top five environmental statistics - industrial water pollution (infographic)

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P R E S E N T E D B YSOURCES:

http://www.wno.org/water-pollutionhttp://www2.epa.gov/learn-issues/water-resourceshttp://www2.epa.gov/nutrientpollution/sources-and-solutionshttp://www2.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-clean-water-acthttp://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/cwa.cfm?program_id=45http://www.mwr.gov.cn/english/sdw.html

MAY 2014 industrial water pollution

Water is essential to all aspects of human lifeincluding

Clean Water Act (CWA) in USThe CWA gives EPA the authority to set effluent limits on an industry-wide

(technology-based) basis and on a water-quality basis that ensure protection of the receiving water. The CWA requires anyone who wants

to discharge pollutants to first obtain an NPDES permit.

Water Pollution Regulations (MWR) in ChinaThe MWR is in charge of water resource protection, water function zoning

in major rivers and lakes and implementation of supervision. The MWR also reviews and verifies the capacity of pollutant load of water bodies.

Water Framework Directive (WFD) in EuropeThe WFD requires all inland, transitional and coastal waters to reachgood ecological and chemical status by 2015. The WFD also requires

the phasing out or substantial reductions in the discharge of hazardous substances to water bodies.

Each day

2 million tons of sewageis discharged into the planet’s oceans, lakes and streams

In the United States

over 34 billion litersof

hazardous liquid wasteis injected directly into groundwater by industries

every year

Quality of water is affected by human activitiesand is declining due to

urbanization, population growthindustrial production and climate change

The world’s water is contaminated with:

plastic waste, chemicals, pharmaceuticalspesticides, fertilizers and detergentsContaining nitrogen and phosphorus

community healthfood production

economic vitality ecosystem biodiversity

Some of the Water Pollution Regulatory Bodiesand Regulations around the World Include