Abdul Azeem/Textile Processing/NTU
Water Pollution
Page 7 The following chart shows how much the %age of pollutants are entering in ocean.
WATER POLLUTION SOLUTIONS
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Reducing Nutrient and Pesticide Pollution
Solutions to water pollution caused by excess nutrients and chemical pesticides can befound in following broad categories:
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Encourage smart agricultural practices...
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Reduce urban/suburban runoff of lawn fertilizers and pesticides...
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Prevent further destruction wetlands, and reestablish them wherever possible..
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Improve sewage treatment...
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Reducing Sewage Pollution
As societies, we should place the same priority on upgrading out-of-date or under-capacity sewage treatment plants that sometimes spew their contents into our waterways.More specifically, we should...
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Get going on fixing outdated municipal water treatment plants.
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Fully fund the Clean Water State Revolving Fund.
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Help localities set up programs that ensure system maintenance and monitoring