ITS A PROBLEM
Microbiological water pollution is a naturally pollutant made up of small bacterias. These harmful bacterias comes in many different forms, shapes and sizes and are responsible for killing off large numbers of marine life. Even humans have become ill to the bacteria floating around in the water. Once the bacteria finds its way into the human body it can cause a number of diseases such as Cholera. This kind of water pollution phenomenon can happen anywhere but mainly affects the health of people in poor countries. Poor or overpopulated countries don't have all access to water treatment or clean up facilities. Places like India for example have a lot of people in it and along with that comes a lot of contamination caused by humans or microbiological growth to be accelerated by the decreasing sanitary conditions. Microbiological contamination happens when the intentional or accidental introduction of bacterias, fungi, yeast, mould, virus, poisons, and other by products occur.
The environment can go through dramatic changes when this happens. The marine life within the infected water area begin to become sick and eventually die. The environment itself will succumb to changes such as loss of viscosity and sedimentation. Basically the process will only continue and become worse as time goes one. The whole area that is infected will become uninhabitable for aquatic life. Any body of water can go through this and the Red Tide is a good example of a natural occuring contamination. The Red Tide is made up of a giant army of tiny microscopic algae drifting aimlessly through the ocean. This very specific type of tide is a very important factor to the oceans survival and contributes life by harnessing the energy from the sun. But sometimes too much of one thing can be a very bad deal. With an overload on nutrients they can uncontrollably reproduce and multiply until its a giant mass of unwanted material. After that point ocean life becomes smothered and the tide is very harmful to humans as well. Many different species of algae produce a toxin which taints or poisons the water. Humans and other mammals birds and turtles are just a few of the many species that are harmed by the Red Tide.
WHERE AND HOW? |
Microbiological contamination can happen pretty much anywhere, where bacterial life can be supported.
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This infection of the water can happen naturally with the help of human activity and pollution. Standing water that fills up with other lifeforms and pollution can become a weird different color from its usual. The water can turn a red, brown, musty grey, or dark blues compared to whats inside it. Sometimes the decay of a large amount of fish can make the water unusable, unswimmable and so on. Like mentioned above poorer countries are more common with this water threat. This is another cause of death and spread of diseases. Our current world doesn't have much to do in completely stopping this growth and spread of water bacterias. Facilities do exist and treat the water. Cures out there for dealing with the contaminations effects it has on humans and animals.
TREATMENT AND PREVENTION
There are facilities or small companies that prevent these sort of outbreaks. There are various forms of "treatment" for this form of a bacteria. Some forms of this persistent water disease can be removed by water treatment coagulation and filtration processes kind of like a sewage treatment plant just without all of the complexity. The term and use of Disinfectant has been deemed useful and effective against fighting many forms of bacteria and viruses. But just like a lot of forms of bacteria there are always a few that are extremely resistant to the antibacterias or treatment we use against them. Some of these include Giardia and Cryptosporidium. What originates in water can also makes it way into other organisms wallowing around in it. Humans for instance can become infected or sick from the bacterias that have made there way in through, most commonly, the eyes, nose and mouth.
Many diseases and infections that are waterbourn can happen. These bacterias can also be ingested via drinking water. Infections may include Hepatitis, Cholera and Typhoid. Infectious gastrointestinal diseases like cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis. Symptoms may include a fever, fatigue, and even weight loss. Other more severe symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal cramping. These illnesses can in some cases be lethal. It always good to seek medical attention right away when experiencing any of these symptoms especially after swimming in a new location. If the water looks questionable in the sense that it's weirdly colored, smells, cut off from a river system or is heavily polluted it may not be a suitable place for swimming.
https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/plants-algae/what-exactly-red-tide
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https://www.water-pollution.org.uk/microbiological-water-pollution/
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http://www.ashe.org/compliance/ec_02_05_01/01/microbiological.shtml
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http://www.neiwpcc.org/neiwpcc_docs/Microbial.pdf
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https://www.water-pollution.org.uk/microbiological-water-pollution/
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http://www.ashe.org/compliance/ec_02_05_01/01/microbiological.shtml
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http://www.neiwpcc.org/neiwpcc_docs/Microbial.pdf