• Water pollution 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. • This results in the Eutrophication. • Eutrophication is the nutrient enrichment of the water bodies that stimulate the growth of aquatic plant life usually resulting in the depletion of dissolved oxygen. MECHANISM Causes • The most common nutrients causing eutrophication are nitrogen and phosphorus. • The main source of nitrogen pollutants is run-off from agricultural land, whereas most phosphorus pollutants comes from households and industry, including phosphorus-based detergents. • Disposing of Ritual Materials. • Oil Seepage and Agricultural Pollutants. • Disposal of Untreated Sewage. Consequences
• Oxygen depletion, or hypoxia, is a common effect of
eutrophication in water. • The direct effects of hypoxia include fish kills, especially the death of fish that need high levels of dissolved oxygen. • Changes in fish communities may have an impact on the whole aquatic ecosystem and may deplete fish stocks. Ecological effects • Increased biomass of phytoplankton. • Increases in blooms of gelatinous zooplankton. • Increased biomass. • Decreases in water transparency (increased turbidity). • Color, smell, and water treatment problems. • Dissolved oxygen depletion. • Increased incidences of fish kills. • Loss of desirable fish species. • Reductions in harvestable fish and shellfish. • Decreases in perceived aesthetic value of the water body. PLAN TO OVER COME THE PROBLEM Floating island • A constructed wetland bed is a natural treatment system that does not need energy or chemicals to clean wastewater. FLOATING ISLAND MODEL METHODOLOGY FOLLOWED Future Plans
We are planning to have a proposal for funding
to this project by Government of India for making more no of floating islands in the water bodies so that the water bodies and wet lands which are undergoing eutrophication and polluted by waste disposal can the renewed and biodiversity of that area can be conserved. RESULT We can concluded that lot of projects and awareness programmes should be initiated by the government in order to overcome this malady as there is increasing use of various non biodegradable materials which are finally dumped into rivers.