dont need to keep

the river in our

country?Sarah :
The main causes of
river pollution are
the dumping of ani
mal, human and tox
ic wastes.Besides,

human are always

take for granted
about the rivers
because they think
therivers have no
function to them.
You can see there
are many other

factors of the
riverpollution. So
everyone should
know the causes
of river pollution,
which then will
help usto
overcome river

pollution.Sam : Wh
o are the culprits
then?Cullen : We
are all responsible.
Look at some peopl
e who are dumping
rubbish indiscrimin
atelyinto the

rivers which will

turning them into
river of waste.
Even some
factories
dumptheir
effluents and
toxic substances

into rivers which

is so bad for the
river.Sarah :
Cant we do
anything to
protect our rivers?
Callahan : Oh yes
we can. We can hel

p to increase publi
c awareness about
the roles of rivers.
When people know
how important
rivers are, they
will stop dumping

rubbish. We
canalso parti
cipate in campaigns
such as Love Your
River campaign.
Besides, we
canorganize
gotong royong

projects in
our communities
and clean up parts
of river.
Sarah : What will
happen to a river
when nothing is do
ne to clean the pol

luted river?Cullen
: If we left the riv
er to waste, the ri
ver would ultimatel
y die. As you can s
ee, a dead riverwill
become cloudy and
smelly. This is

because the river

has no oxygen. A
dead rivercannot
support aquatic
life. Fishes are
one of our food
sources. If we
lost them, it

wouldbe a
nightmare for all
of us right? A
polluted river will
also become a
source
of waterborne
diseases.Sam : No

w I see the import

ance of keeping ou
r river clean. It mu
st be very expensi
ve for thegovernm
ent to revive a
dead river
or clean the

polluted
rivers.Callahan : Y
es, the governmen
t may have to fork
out millions of ring
git to clean up the
river thatwas
polluted

by garbage
indiscriminately
by irresponsible
human emissions