Post on 17-Jul-2015
What do you think this image depicts?
Source: http://desip.igc.org/populationmaps.html accessed November 2008
WATER STRESS
Every item that we use needs water for production
Domestic bathing, flushing, washing, cooking, drinking…
Agriculture People require food to eat
Industry Increase demand for goods
Increase in Population Power water evaporation from reservoirs of large hydro power projects
'It's not just excess consumption. Man is creating further water stress by polluting fresh water sources.'
Run off from
agricultural fields Air
pollutants dissolve in rainwater
Untreated industrial wastes
WATER POLLUTION
Tourism and religion
Domestic waste water generation and treatment ( in million litres per day – MLD)
27303330Haryana
10313Himachal Pradesh
6493871036Karnataka
20020Goa
10087011709Gujarat
77319272700Delhi
18191272Chandigarh
12281351363Bihar & Jharkhand
2220222Assam
10632081271Andhra Pradesh
808Andaman & Nicobar
Untreated wastewaterWastewater treatmentWastewater generation
State / UT
Source: Springs of Life, published by World Water Institute
Domestic waste water generation and treatment ( in million litres per day – MLD)
4280428Kerala
6150616Punjab
36036Pondicherry
30030Meghalaya
404Mizoram
41934994692Maharashtra
3740374Orissa
20020Nagaland
24024Manipur
9322271159Madhya Pradesh & Chattisgarh
Untreated wastewaterWastewater treatmentWastewater generation
State / UT
Source: Springs of Life, published by World Water Institute
Domestic waste water generation and treatment ( in million litres per day – MLD)
15207722292Uttar Pradesh & Uttaracnchal
17413722113West Bengal
8042901094Tamil Nadu
16961594222903India
22022Tripura
1028271055Rajasthan
Untreated wastewaterWastewater treatmentWastewater generation
State / UT
Source: Springs of Life, published by World Water Institute
More food required to feed the growing millions'
Increase in Population
Converting forests into croplands
Fewer Forests
Water Pollution
Fertilizers and pesticides
Fewer forestsTopsoil washed out into freshwater sources and reduced
recharge of water into the ground
AgricultureFertilizers and pesticides easily dissolve in water.
They enter surface water sources through rainwater and irrigation runoff and also percolate into the
ground to contaminate groundwater sources.
World agricultural area under irrigation
Global fertilizer consumption
Source: http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/global_fertilizer_consumption, cartographer: Philippe Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Source: http://www.earthpolicy.org/Updates/2008/Update72_data.htm#fig11
Overgrazing – soil washed out into freshwater sources
Animal bathing in freshwater sources
Animal faeces pollutes water and soil
Water pollution caused by
food processing industries
Increased Demand for Animal Products
Clothes we wear – dyes and bleaches
Paper, paper, paper everywhere
Leather bags and shoes
Batteries
Metal plating
Paints
Plastics
Pharmaceuticals
Let’s look around us …..
Increase demand for goods
Increase in Population
More Industrialisation
INCREASED INDUSTRIALISATION
All these industries are highly water polluting
Increased mining for Raw Materials
The Damodar river travels through 6 coal fields, 183 coal mines, 28 iron ore mines, 33 limestone mines, 5 copper ore mines, 84 mica mines and Numerous graphite, silver and uranium extracting units.
‘ Water in this river is polluted beyond repair ’
Mining is a highly polluting industry
Increased industrialization results in
Increased solid waste generation
Lifestyle changes
Use and throw culture
Higher aspirations
Change in packaging
Disregard for natural resources
Inadequate waste management systems
Waste dumped in surface water bodies
Waste dumped in open landfills – toxic materials leach into soil and groundwater
Waste burnt – air pollutants dissolve in rainwater and pollute surface water sources or seep into ground water aquifers
Increased solid waste generation water pollution
Lakes, tanks and ponds being destroyed. Land filled for construction purposes.
Unsustainable extraction of groundwater in urban areas, affecting groundwater quality.
Receive sewage that cannot be handled by sewage treatment plants.
Disposal of solid and liquid wastes above or into groundwater aquifers.
Additional stress in urban areas
Tourism and water pollution
Hotels
Laundry – detergents, bleach, hot water Landscaping – fertilizers, pesticides
Cleaning and washing Waste generation
Kitchen
Travelers
Sanitation Bathing in rivers
Waste generation (use and throw)
Most tourism is close to water sources and areas of rich biodiversity
Bathing in holy rivers
More than10 million people bathe in the Ganga daily!
During the annual Kumbh Mela, more than a million people take a dip in Allahabad alone!
Religion and Water pollution
Dead bodies
Prayer materials
Idol immersionPaints contain many heavy metals
Conflicts and Water Pollution
Production of arms
Death toll
Bombs – heavy metals
Municipal services (water supply, sanitation, waste mgmt) don’t function in areas of conflict
“ If you had a bottle of life-preserving fluid on which your life depended, would you pour into it
all your sewage and rubbish, along with any other poisonous chemicals you could find? And
yet, that is exactly what we are doing to our water supply – all over the world.”
Source: http://www.unep.org/geo2000/pacha/fresh/fresh.htm
This is what a young person like you has to say:
Does Man Pollute Water?
Source: http://www.unep.org/dewa/assessments/ecosystems/water/vitalwater/38.htm accessed December 2008
Source: http://www.unep.org/dewa/assessments/ecosystems/water/vitalwater/39.htm accessed December 2008
Divide the class into 5 teams.
Team A selects 2 people who will guess the answer.
These 2 people turn their face to the wall or go out of the room, so that they can’t see the clue.
Play
Team A have to act out the clue for the 2 guessers.
Either all members of Team A can act it out (very boisterous, but all children are involved) or a representative is selected to do the acting.
The other members of Team A (and the rest of the class) see the clue.
If the guessers got the right answer in 30 secs, they get 5 points
If the guessers get the right answer in 30 secs, they get 3 points
Otherwise
The chance then goes to Team B and so on.
Rules: No mouthing of words
Round 1Team A – Agriculture
Team B – Domestic use
Team C – Reservoir
Team D – Population
Team E – Industrial production
Team A – Energy Demand
Team B – Over exploitation
Team C – Urbanization
Team D – Lifestyle
Team E – Lake destruction
Round 2
Round 3
Team A – Fertilizer runoff
Team B – Sewage disposal
Team C – Industrial waste water
Team D – Pesticides
Team E – Domestic waste water