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Lecture: 14-16
Dr. Md. Khabir Uddin
Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences Course No.: ENV 107
Jahangirnagar University, Faculty ID: kbu
Savar, Dhaka-1342
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Email: khabir88@yahoo.com
Water pollution
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Water pollution
“Water pollution is any chemical, physical or
biological change in the quality of water that has a
harmful effect on any living thing that drinks or
uses or lives (in) it.”
WHO has defined water pollution as,
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Categories of Water
Pollution
Sources of surface water pollution are generally
grouped into two categories based on their origin
Rural homes
Cropland
Urban streets
Point
Animal feedlot Factory
Sources
Suburban
developm
ent
Wastewate
r
treatment
plant
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Sources of Water Pollution
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
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Major Water Pollutants
Current water pollution issues can be divided into the
following categories :
Sewage and other oxygen-demanding wastes
Infectious or disease causing agents
Plant nutrients
Synthetic organic chemicals
Inorganic minerals and chemical compounds
Suspended solids or sediments
Radioactive substances
Thermal discharges
Oil
Detergents
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Pollutants Sources and Effects
Pollutant Source/ Effects
Cause
Sewage (domestic Sewerage of Oxygen depletion Spread of diseases/ epidemics
wastes, hospital rural and
wastes, excreta) urban areas.
Metals-Mercury Industrial Minamata disease causes numbness of limbs,
wastes lips and tongue, blurred vision, deafness and
mental derangement.
Lead Industrial Absorbed into blood and affects PBCs, liver,
wastes kidney, bone, brain and nervous system.
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Groundwater Pollution
Groundwater pollution, sometimes referred to as
groundwater contamination, is not as easily classified
as surface water pollution.
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Common Sources of
Groundwater Pollution
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Thermal Pollution
Artificial heating of waters, primarily by hot-water
emission from industrial operations and power plants.
Major sources:
• Hot-water discharge from industrial operations,
• Power plants, abnormal ocean currents
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Technological Approach: Sewage
Treatment
Mechanical and Biological Treatment
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Soil Pollution
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Soil pollution
Soil pollution is defined as,
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Causes in Brief
Polluted water discharged from factories
Runoff from pollutants (paint, chemicals, rotting organic
material) leaching out of landfill
Oil and petroleum leaks from vehicles washed off the road
by the rain into the surrounding habitat
Chemical fertilizer runoff from farms and crops
Acid rain (fumes from factories mixing with rain)
Sewage discharged into rivers instead of being treated
properly
Interconnections between aquifers during drilling (poor
technique)
Septic tank seepage , Lagoon seepage .
Sanitary/hazardous landfill seepage
Scrap yards (waste oil and chemical drainage)
Leaks from sanitary sewers
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Effects of Soil Pollution
Agricultural Industrial Urban
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Lecture: 08
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Sources of Noise Pollution
Transportation systems are the main source of
noise pollution in urban areas.
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(Contd……)
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(Contd……)
Community development or urban management
should be done with long-term planning, along with
an aim to reduce noise pollution.
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