Water Pollution Facts

1. New Water Pollution Facts of 2011 About 20% of the world's population lacks access to safe drinking water and about 50% lacks adequate sanitation The faecal coliform count in Asia's rivers is 50 times higher than the WHO guidelines. Worldwide, polluted water is estimated to affect the health of about 1200 million people and to contribute to the death of about 15 million children under five every year (ICWE 1992).  Levels of suspended solids in Asia's rivers, for example, almost quadrupled since the late 1970s and rivers typically contain four times the world average and 20 times OECD levels. In this case, the contaminant is arsenic, which occurs naturally in the sediments.  

• percent of Ireland's rivers are polluted with sewage or fertilizer. The King River is Australia's most polluted river, suffering from a severe acidic condition related to mining operations.100, 000 marine mammals, 1 million sea birds and other aquatic lives are killed due to plastic waste in water and coastal area. Bangladesh has some of the most polluted groundwater in the world. 

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