How to Reduce Water Pollution

In my post titled Pollution, I've talked briefly about the types of water pollution, such as point and nonpoint source pollution. I also mentioned the causes that contaminate the water, such as ocean dumping, sewage waste, nutrients, chemical waste, oil spills, and also plastics. 

This time, I'll discuss the ways of how each pollutant can be cleaned up from the water. While searching on Auraria Library, I found an article that explains the ways to reduce water pollution. For example, using native plants and natural fertilizers help to reduce the contaminations that nutrients cause since native plants need less water and are more tolerant to dry conditions. The natural fertilizers help with the plant growth and also retain the soil moisture. I think this does not only help to reduce water pollution but soil pollution as well. In my previous posts, I mentioned that the use of phosphate-contained fertilizers contaminate the soil. Thus, having natural fertilizers will not only ensure that the plants grow up healthy, but also no nutrients can contaminate the water. 

Also recycling and disposing of trash properly can ensure that no damage is caused to the sewage treatment process. This article also mentioned how oil spills can be removed from oceans and seas. For example skimming removes the oil layer from the surface of water. A chart was also provided in the article to show how effective each method of cleaning the oil is. 

From the looks of it, it doesn't seem that these three methods are really effective in cleaning up the oil in water. I'm starting to wonder whether there are more effective and advanced ways to clean up the oil spills.

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