WATER POLLUTION

JULES REYES
LARA NICOLE LOPEZ
HANNAH MAE RAESES
TRISHA SHANE VENTURINA
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 QUESTIONS

1. WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF WATER POLLUTION?

2. WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF WATER POLLUTION?

3. WHAT ARE THE ETHICAL PRINCIPLES THAT CAN RELATE TO WATER POLLUTION ?
 WATER POLLUTION

IT IS THE CONTAMINATION OF WATER BODIES (E.G. LAKES, RIVERS, OCEANS,

AQUIFERS AND GROUNDWATER).

THIS FORM OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION OCCURS WHEN

POLLUTANTS ARE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY DISCHARGED INTO WATER BODIES
WITHOUT ADEQUATE TREATMENT TO REMOVE HARMFUL COMPOUNDS.
 TYPES OF WATER
POLLUTION:
1. SURFACE WATERS
- WATER THAT COLLECTS ON THE
SURFACE OF THE GROUND.

2. GROUNDWATER
- WATER FOUND UNDERGROUND IN
THE CRACKS AND SPACES IN SOIL,
SAND AND ROCK. IT IS STORED IN AND
MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH GEOLOGIC
FORMATIONS OF SOIL, SAND AND
ROCKS CALLED AQUIFERS.
DIFFERENT WAYS WATER POLLUTION CAN OCCUR

1. POINT SOURCE POLLUTION POLLUTION COMING FROM A SINGLE

LOCATION

2. NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION- POLLUTION COMING FROM DIFFERENT

SCATTERED SOURCES

3. TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION- POLLUTION IN ONE PLACE HAS AN EFFECT

HUNDRED OR EVEN THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY
 SOME CAUSES OF WATER POLLUTION

1. SEWAGE
2. WASTE WATER
3. CHEMICAL WASTE
4. RADIOACTIVE WASTE
5. OIL POLLUTION
6. PLASTICS
 WATER POLLUTION IN THE PHILIPPINES

ACCORDING TO THE UNITED NATIONS, UNCONTROLLED, RAPID POPULATION

GROWTH HAS CONTRIBUTED TO EXTREME POVERTY, ENVIRONMENTAL
DEGRADATION AND POLLUTION IN THE PHILIPPINES.

ACCORDING TO WEPA (WATER ENVIRONMENT PARTNERSHIP IN ASIA), WATER

POLLUTIONS EFFECTS COST THE PHILIPPINES APPROXIMATELY $1.3 BILLION
ANNUALLY.

ONE OF THE MOST ALARMING THINGS GREENPEACE REPORTS IS THAT OUT OF

THE PHILIPPINES 421 RIVERS, AS MANY AS 50 ARE CONSIDERED DEAD AND
UNABLE TO SUPPORT ANY BUT THE MOST ROBUST LIFE.
GREENPEACE REPORTS; THE WATER POLLUTION IN THE
PHILIPPINES IS MOSTLY WASTEWATER FROM THE FOLLOWING
SOURCES:

1. INDUSTRIAL: THE METAL VARIES ACCORDING TO INDUSTRY LEAD, MERCURY,

CHROMIUM, CADMIUM AND CYANIDE.

2. AGRICULTURAL: ORGANIC DECAYED PLANTS, DEAD ANIMALS, LIVESTOCK

MANURE, SOIL RUNOFF; AND NON-ORGANIC PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS.

3. DOMESTIC SEWAGE: CONTAINS PATHOGENS THAT THREATEN HUMAN HEALTH AND

LIFE.
4. OTHER SOURCES: OIL, MINE OR CHEMICAL SPILLS AND ILLEGAL DUMPING IN OR
NEAR WATER.
 HOW CAN WE STOP WATER POLLUTION?

1. EDUCATION
2. LAWS
3. ECONOMICS
 ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
1. THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY
THIS PRINCIPLE CALLS FOR THE MEETING OF BASIC NEEDS AND THE PROMOTION
OF HUMAN HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.

2. THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUITY AND PROPORTIONALITY

MEETING THE NEEDS AND PROMOTING THE HEALTH OF ALL PERSONS IS
IMPORTANT, BUT EQUITY AND PROPORTIONATE RESPONSE ARE REQUIRED IN THE
FACE OF LIMITED RESOURCES TO GIVE PRIORITY TO THE LEAST WELL OFF, THOSE
MOST IMMEDIATELY AT RISK, AND THOSE WHO ARE MADE VULNERABLE BY PAST
DISCRIMINATION, EXCLUSION, AND POWERLESSNESS.
 ETHICAL PRINCIPLES CONT.

3. THE PRINCIPLE OF RIGHT RELATIONSHIP OR RESPONSIBLE

STEWARDSHIP
THE PRINCIPLE OF RIGHT RELATIONSHIP ADDRESSES THE SUBSTANTIVE
CONTENT AND EFFECTS OF SUCH COLLECTIVE ACTION. THE
RESPONSIBLE COURSE OF ACTION IS CLOSELY TIED WITH THE ACTUAL
PROPERTIES AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF WHAT IS BEING RESPONDED TO.
 CONCLUSION

WATER POLLUTION IS CAUSED BY MULTIPLE THINGS THAT CAN ULTIMATELY

HARM NOT ONLY HUMANS, ANIMALS, PLANTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
BUT IT CAN ALSO AFFECT THE ECONOMY.
EVENTHOUGH IT IS CAUSED MY MULTIPLE THINGS, THERE ARE MULTIPLE
WAYS TO PREVENT IT AND TREAT IT.
WATER IS AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF
AND TREASURED. IF WE DO NOT, WE WILL LOSE OUR MOST VALUABLE
RESOURCE.
 REFERENCES

HTTP://WWW.NAMKHANFOUNDATION.COM/COVENTIONAL-ARICULTURE-AS-
A-SOURCE-OF-WATER-POLLUTION/
HTTP://WWW.EXPLAINTHATSTUFF.COM/WATERPOLLUTION.HTML
HTTP://WWW.HUMANSANDNATURE.ORG/PRINCIPLES-OF-WATER-ETHICS
HTTP://WWW.BORGENMAGAZINE.COM/WATER-POLLUTION-IN-THE-
PHILIPPINES/