My questions about water pollution in china
1. what are the main causes of water pollution
2. how can it be solved
My summary
China, being an overpopulated country, contains the population of over 1.3 billion. As population increases, economic growth becomes one of the most important factors in China. It faces challenges to protect the environment and ecological resources from further decline while it is trying to keep up and sustain the economic growth and industrialization. It encounters one of the most serious environmental threats in the world. And the most vital crisis is water pollution. It is imperative to the health of over 1.3 billion people. Over the past 20 years or so, the Chinese government has tried many plans to improve the water quality and water treatment. However, because of the increase of population, these plans did not succeed from top to bottom. A sickening fact about water pollution in China is that over 668 cities in China are facing water shortages. Major rivers in China are polluted with a possibility of getting cancer and several illnesses. Out of the 1.3 billion, 300 million people, mostly from remote villages, lack access to drinking clean water. The reason for it is because rivers have been polluted by wastewater released by industries near by. Because of economic and population growth, there is not enough space to treat the wastewater; therefore, the industries dump it into the river. In conclusion, the problem with water pollution in China is that industries and the government are not treating the wastewater properly and it leads to the sakes of innocent citizens. Water pollution can affect many people in the world, especially the overpopulated China. Most people are poor so they cannot afford to buy safe and drinkable water. Villagers have no choice but to use grossly polluted water everyday; according to a villager in rural China, “The water is so polluted that even if you boil the water, it still tastes like metal” (Yardley). People the rivers are so polluted, the fishermen will not be able to earn a living since the fishes will be dead. People who live in the city can also be affected by water pollution because of the water scarcity and poor water standards. Four years ago, out of the 27 large cities in China, only 6 cities supplied drinking water that met the government’s standard. Water pollution, being the most serious environmental issue in China, can affect almost all population in China. There are many causes of China’s water crisis/pollution – the lack of protection. One of the causes is degraded conditions of the water resources after the industrialization. Because of this, there was serious lack of coordination between the protection of public health and management of the water quality. The population growth has caused the increase of suburban and urban areas without adequate amount of investments of water supply infrastructure. Another reason would be that the cities have limited support to treat sewages or drinking water. The major reason why water pollution is so bad is that cities discharge their untreated wastewater and sewage produced by households and industries into surrounding rivers, lakes, and seas. The water pollution in China is caused by many serious factors – for example, backward technology, poor environmental management, and inadequate amount of investments. It is not that easy to advocate to all Chinese to protect surrounding waters that will affect their health. However, there is still time to provide help and support. Firstly, public awareness is important because it can make people healthier with the knowledge of the current management with water pollution. Another way is to purchase and install water treatment facilities that will upgrade the water. Boiling water before drinking or buy bottled water can be an easy way to prevent the worsening of health. Alberto's response to claudia's summary and action plan. I thought it was really good because you had some details that said that even if we did small things like sending letters to the government i mean if we all sent letters to the goverment they would see that there are a lot of people that want for them to change and that they should at least start to worry a little bit more and kto start taking some actions. The things i have learned are probably that the major source or water pollution were companies that were throuwing their waste into the water, and i thought that it was just simply people that threw things in. but now i know that the ones we should be worrying about are really the companies and not the people because the peole only cantribute a couple of percents but the ones we should start to convince are the companies. but we dont have to start by saying that we want all of the water polluting companies in china to stop but maybe pick a city that affects a lot and then pick three of their most polluting companies and try to convince those because everyone knows that if something stops too fast then it will start again just as fast as it stoped therefore start small and make the problem small. (ALBERTO LATORRE) Action Plan Goal-Based on your research from Part 1, how do you want to have a positive impact on our environment?
Because we cannot control the wastes from being produced, the only way to stop or slow down water pollution is to unite together and to start cleaning rivers up and ordering the factories to stop dumping wastes into the rivers. As they dump their wastes into the waters everyday, thousands of people can be effected by the polluted water.
The factory can stop dumping the unrenewable, unreuseable.. sources into the rivers and find a safe and secure spot where nothing and no-one would be threatened by it.
People can save water that they dont need to use or they wastes. Strategies-What are some specific actions you will take to achieve this goal?
By doing little things everyday can help water pollution and the scarcity of water.
- reduce the time of shower
- take showers instead of baths
- turn off the tap when you are brushing your teeth
- finally, tell friends and family to do the same
- maybe even send letters to the government Timeline-When will you do these things and how often?
- send letters to the Chinese government to tell them that factories need to stop dumping wastes into the rivers and that they need to find a spot that is secure for the wastes. (every month)
- reduce the time of shower. (everyday)
- reduce buying the amount of products produced by harmful factories. (every week)
- tell friends and family to do the same. (everyday) Resources-What will you need (if anything) to put these strategies into effect?
- time and effort
- cooperation of families and friends Reslts-How will you know when you've made a difference?
