WATER

POLLUTION

JULES REYES
LARA NICOLE LOPEZ
HANNAH MAE RAÑESES
TRISHA SHANE VENTURINA
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 QUESTIONS

1. WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF WATER POLLUTION?

2. WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF WATER POLLUTION?

3. WHAT ARE THE ETHICAL PRINCIPLES THAT CAN RELATE TO WATER

POLLUTION ?
 WATER POLLUTION

• IT 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.
 TYPES OF
WATER
POLLUTION:
1. SURFACE WATERS
- WATER THAT COLLECTS ON THE
SURFACE OF THE GROUND.

2. GROUNDWATER
- WATER FOUND UNDERGROUND IN
THE CRACKS AND SPACES IN SOIL,
SAND AND ROCK. IT IS STORED IN AND
MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH GEOLOGIC
FORMATIONS OF SOIL, SAND AND
ROCKS CALLED AQUIFERS.
DIFFERENT WAYS WATER POLLUTION CAN
OCCUR
1. POINT SOURCE POLLUTION – POLLUTION COMING FROM A
SINGLE LOCATION

2. NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION- POLLUTION COMING FROM

DIFFERENT SCATTERED SOURCES

3. TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION- POLLUTION IN ONE PLACE HAS

AN EFFECT HUNDRED OR EVEN THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY
 SOME CAUSES OF WATER POLLUTION

1. SEWAGE
2. WASTE WATER
3. CHEMICAL WASTE
4. RADIOACTIVE WASTE
5. OIL POLLUTION
6. PLASTICS
 WATER POLLUTION IN THE PHILIPPINES

•  ACCORDING TO THE UNITED NATIONS, UNCONTROLLED, RAPID

POPULATION GROWTH HAS CONTRIBUTED TO EXTREME POVERTY,
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND POLLUTION IN THE PHILIPPINES.

• ACCORDING TO WEPA (WATER ENVIRONMENT PARTNERSHIP IN ASIA),

WATER POLLUTION’S EFFECTS COST THE PHILIPPINES APPROXIMATELY
$1.3 BILLION ANNUALLY.

• ONE OF THE MOST ALARMING THINGS GREENPEACE REPORTS IS THAT

OUT OF THE PHILIPPINES’ 421 RIVERS, AS MANY AS 50 ARE CONSIDERED
DEAD AND UNABLE TO SUPPORT ANY BUT THE MOST ROBUST LIFE.
GREENPEACE REPORTS; THE WATER POLLUTION IN
THE PHILIPPINES IS MOSTLY WASTEWATER FROM
THE FOLLOWING SOURCES:

1.  INDUSTRIAL: THE METAL VARIES ACCORDING TO INDUSTRY — LEAD,

MERCURY, CHROMIUM, CADMIUM AND CYANIDE.

2.  AGRICULTURAL: ORGANIC — DECAYED PLANTS, DEAD ANIMALS,

LIVESTOCK MANURE, SOIL RUNOFF; AND NON-ORGANIC — PESTICIDES
AND FERTILIZERS.

3.  DOMESTIC SEWAGE: CONTAINS PATHOGENS THAT THREATEN HUMAN

HEALTH AND LIFE.
4.  OTHER SOURCES: OIL, MINE OR CHEMICAL SPILLS AND ILLEGAL
DUMPING IN OR NEAR WATER.
 HOW CAN WE STOP WATER
POLLUTION?

1. EDUCATION
2. LAWS
3. ECONOMICS
 ETHICAL
PRINCIPLES
1. THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY
THIS PRINCIPLE CALLS FOR THE MEETING OF BASIC NEEDS AND THE
PROMOTION OF HUMAN HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.

2. THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUITY AND PROPORTIONALITY

MEETING THE NEEDS AND PROMOTING THE HEALTH OF ALL PERSONS
IS IMPORTANT, BUT EQUITY AND PROPORTIONATE RESPONSE ARE
REQUIRED IN THE FACE OF LIMITED RESOURCES TO GIVE PRIORITY
TO THE LEAST WELL OFF, THOSE MOST IMMEDIATELY AT RISK, AND
THOSE WHO ARE MADE VULNERABLE BY PAST DISCRIMINATION,
 ETHICAL PRINCIPLES CONT.

3. THE PRINCIPLE OF RIGHT RELATIONSHIP OR

RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP
THE PRINCIPLE OF RIGHT RELATIONSHIP ADDRESSES THE
SUBSTANTIVE CONTENT AND EFFECTS OF SUCH COLLECTIVE
ACTION. THE RESPONSIBLE COURSE OF ACTION IS CLOSELY
TIED WITH THE ACTUAL PROPERTIES AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF
WHAT IS BEING RESPONDED TO.
 CONCLUSION

• WATER POLLUTION IS CAUSED BY MULTIPLE THINGS THAT CAN

ULTIMATELY HARM NOT ONLY HUMANS, ANIMALS, PLANTS AND
THE ENVIRONMENT BUT IT CAN ALSO AFFECT THE ECONOMY.
• EVENTHOUGH IT IS CAUSED MY MULTIPLE THINGS, THERE ARE
MULTIPLE WAYS TO PREVENT IT AND TREAT IT.
• WATER IS AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN
CARE OF AND TREASURED. IF WE DO NOT, WE WILL LOSE OUR
MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE.
 REFERENCES

• HTTP://WWW.NAMKHANFOUNDATION.COM/COVENTIONAL-
ARICULTURE-AS-A-SOURCE-OF-WATER-POLLUTION/
• HTTP://WWW.EXPLAINTHATSTUFF.COM/WATERPOLLUTION.HTML
• HTTP://WWW.HUMANSANDNATURE.ORG/PRINCIPLES-OF-WATER-
ETHICS
• HTTP://WWW.BORGENMAGAZINE.COM/WATER-POLLUTION-IN-THE-
PHILIPPINES/