River Pollution

Sam :

Nowadays, the newspaper seems to be full of articles about River

Pollution. Arent there better things to report about?

Cullen :

No, you are wrong Sam. Rivers are very important as sources of
drinking water and as waterways. Rivers have economic and aesthetic
roles. So, thats why we need to care the rivers as much as we can.

Callahan :

Why does river pollution occur rampantly in our country? Does this
happen because of irresponsible human activities such as throwing
garbage everywhere or humans feel that they have adequate water
supplies so they dont need to keep the river in our country?

Sarah :

The main causes of river pollution are the dumping of animal, human
and toxic wastes. Besides, human are always take for granted about
the rivers because they think the rivers have no function to them. You
can see there are many other factors of the river pollution. So
everyone should know the causes of river pollution, which then will
help us to overcome river pollution.

Sam :

Who are the culprits then?

Cullen :

We are all responsible. Look at some people who are dumping rubbish
indiscriminately into the rivers which will turning them into river of
waste. Even some factories dump their 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 help to increase public awareness about the

roles of rivers. When people know how important rivers are, they will
stop dumping rubbish. We can also participate in campaigns such as
Love Your River campaign. Besides, we can organize gotong royong
projects in our communities and clean up parts of river.

Sarah :

What will happen to a river when nothing is done to clean the polluted
river?

Cullen :

If we left the river to waste, the river would ultimately die. As you can
see, a dead river will become cloudy and smelly. This is because the
river has no oxygen. A dead river cannot support aquatic life. Fishes
are one of our food sources. If we lost them, it would be a nightmare
for all of us right? A polluted river will also become a source of
waterborne diseases.

Sam :

Now I see the importance of keeping our river clean. It must be very
expensive for the government to revive a dead river or clean the
polluted rivers.

Callahan :

Yes, the government may have to fork out millions of ringgit to clean
up the river that was polluted by garbage indiscriminately by
irresponsible human emissions