- when the news reports that the amount of people being affected by water pollution decreases
- when friends and families do the same as you
- when the Chinese government responds to the letters and takes action
My questions about water pollution in china
1. what are the main causes of water pollution
2. how can it be solved
My summary
China, being an overpopulated country, contains the population of over 1.3 billion. As population increases, economic growth becomes one of the most important factors in China. It faces challenges to protect the environment and ecological resources from further decline while it is trying to keep up and sustain the economic growth and industrialization. It encounters one of the most serious environmental threats in the world. And the most vital crisis is water pollution. It is imperative to the health of over 1.3 billion people.Over the past 20 years or so, the Chinese government has tried many plans to improve the water quality and water treatment. However, because of the increase of population, these plans did not succeed from top to bottom. A sickening fact about water pollution in China is that over 668 cities in China are facing water shortages. Major rivers in China are polluted with a possibility of getting cancer and several illnesses. Out of the 1.3 billion, 300 million people, mostly from remote villages, lack access to drinking clean water. The reason for it is because rivers have been polluted by wastewater released by industries near by. Because of economic and population growth, there is not enough space to treat the wastewater; therefore, the industries dump it into the river. In conclusion, the problem with water pollution in China is that industries and the government are not treating the wastewater properly and it leads to the sakes of innocent citizens.
Water pollution can affect many people in the world, especially the overpopulated China. Most people are poor so they cannot afford to buy safe and drinkable water. Villagers have no choice but to use grossly polluted water everyday; according to a villager in rural China, “The water is so polluted that even if you boil the water, it still tastes like metal” (Yardley). People the rivers are so polluted, the fishermen will not be able to earn a living since the fishes will be dead. People who live in the city can also be affected by water pollution because of the water scarcity and poor water standards. Four years ago, out of the 27 large cities in China, only 6 cities supplied drinking water that met the government’s standard. Water pollution, being the most serious environmental issue in China, can affect almost all population in China. There are many causes of China’s water crisis/pollution – the lack of protection. One of the causes is degraded conditions of the water resources after the industrialization. Because of this, there was serious lack of coordination between the protection of public health and management of the water quality. The population growth has caused the increase of suburban and urban areas without adequate amount of investments of water supply infrastructure. Another reason would be that the cities have limited support to treat sewages or drinking water. The major reason why water pollution is so bad is that cities discharge their untreated wastewater and sewage produced by households and industries into surrounding rivers, lakes, and seas. The water pollution in China is caused by many serious factors – for example, backward technology, poor environmental management, and inadequate amount of investments.
It is not that easy to advocate to all Chinese to protect surrounding waters that will affect their health. However, there is still time to provide help and support. Firstly, public awareness is important because it can make people healthier with the knowledge of the current management with water pollution. Another way is to purchase and install water treatment facilities that will upgrade the water. Boiling water before drinking or buy bottled water can be an easy way to prevent the worsening of health.
Alberto's response to claudia's summary and action plan. I thought it was really good because you had some details that said that even if we did small things like sending letters to the government i mean if we all sent letters to the goverment they would see that there are a lot of people that want for them to change and that they should at least start to worry a little bit more and kto start taking some actions. The things i have learned are probably that the major source or water pollution were companies that were throuwing their waste into the water, and i thought that it was just simply people that threw things in. but now i know that the ones we should be worrying about are really the companies and not the people because the peole only cantribute a couple of percents but the ones we should start to convince are the companies. but we dont have to start by saying that we want all of the water polluting companies in china to stop but maybe pick a city that affects a lot and then pick three of their most polluting companies and try to convince those because everyone knows that if something stops too fast then it will start again just as fast as it stoped therefore start small and make the problem small. (ALBERTO LATORRE)
Action Plan
Goal-Based on your research from Part 1, how do you want to have a positive impact on our environment?
Because we cannot control the wastes from being produced, the only way to stop or slow down water pollution is to unite together and to start cleaning rivers up and ordering the factories to stop dumping wastes into the rivers. As they dump their wastes into the waters everyday, thousands of people can be effected by the polluted water.
The factory can stop dumping the unrenewable, unreuseable.. sources into the rivers and find a safe and secure spot where nothing and no-one would be threatened by it.
People can save water that they dont need to use or they wastes.
Strategies-What are some specific actions you will take to achieve this goal?
By doing little things everyday can help water pollution and the scarcity of water.
- reduce the time of shower
- take showers instead of baths
- turn off the tap when you are brushing your teeth
- finally, tell friends and family to do the same
- maybe even send letters to the government
Timeline-When will you do these things and how often?
- send letters to the Chinese government to tell them that factories need to stop dumping wastes into the rivers and that they need to find a spot that is secure for the wastes. (every month)
- reduce the time of shower. (everyday)
- reduce buying the amount of products produced by harmful factories. (every week)
- tell friends and family to do the same. (everyday)
Resources-What will you need (if anything) to put these strategies into effect?
- time and effort
- cooperation of families and friends
Reslts-How will you know when you've made a difference?
- when the news reports that the amount of people being affected by water pollution decreases
- when friends and families do the same as you
- when the Chinese government responds to the letters and takes action
Winny's Comment
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