Saturday, 19 July 2014

TYPES OF POLLUTION

 TYPES OF POLLUTION

Four types of pollution are going to been treated in this article.
The four types of pollution as follows:

Air pollution: The sources of air pollution can be natural or man-made.The activities of man in the aspects of mining adds to air pollution

Land pollution: Involved soil degradation and soil contamination by hazardous solids or liquids dumped in the soil. The natural causes of land pollution or solid degradation emanates from whirlwind, tornadoes, earthquakes and sea or ocean surges.

Water pollution: Water is one of the important resources in our environment, and also serves as food. water pollutants may be physical, biological or chemical in nature. water is said  to be polluted when there is adversely change in its quality.
The sources of water pollution are mainly the discharges of sewage from factories, waste water treatment plant, toxic chemicals, fertilizer, pesticides, waste disposal.

Noise pollution: Man face pollution challenges every day in our environment, but the one of noise make man uncomfortable. The good level of decibels in our environment should be 65 decibels, while in the process plant or areas should be 85 decibels.
The sources of noise pollution are blasting, heavy trucks movement, sound of plants, drilling, crusher, electronic player sound etc.

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POLLUTANT

POLLUTANT

Pollutant is a substance which is capable of causing harm to living organisms(floral and fauna).
Pollutants are grouped into two classes.

i. Organic pollutants: Organic pollutants are pollutants which contain carbon and hydrogen compound, and elements of oxygen, phosphorous, sulphur and nitrogen.
ii. Inorganic pollutants: Inorganic pollutants are pollutants, which contain carbon monoxide and carbon iv oxide.

Forms of Pollutants
Pollutants could take the forms of:
i. Gaseous, example of gaseous pollutants are hydrogen sulphide and carbon monoxide.
ii. Liquid, example of liquid pollutant is Crude oil.
iii. Solid, example of solid pollutant is oily sludge.

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