Improving Water, Safe Guarding Life
Issues related to wastewater management has been surfacing over digital and
print media, social sites irrespective of facts that all of us have knowledge on
what and why. The only question is when to step up? With about 80% of diseases humans
need to deal with are water-borne. Hospitals and healthcare units deal with
more than 80 percent water borne disease cases. Such level of extremism forces people
to buy clean water with higher prices.
All these water bodies need to be free of regular contaminants, making them
suitable for further utilization, especially drinking. Pathogens, organic and inorganic
matter, suspended solids, dissolved gases, paint emulsions, toxic chemicals
like pesticides, bio-solids, and many more unwanted substances interfere with
the quality and need treatment to make it reusable.
With over 130 Crore population, and three fifth of water volume deemed
toxic with zero usability, India is on the edge of facing the worst consequences of water
scarcity, reason owing to its varied topography which is otherwise considered as
one of its main strength. States like Rajasthan, Punjab, and Gujarat are
already feeling the impact and running Government campaigns to raise awareness
among their people but is finding it difficult to cut through. The 'Jal Shakti
Abhiyan' launched by Government of India primarily focuses on these strands
viz., Rainwater Conservation and Harvesting, Waste Water Treatment and re-use,
Installment of Watersheds, Planting Trees and Drinking Water Sanitation.
Water
Sanitation deals with the processes that dwindles
the contaminants present in the water before its disposal in the outer environment
only after proper inspection of source their geographical conditions. Various physicochemical
processes have been implemented off late, which handles water coming out of
industries starting with removal of suspended matters to disinfection through
RO membrane systems. The process may range from simple sedimentation and
decantation to use of UV technology, depending upon the concentration of
contaminants. The treated waste water can be used for agriculture, soil conditioning,
energy generation, etc.
Wastewater treatment has not been taken seriously for a long time, reason
being the dubiety behind its infrastructure and installment but it’s high time that
we rethink about this and take necessary measures to ease it down as the
potential risk factor is increasing at a staggering rate. The problems and
complications associated with fresh water availability is projected to hit up
drastically by the end of this decade, affecting every socio-economic factor to
face the consequences.
Some of the techniques that can be carried out to prevent contamination of
water are:
• Use
of new technologies to use waste water
• Controlling
the discharge of industrial wastes into nearby water sources.
• Preventing
contamination of crops with extensive chemicals as their run-off generally
out pours into water sources
• Industries,
commercial buildings, toilets should not be built near drinking water sources
• Managing
water and crops to prevent expansion of vector borne diseases
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