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    water pollution

    Introduction
    Water is essential for life. Without water there
    would be no life. Water covers more than 75%
    of the earth's surface either as oceans (salt
    water) or as fresh water. Hydrosphere includes
    sea, rivers, ocean, lakes, ponds, stream etc.

    Most of the earth's surface water is in the


    oceans, which contains about 35 parts per
    thousand of the dissolved salts of the
    remainder, most of the fresh water with salt
    content of 0.2% found either in lakes and
    ponds.

    Pollution of water is the presence of some


    foreign organic, inorganic, biological,
    radiological, or physical substances in the
    water. These substances contaminate water by
    degrading it's quality which may cause health
    hazard or decrease the utility of water.
    Pollution of water originates from human
    activities. Through different paths pollution
    reaches surface or ground water
    Meaning of water pollution
    In nature, water is in its pure form. Impurities get
    added to it as it percolates beneath the surface of the
    earth and also when it is used for human activities.
    Water pollution can be defined as the presence in
    water of some foreign substances or impurities or the
    impurities or biological in such quantity so as to
    constitute a health hazard by lowering the water
    quality and making it unfit for use.
    Properties of water
    >water is an excellent solvent.
    >It has a high specific heat and this property of high heat
    capacity of water is functionally.
    >Important to aquatic organisms
    >Water possess the highest heat of fusion and heat of
    evaporation collectively known as latent heat of all known
    substances that are liquid at ordinary temperature
    Sources of water
    There are two principal sources of water, surface water
    and the ground water. Surface water comes from.
    streams,lake, rivers, shallow, wells and reservoirs
    created by damming. Most surface water contains the
    suspended solids organic and inorganic substances
    Microbes and other biota. If these substances are
    present in water in optimum level, they do not cause
    pollution
    Reuse of water
    •The treated waste water can be reused for several
    purposes, for instance.
    • Treated water can be reused for recreation purposes
    like fishing and boating.
    Treated water can be reused as industrial water supply.
    • Reclaimed waste water can be used for irrigation or
    municipal purposes.
    • Treated water can be reused for cooling processes in
    thermal plants.
    In area of acute water scarcity, waste water treated to
    the highest standards can be reused as potable water
    (provided there is public acceptance for
    waste water use).
    Water sample preservation
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    Parameter Container Preservation

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    Minimum
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    sample size,ml

    1 2 3 4
    pH 100 Polythene Measure within
    0.4 hrs

    D.O. 100 Polythene

    C.O.D 500 Polythene Add H SO to pH: 2 4

    refrigerate
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