water pollution – Hard and Soft Water http://hardsoftwater.com Hard and soft water provides information on water filter, softener and water purification or treatment systems Fri, 18 Mar 2016 04:10:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 61943100 Water Summit for clean drinking water in Minnesota http://hardsoftwater.com/water-summit-for-clean-drinking-water-in-minnesota/ http://hardsoftwater.com/water-summit-for-clean-drinking-water-in-minnesota/#respond Fri, 18 Mar 2016 04:05:50 +0000 http://hardsoftwater.com/?p=356 Governor’s Mark Dayton called his first Water Summit at the Intercontinental Saint Paul Riverfront Hotel, to focus public attention on how to clean drinking water and other supplies. The summit is held on Saturday, dated 27.02.2016. More than 800 individuals, …

]]> http://hardsoftwater.com/water-summit-for-clean-drinking-water-in-minnesota/feed/ 0 356 Niagara bottled water company has recalled its 14 bands bottled spring water http://hardsoftwater.com/niagara-bottled-water-company-has-recalled-its-14-bands-bottled-spring-water/ http://hardsoftwater.com/niagara-bottled-water-company-has-recalled-its-14-bands-bottled-spring-water/#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:53:31 +0000 http://hardsoftwater.com/?p=214 Niagara Bottling, a family owned bottled Water Company in USA is a voluntary recall covering 14 brands of its water because of possible contaminant E. coli bacteria. The possible affected date is from June 10 to June 18 of …

]]> http://hardsoftwater.com/niagara-bottled-water-company-has-recalled-its-14-bands-bottled-spring-water/feed/ 0 214 Water pollution in yamuna river http://hardsoftwater.com/water-pollution-in-yamuna-river/ http://hardsoftwater.com/water-pollution-in-yamuna-river/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2015 13:30:43 +0000 http://hardsoftwater.com/?p=194 Yamuna is the most polluted and important river in north India. It passes through Uttarakhand, Haryana, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh, before join together with the Ganga at Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh. About 60 million people depend on Yamuna waters. The …

]]> http://hardsoftwater.com/water-pollution-in-yamuna-river/feed/ 0 194 Water crisis in Gaza strip http://hardsoftwater.com/water-crisis-in-gaza-strip/ http://hardsoftwater.com/water-crisis-in-gaza-strip/#respond Sat, 28 Feb 2015 13:58:55 +0000 http://hardsoftwater.com/?p=185 According to a report of PWA, the water crisis levels in all over the Gaza Strip have risen to an alarming stage; over 95 percent of the Palestinian territory’s aquifer is polluted with high levels of nitrates and chloride. Different …

]]> http://hardsoftwater.com/water-crisis-in-gaza-strip/feed/ 0 185 Effects of water pollution http://hardsoftwater.com/effects-of-water-pollution/ http://hardsoftwater.com/effects-of-water-pollution/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:00:56 +0000 http://hardsoftwater.com/?p=176 Water may be polluted in different ways. It effects enormous on aquatic life, environment and human beings. Some effects of water pollution are described below:

Effects of oxygen demanding wastes
The bacterial degradation of waste in water requires oxygen. In …

]]> http://hardsoftwater.com/effects-of-water-pollution/feed/ 1 176 Types and Sources of water pollution http://hardsoftwater.com/types-and-sources-of-water-pollution/ http://hardsoftwater.com/types-and-sources-of-water-pollution/#respond Thu, 29 Jan 2015 13:00:23 +0000 http://hardsoftwater.com/?p=170 The major sources of water pollution are domestic wastes, industrial wastes, agricultural, and natural. The wastes are discharged into natural bodies and chemical pesticides and fertilizers, part of which are washed and go to the water bodies. They altered the …

]]> http://hardsoftwater.com/types-and-sources-of-water-pollution/feed/ 0 170 The causes of water pollution http://hardsoftwater.com/the-causes-of-water-pollution/ http://hardsoftwater.com/the-causes-of-water-pollution/#respond Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:25:55 +0000 http://hardsoftwater.com/?p=167 The elements that causes of water pollution are referred as the water pollutants. Water pollutants may be classified under the following categories: organic, inorganic, radioactive and so on.

Organic pollutants:
The following organic pollutants causes of water pollution.

  • Oxygen
…]]> http://hardsoftwater.com/the-causes-of-water-pollution/feed/ 0 167 Water Pollution in the River of Shela at sundarbans by oil spill http://hardsoftwater.com/water-pollution-in-the-river-of-shela-at-sundarbans-by-oil-spill/ http://hardsoftwater.com/water-pollution-in-the-river-of-shela-at-sundarbans-by-oil-spill/#respond Tue, 13 Jan 2015 13:34:40 +0000 http://hardsoftwater.com/?p=163 A tanker named “OT Southern Star 7”, carrying 3.57 lakh liters of furnace oil, sank in the river of Shela on December 09, 2014, which is flowing through the Sundarbans and threatening its unique biodiversity due to water pollution. Sundarbans …

]]> http://hardsoftwater.com/water-pollution-in-the-river-of-shela-at-sundarbans-by-oil-spill/feed/ 0 163 Water pollution and the signs of it http://hardsoftwater.com/water-pollution-and-the-signs-of-it/ http://hardsoftwater.com/water-pollution-and-the-signs-of-it/#respond Thu, 08 Jan 2015 10:50:15 +0000 http://hardsoftwater.com/?p=157 Water covers above 70 percent of the Earth’s surface. No life can survive without water. Hence, water is the most fundamental resource for living beings on the earth and for this reasons the other name of the water is life, …

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