WHAT IS THE ENVIRONMENT?

It's everything that makes up our

surroundings and affects our ability to
live on the earth—the air we breathe,
the water that covers most of the earth's
surface, the plants and animals around
us, and much more.
 WHY DO ENVIRONMENTS
CHANGE?

All of the environments on Earth change over time.

Some changes are caused by people, and these
usually occur in relatively short periods of time.

A change or disturbance of the environment

most often caused by human influences and
natural ecological processes.
Environmental changes can include any number
of things, including natural disasters, human
interference, or animal interaction.
Environmental change does not only encompass
physical changes, but it can be things like an
infestation of invasive species is also
environmental changes.
HOW DO WE MAKE ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY
DECISIONS?
Environmental policy and decision
making explores the protection of
long-term natural resource use and
environmental quality through changes
in human behavior and policy.
CONTAMINATION OF
DRINKING WATER
(HOUSEHOLD NEEDS
INCLUDING POLLUTION OF
THE OCEAN, RIVERS, LAKES
AND RESERVOIRS.)
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9275

• Clean Water Act of 2004.

• An Act providing for a comprehensive water

quality management and for other purposes.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

• Contaminant
----Is any physical, chemical
biological, or radiological substance or
matter in water.
GENERAL CATEGORIES OF DRINKING
WATER CONTAMINANTS.

• Physical contaminants primarily impact the physical appearance

or other physical properties of water. Examples of physical
contaminants are sediment or organic material suspended in the
water of lakes, rivers and streams from soil erosion.
• Chemical contaminants are elements or compounds. These
contaminants may be naturally occurring or man-made. Examples
of chemical contaminants include nitrogen, bleach, salts, pesticides,
metals, toxins produced by bacteria, and human or animal drugs.
• Biological contaminants are organisms in water. They are
also referred to as microbes or microbiological
contaminants. Examples of biological or microbial
contaminants include bacteria, viruses, protozoan, and
parasites.
• Radiological contaminants are chemical elements with an
unbalanced number of protons and neutrons resulting in
unstable atoms that can emit ionizing radiation. Examples
of radiological contaminants include cesium, plutonium and
uranium.
WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?

• Contamination of Fresh water used

for household needs, including
pollution of oceans, rivers, Lakes,
and reservoirs, ranks top on the list of
environmental concerns for many.
WHAT ARE THE CAUSES?
INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION

• Comes produced by
discharges industries inmates
made directly to the
atmosphere or to travez
expuccion chimneys of
smoke.
AGRICULTURAL
POLLUTION

• It is that which is
produced by the treatment
of the products and some
chemical herbicides.
DOMESTIC URBAN
POLLUTION

• It is produced by
household to get into
the desque lot of
organic and inorganic
waste.
MARINE POLLUTION

• Sea water with high salt

content, is responsible
for a contamination of
aquifers near the coast
for water salinization.
CONSEQUENCES
• Disappearance of
marine life and aquatic
ecosystem destruction
due to the extreme
toxicity of industrial
waste.
• Generation diseases
in the human
population, such as
hepatitis, cholera,
and dysentery.
• Contamination of drinking
fresh water, preventing its
use thus decrease in
recreational activities, the
production of food raw
material, etc.
WHAT SOLUTIONS ARE
GIVEN?

• Prevent further
destruction of wetlands,
and restore it whenever
possible.
• Reducing wastewater. It is
important to ensure that septic
tank owners prevent the
installation and maintenance of
their systems in a way that does
not contaminate groundwater or
river water near.
• Reducing deforestation.
Forest act as a sponge to
absorb the rains when they
come, when all the trees
are cut, the forest
ecosystems dies and can no
longer perform this service.
WHAT CAN WE DO?

• Closes the shower while you

Soapmaking.
• Wash the car with water bottles.
• Watering the plants late at night.
• Turn off the faucet while the
dishes Soapmaking.
CONTAMINATION OF
DRINKING WATER
(HOUSEHOLD NEEDS
INCLUDING POLLUTION OF
THE OCEAN, RIVERS, LAKES
AND RESERVOIRS.)