Water Pollution in Southeast Asia Term Paper

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The trouble is not only in the city of Tianjin but wastewater pollution in China is also found in the east central part of China which is three hundred miles west of Shanghai, lies the Chao Lake and is one of China's five largest freshwater lakes. The major resource of drinkable water supply comes from the Chao Lake. It is also used for an economic as well as an entertaining resource. From here the water is used for profitable and spare time fishing and as a basis for damping up the water. In several years, the quick improvement of industrial and metropolitan regions plus transformation in agricultural performance has caused harm to the lake. Even though, the instant action of industrial waste water has restricted contamination by placing heavy metals for not permitting the toxic or dangerous substances to get inside the lake. It has become congested with nourishments. These nutrients are supplied from municipal and industrial waste water because of corrosion of soil and from extreme use of chemical stimulants on agricultural land. For the solution to re-establish the lake's water fineness and to get it better for the health and economic anxiety for the region. Additionally, the two other localities in China namely Xian City, Shaanxi Province with a population of 2.8 million in the metropolitan region has agreed with the fact of the main water pollution issues in the past many years.

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Many industries which are located in this City has an enormous measurement of unprocessed domestic and industrial waste water course into small watercourse foremost to the Wei River. Water structures of this area have become severely contaminated. This water is also used again for further downstream maintenance and for other household functions. There is an ecological and health distress for the population living in this region. A project was planned for a new wastewater management plant in Xian City. Although, the project is cost-effective but environmentally it's an agreeable method of treating sewage. (Kris Min). However, concerning the health factors of the society, we must take into consideration the number of innocent people that are affected by the polluted waters. These health factors include the affects on humans due to the toxins and hazardous pollutants in the water system. Many waterborne diseases such as cholera and typhoid have affected China for the past several years through groundwater contamination. These epidemics have lead to either hospitalization or even death. Pesticides in drinking water have also been a problem to the health of the community. Majority of the pesticides used in agriculture contains carcinogens and endocrine disrupters......

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