Water pollution is caused by natural events such as a volcano eruption and flooding. These natural disasters challenge the quality of water that we receive. Another primary challenge is controlling nonpointsource pollutants; these are areas in which pollution occur but are difficult to trace where they began. Such as runoffs created by logging, sewage disposal and agricultural runoff, because it is difficult to locate these points, they are challenging to regulate. One of the main concerns with water quality is that “much of the planets fresh water is degraded.” (Dale, 2015, p. 4.2) Because of this, it is difficult to develop the technology necessary to filter this and deliver it to locations that may lack easily accessible water supply.  One of the social impacts of water quality is the health risk that it imposes on the population. One of the critical things the book noted was some of the diseases and sicknesses that transmitted from poor water quality such as, “echovirus, hepatitis A and rotavirus.” (Dale, 2015, p. 4.3) Agricultural runoff is another issue that has major impacts on overall life expectancy and health. One of the major concerns with agricultural runoff Is that nitrate pollution linked to infant death. The condition of infant mortality linked to agricultural runoff has been termed “baby blue syndrome” (Dale, 2015) because of the lack of oxygen the infant receives.  One of the main issues with agricultural runoff is that they are a source of nonpoint pollutants making it challenging to pinpoint exactly where the pollution begins. Additionally, source pollutants are not monitored by the EP as corporate and political views has delayed any chances of rectifying the issue as many corporations see runoff as, “critical for the American way of life.” (Dale, 2015) The federal government has assisted with offering grants to states to assist with funding and technical assistance to enhance their ability to manage water quality.  References Dale, L. (2015). Environmental policy (second ed.). Bridgepoint Education. ...

1. Water pollution is caused by natural events such as a volcano
eruption and flooding. These natural disasters challenge the
quality of water that we receive. Another primary challenge is
controlling nonpointsource pollutants; these are areas in which
pollution occur but are difficult to trace where they began. Such
as runoffs created by logging, sewage disposal and agricultural
runoff, because it is difficult to locate these points, they are
challenging to regulate. One of the main concerns with water
quality is that “much of the planets fresh water is degraded.”
(Dale, 2015, p. 4.2) Because of this, it is difficult to develop the
technology necessary to filter this and deliver it to locations
that may lack easily accessible water supply.
One of the social impacts of water quality is the health risk that
it imposes on the population. One of the critical things the book
noted was some of the diseases and sicknesses that transmitted
from poor water quality such as, “echovirus, hepatitis A and
rotavirus.” (Dale, 2015, p. 4.3) Agricultural runoff is another
issue that has major impacts on overall life expectancy and
health. One of the major concerns with agricultural runoff Is
that nitrate pollution linked to infant death. The condition of
infant mortality linked to agricultural runoff has been termed
“baby blue syndrome” (Dale, 2015) because of the lack of
oxygen the infant receives.
One of the main issues with agricultural runoff is that they are a
source of nonpoint pollutants making it challenging to pinpoint
exactly where the pollution begins. Additionally, source
pollutants are not monitored by the EP as corporate and
political views has delayed any chances of rectifying the issue
as many corporations see runoff as, “critical for the American
way of life.” (Dale, 2015) The federal government has assisted
with offering grants to states to assist with funding and
technical assistance to enhance their ability to manage water
quality.

2. References
Dale, L. (2015).
Environmental policy
(second ed.). Bridgepoint Education.