Water Pollution and its Erika Charity Flores, Fuad

Suleymanov, Gilbert RAPIRAP,

Consequences Navdeep Kambo, Sudiksha Chitkaria

Introduction
WATER IS THE DRIVING FORCE OF ALL
NATURE - Leonardo Da Vinci.
None of the organisms on our
planet can exist without water.

• Interesting fact: A person can live without food

for about 50 days, if during a hunger strike, he
drinks fresh water, he will not live without
water for a week - death will occur in 5 days.
Polluted water kills more people than
wars and all other forms of violence.

• At least 1.8 million children under the age of 5 die from

water-related diseases every year, i.e., one child every 20
seconds. Slightly less than half of the world's hospital
patients are people whose ailments are in one way, or
another related to polluted water.
 Water Pollution
• Physical pollution • Chemical pollution
• Biological pollution
 Impact of water pollution

Plants and animals Contaminants of aquatic life

exposed to contaminants
Threats to human life Water sources or a lack of Economic damage
water
 Causes of Water Pollution
• Global Warming
• Acid Rain
• Deforestation
• Oil Spillage
 Causes of Water Pollution
• Agricultural Waste
• Sewage/Waste Water
• Industrial Waste
 Causes of Water Pollution
• Marine Dumping
• Mining Activities
• Burning Fossil Fuel
 Most contributing industries

• Agriculture
• Fashion Industry
• Energy Industry
• Water Sewerage
Agriculture
Fashion Industry
Energy Industry
Energy Industry
Water Sewerage
Impact of Water and Climate Change
(The issue explained)
Impact of climate change: Heatwaves, hurricanes, and storm surges

Droughts
Heatwaves
Tropical Cyclones

The Dangers of
Hurricanes

Reference:
Impacts of climate change: | Friends of the Earth
Storm Surges

Reference:
Impacts of climate change: | Friends of the Earth https://www.facebook.com/reel/497462505679145
 Reference:
Impacts of climate change: | Friends of the Earth

We dream of a world
where water poverty is
eradicated…
Moving Forward
 Facts and Figures
•By 2050, the number of people at risk of floods will increase from its current level of 1.2 billion to 1.6 billion. In the early
to mid-2010s, 1.9 billion people, or 27% of the global population, lived in potentially severely water-scarce areas. In
2050, this number will increase to 2.7 to 3.2 billion people. (United Nations, 2020)
 
•Over a fifth of the world’s basins have recently experienced either rapid increases in their surface water area indicative
of flooding, a growth in reservoirs and newly inundated land; or rapid declines in surface water area indicating drying up
of lakes, reservoirs, wetlands, floodplains, and seasonal water bodies. (UN-Water 2021)
 
•The ambition of new climate change mitigation pledges for 2030 needs to be four times higher to limit global warming
to 2°C and seven times higher to get on track to limit global warming to 1.5°C. (UNEP 2021) 
 
•The current Arctic sea-ice cover (both annual and late summer) is at its lowest level since at least 1850 and is projected
to reach practically ice-free conditions at its summer minimum at least once before 2050. (IPCC 2021)