Contamination of water

Contamination of water-good or bad

By Amy

Have you ever thought if water contamination is good or bad? Did you know what will happen to the marine animals when the streams, lakes and oceans are all contaminated? Did you think of what will the world be like when all the seas and oceans are contaminated? Do you know what actually causes water contamination?

Litter that has been thrown in the drain causes water contamination. Then the litter, that was thrown in the drain goes straight into the sea. Some marine animals mistaken the litter as food and gulps it down. If the marine animal’s stomach is full of litter, the marine animal can fall ill and die. If this keeps happening, and the marine animals are still continually mistaking the litter as food and eats it, some marine animals can lead to extinction. Thus, it affects our food chain. If the food chain is affected, some other animals that depend on the certain animal that is near to extinction can be pushed the other animals that depend on the certain animal into extinction too. What will happen to us, humans, then?

Pesticides can also cause water contamination. Gardeners and farmers spray pesticides their fruits and vegetables to prevent insects to damage your fruits and vegetables. When it rains, the pesticides get washed away and flows in the seas and oceans. The marine animals living the the sea or ocean can be affected by the pesticide that has flowed into the seas or oceans because pesticides can be poisonous to marine animals.

Not only pesticides and litter causes water contamination, however cattle waste does. The cattle waste can be on the ground any time. When it rains, the cattle waste gets carried away in the rain and flows straight into the seas and oceans. As a result of this, our lakes, streams, seas and oceans can be polluted.

How do you like it when the lakes, streams, seas, and oceans are all contaminated? You can stop throwing litter on the ground and instead put it in the right bins. Gardeners and farmers should be more careful about pesticides.