Global Water Quality, Statistics and its lethal effects on Health an overview

Author: 
Sheikh Afaq Gowhar
Abstract: 

Water covers most of the area of the land, and makes up over 65% of the human body. Water pollution affects marine ecosystems, wildlife health, and human well-being. The answer to solving pollution is to make changes in our daily habits and pay more attention to the types of products we consume. Water is the greatest gift of nature. Humans have misused water resource to a level where controlling water contamination is difficult (UN WWAP, 2003). The misuse of water can cause damaging consequences and can leads threat to human life. Water contamination is a major cause for so many deaths worldwide. The use of harmful chemicals in industrial areas and agriculture cause unadorned water pollution as waste from industries entries directly into nearby water bodies like rivers, lakes and ponds without getting treated to remove harmful toxins and mixtures (UN WWAP, 2009). This not only affects the quality of water but also pose danger to several endangered aquatic species. Increase in the aquatic pollution can badly affect marine life and their habitats (Lutgens and Tarbuck, 1998). Millions of people hadn’t access to clean drinking water are forced to drink untreated water which makes them prone to water related diseases which directly affects their health (UN WWAP, 2006).

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