This document discusses water resources and pollution. It notes that while water covers 71% of the Earth's surface, only 3% is freshwater and 1% is accessible for human use. However, human activities like untreated wastewater and industrial waste are polluting existing water sources. Water pollution poses serious risks to health and marine ecosystems. To reduce pollution, individuals should conserve water, properly dispose of chemicals, and support sustainable agriculture and land management practices. Collective action is needed to address this urgent problem and protect our limited water resources.

1. THE GREEN FINGERS SCHOOL ,
AKLUJ
SUBJECT : SOCIAL SCIENCE - SEA .
TOPIC : WATER RESOURCES .
NAME : ARUSH KATKAR .
GRADE : 10

2. WATER 💦 WATER EVERYWHERE NOT A
DROP TO DRINK .........
• WE CAN FIND WATER ALMOST EVERYWHERE BUT , NOT
ALL OF THAT WATER IS DRINKABLE .
• EARTH IS MADE UP OF 71% WATER !
• BUT UNFORTUNATELY NOT ALL OF IT IS DRINKABLE.
• ONLY 3% WATER IS FRESH WATER .

3. 3% OF FRESH WATER .....
• OUT THIS 3% WATER , 2% IS GLACIER AND PRESENT IN
FORM OF ICE .
• WE HAVE ONLY 1% WATER AVAILABLE FOR USE TO USE .
• BUT WE ARE ALSO POLLUTING THE 1% OF WATER !!!
• ALSO THE ICE BURGS ARE MELTING AND THE FRESH WATER
IN THEM IS MIXED WITH THE SALTY WATER .
• EVENTUALLY WE WILL END UP HAVING NO WATER TO
DRINK .

4. WATER POLLUTION ....
WATER POLLUTION IS THE CONTAMINATION OF WATER
BODIES, USUALLY AS A RESULT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES.
WATER POLLUTION RESULTS WHEN CONTAMINANTS
ARE INTRODUCED INTO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, RELEASING INADEQUATELY TREATED
WASTEWATER INTO NATURAL WATER BODIES CAN LEAD
TO DEGRADATION OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS

5. WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF WATER
POLLUTION?
• WATER IS UNIQUELY VULNERABLE TO POLLUTION.
KNOWN AS A “UNIVERSAL SOLVENT,” WATER IS ABLE
TO DISSOLVE MORE SUBSTANCES THAN ANY OTHER
LIQUID ON EARTH. IT’S THE REASON WE HAVE KOOL-
AID AND BRILLIANT BLUE WATERFALLS. IT’S ALSO WHY
WATER IS SO EASILY POLLUTED. TOXIC SUBSTANCES
FROM FARMS, TOWNS, AND FACTORIES READILY
DISSOLVE INTO AND MIX WITH IT, CAUSING WATER

7. • “THOUSANDS HAVE LIVED WITHOUT LOVE, NOT ONE WITHOUT
WATER.”
• YET WHILE WE ALL KNOW WATER IS CRUCIAL FOR LIFE, WE TRASH
IT ANYWAY. SOME 80 PERCENT OF THE WORLD’S WASTEWATER IS
DUMPED—LARGELY UNTREATED—BACK INTO THE ENVIRONMENT,
POLLUTING RIVERS, LAKES, AND OCEANS.
•
• THIS WIDESPREAD PROBLEM OF WATER POLLUTION IS
JEOPARDIZING OUR HEALTH. UNSAFE WATER KILLS MORE PEOPLE
EACH YEAR THAN WAR AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF VIOLENCE
COMBINED. MEANWHILE, OUR DRINKABLE WATER SOURCES ARE
FINITE: LESS THAN 1 PERCENT OF THE EARTH’S FRESHWATER IS
ACTUALLY ACCESSIBLE TO US. WITHOUT ACTION, THE CHALLENGES

8. EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE ON WATER
BODIES..
• BOTH UNTREATED AND PARTIALLY TREATED WASTEWATER ARE
COMMONLY FED BACK INTO A NEAR LYING BODY OF WATER.
METALS, CHEMICALS AND SEWAGE RELEASED INTO BODIES OF
WATER DIRECTLY AFFECT MARINE ECOSYSTEMS AND THE
HEALTH OF THOSE WHO DEPEND ON THE WATERS AS FOOD OR
DRINKING WATER SOURCES. TOXINS FROM THE WASTEWATER
CAN KILL OFF MARINE LIFE OR CAUSE VARYING DEGREES OF
ILLNESS TO THOSE WHO CONSUME THESE MARINE ANIMALS,
DEPENDING ON THE CONTAMINANT. METALS AND CHEMICALS
RELEASED INTO BODIES OF WATER AFFECT THE MARINE
ECOSYSTEMS.[4] EFFECTIVE MANNERS IN PROPERLY REMOVING
WASTE
• WASTEWATER CONTAINING NITRATES AND PHOSPHATES OFTEN
CAUSES EUTROPHICATION WHICH CAN KILL OFF EXISTING LIFE
IN THE WATER. A THAILAND STUDY FOCUSING ON WATER

10. HOW CAN WE CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCE
WATER POLLUTION ?
• CONSERVE WATER BY TURNING OFF THE TAP WHEN RUNNING
WATER IS NOT NECESSARY. THIS HELPS PREVENT WATER
SHORTAGES AND REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF CONTAMINATED
WATER THAT NEEDS TREATMENT.
• BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT YOU THROW DOWN YOUR SINK OR
TOILET. DON’T THROW PAINTS, OILS OR OTHER FORMS OF
LITTER DOWN THE DRAIN. USE ENVIRONMENTALLY HOUSEHOLD
PRODUCTS, SUCH AS WASHING POWDER, HOUSEHOLD
CLEANING AGENTS AND TOILETRIES.
• TAKE GREAT CARE NOT TO OVERUSE PESTICIDES AND

11. • BY HAVING MORE PLANTS IN YOUR GARDEN YOU ARE
PREVENTING FERTILISER, PESTICIDES AND
CONTAMINATED WATER FROM RUNNING OFF INTO
NEARBY WATER SOURCES.
• DON’T THROW LITTER INTO RIVERS, LAKES OR OCEANS.
HELP CLEAN UP ANY LITTER YOU SEE ON BEACHES OR
IN RIVERS AND LAKES, MAKE SURE IT IS SAFE TO
COLLECT THE LITTER AND PUT IT IN A NEARBY
DUSTBIN.

12. STOP POLLUTION QUICK, DON’T
MAKE THE WATER SICK

13. THANK YOU 😊.......
• PRESENTATION MADE BY ARUSH
KATKAR .