The Environment Magazine

The Buriganga River is heavily polluted by untreated sewage, industrial chemical waste, and massive amounts of solid plastic waste, making its water toxic, smelly, and deadly to aquatic life, and posing severe health risks to nearby populations who still use it.  Key Pollutants Sources of Pollution Courtesy of http://www.theenvironmentalblog.org

Agricultural Runoff is one of the main sources of water pollution in the Mississippi River. Current agricultural practices cause nutrient loading and in turn eutrophication. Topsoil, fertilizer, pesticides, and other potential pollutants are being carried from the farm to the waterway. One of the major difficulties in regulating this type…

Main Sources of Pollution Curtesy of http://www.theenvironmentalblog.org

The main causes of pollution in the Ganges River are human sewage and animal waste, and industrial waste. It is also one of 10 rivers responsible for 90% of the plastic that ends up at sea. • Main Pollutants: Raw sewage, plastic debris, chemical effluents• Source: Urban and rural runoff from 500+ million residents• Affected Areas: Varanasi, Patna,…

The smell is the first thing that hits you on the banks of the Citarum River in West Java, Indonesia. The odour is dense: rubbish rotting in hot sun mixed in with an acrid tone of chemical waste. Some 9 million people live in close contact with the river, where levels…