Water Pollution - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9533079622 ISBN 13: 9789533079622

Verlag: IntechOpen, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

Water pollution is a major global problem that requires ongoing evaluation and revision of water resource policy at all levels (from international down to individual aquifers and wells). It has been suggested that it is the leading worldwide cause of deaths and diseases, and that it accounts for the deaths of more than 14,000 people daily. In addition to the acute problems of water pollution in developing countries, industrialized countries continue to struggle with pollution problems as well. Water is typically referred to as polluted when it is impaired by anthropogenic contaminants and either does not support a human use, such as drinking water, and/or undergoes a marked shift in its ability to support its constituent biotic communities, such as fish. Natural phenomena such as volcanoes, algae blooms, storms, and earthquakes also cause major changes in water quality and the ecological status of water. Most water pollutants are eventually carried by rivers into the oceans.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: IntechOpen
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9533079622
• ISBN 13: 9789533079622
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 216
• Herausgeber: Balkis Nuray
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: preigu GmbH & Co. KG; mail@preigu.de; ; Lengericher Landstr. 19; Osnabrück; Niedersachsen; 49078; Deutschland