We can control water pollution in the following ways :

    ■Be careful about what you throw down your sink or toilet. Don’t throw paints,oils or other forms of litter down the drain. Use environmentally household products, such as washing powder, household cleaning agents and toiletries.


    ■Take great care not to overuse pesticides and fertilisers. This will prevent runoffs of the material into nearby water sources.


    ■By having more plants in your garden you are preventing fertiliser, pesticides and contaminated water from running off into nearby water sources.


    ■Don’t throw litter into rivers, lakes or oceans. Help clean up any litter you see on beaches or in rivers and lakes, make sure it is safe to collect the litter and put it in a nearby dustbin. 


    ■Wash your car or outdoor equipment where it can flow to a gravel or grassed area instead of a streets. 


    ■Don't pour your motor oil down the storm drain. Take it to the nearest auto parts store. This is free!


    ■Avoid using the toilet as a wastebasket. Most tissues, wrappers, dust cloths, and other paper goods should be properly discarded in a wastebasket. The fiber reinforced cleaning products that have become popular should never be discarded in the toilet.


    ■Avoid using a garbage disposal. Keep solid wastes solid. Make a compost pile from vegetable scraps.

       Install a water efficient toilet. In the meantime, put a     brick or 1/2 gal container in the standard toilet tank to     reduce water use per flush.


    ■Run the dishwasher or clothes washer only when you have a full load. This conserves electricity and water.

Use the minimum amount of detergent and/or bleach when you are washing clothes or dishes. Use only phosphate free soaps and detergents.


    ■Minimize the use of pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers. DO NOT dispose of these chemicals, motor oil, or other automotive fluids into the sanitary sewer or storm sewer systems. Both of them end at the river.

    ■using a garbage disposal. Keep solid wastes Avoidsolid. Make a compost pile from vegetable scraps.


    ■Install a water efficient toilet. In the meantime, put a brick or 1/2 gal container in the standard toilet tank to reduce water use per flush.


    ■Run the dishwasher or clothes washer only when you have a full load. This conserves electricity and water.


    ■Use the minimum amount of detergent and/or bleach when you are washing clothes or dishes. Use only phosphate free soaps and detergents.








    ■Self-cleanliness must be kept up and drinking water should not be polluted. Drinking water must be kept covered in a neat place. We should not put our hands into the drinking water holders.


Treatment of drainage water is also very important to control water pollution. In cities, a huge amount of water is put into drains every day which has harmful pollutants like house hold detergents and dish washing soaps. If this water goes to reservoirs before treatment that will contaminate the ground water as well as the water in the reservoir. The water that flows through the city drainage system should be properly treated and harmful pollutants have to be removed before they are introduced into reservoirs.

Cut Down on the Chemicals:

Homeowners like to keep the yard looking green and healthy. This desire for a green lawn produces water pollution in two ways: Fertilizers and pesticides inevitably run off the shrubs and lawns and into the water. Select landscaping that is adapted to the climate. No matter where you live, there are bound to be attractive plants that can thrive with minimal help from added chemicals. This makes the plants cheaper to care for. As a bonus, you will waste less water keeping those plants alive.


Plant Some Trees:

Trees reduce erosion that washes pollution into the water and reduces erosion. You can also volunteer your time in a local tree-planting effort. If you own land along a river or pond, plant trees, bushes, or grass along the bank. ■


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