Air Pollution and Water Pollution

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             Water is essential for life. Human society is surrounded by various elements of water like rivers, lakes, and seas. However, the supply of water is limited, but demand is rising rapidly as the population grows. Water is under pressure as never before. Globally, 2.3 billion people suffer from diseases linked to water. Providing safe drinking water and adequate sanitation would have major health benefits, estimated 2.1 million fewer deaths from diarrheal diseases, 150 million fewer cases of schistosomiasis, and 75 million fewer cases of trachoma
             (http://www.who.int/environmental_information/Information_resources/htmdocs/execsum.htm).
             Water-borne diseases, also known as "dirty water" diseases, result from using water contaminated by a human, animal, or chemical wastes. These diseases cause an estimated 12 million deaths a year, 5 million of them from diarrheal diseases. (DAVIDSON, J., MYERS, D. and CHAKRABORTY, M. 1992, UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP), 1998, UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT FOR POLICY COORDINATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. 1997).
             According to the World Commission on Water for the 21st Century, more than 50% of the world's major rivers are polluted and so depleted that they harm human health and poison surrounding ecosystems (INTER-PRESS SERVICE, 1999). In many places, both surface and ground waters are contaminated with industrial, agricultural, and urban wastes In many large cities in the developing world the drinking water supply is polluted. Only 50% of Southeast Asia's 550 million people have access to safe drinking water (UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION, 2000).
             Although many reasons for water pollution, there are two major reasons: direct and indirect contaminants sources.
             First of all, direct sources include release from factories, refineries, waste treatment plants etc. that discharge fluids of varying q
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