

raw sewage

sewage sludge

septic tank water

]]> 2025-03-06 13:33:06 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor3/uwcmostaress/wish/3354284992 Agricultural Run-off https://padlet.com/petrknor3/uwcmostaress/wish/3354285212 Agricultural runoff is the excess liquid flows across the surface of the land and into nearby creeks, streams, or ponds. In agriculture, the excess of water occur because of improper management of animal feeding operations, plowing excessively, poorly executed application of pesticides, irrigation water and fertilizer.



]]> 2025-03-06 13:33:16 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor3/uwcmostaress/wish/3354285212 Oil spills https://padlet.com/petrknor3/uwcmostaress/wish/3354286150 -release of liquid petroleum into the environment

  1. deepwater horizon oil spill - one of the worst spills in history. It happened in 2010. Around 4.9 million barrels of oil spilled into the ocean

  • tanker oil spills, pipeline leaks, industrial accidents, natural disasters

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