The Lake Receives More Water For Sewage

Than Natural Water Flow

1. Selection of Project:
The lake receives more water for sewage than natural water flow is a very
interesting and important subject to discuss. Water is a limited natural source.
We need water for our day to day life. So we must conserve water. But humans
use water in a high quantity. They waste water in high quantity too. Wastage of
water will lead to shortage of water in the coming years.
Moreover, pollution causes the water to get acidic and poisonous. This water
cannot be used for any purpose. The Factories need water for the production of
their goods. Water is one of the raw materials required in large quantity. These
factories let out the poisonous chemicals in the lakes and other water resources.
That pollutes the water and makes it unusable. This water cannot be recovered or
purified by any means. Hence it cannot be utilized again.
Now-a-days the pollution has increased. The letting out of sewage in water bodies
is one cause of pollution.
Sewage is a water-carried waste, in solution or suspension that is intended to be
removed from a community. Also known as wastewater, it is more than 99% water
and is characterized by volume or rate of flow, physical condition, chemical
constituents and the bacteriological organisms that it contains.

Objective:

To make people aware about the over usage of water.

To make awareness about increasing water pollution.

To restrict the factories on letting the sewage in water bodies.

To spread awareness about decline in natural resource- water.

Increasing
pollution resulting in poor health of human being as well
as animals.
Letting out sewage in water harms environmental factors.

Pollution causes spread of diseases.

Increase the number of water bodies for storage of water.

Sewage can be disposed in other ways like dilution.

To make people aware that we contaminate water too by our daily activities.

3. Review of literature:
It is great to work on a project on reducing the pollution of our world. There are
many important measures which would help in controlling the sewage from
factories. Water is one of the raw materials required in large quantity. These
factories let out the poisonous chemicals in the lakes and other water resources.
That pollutes the water and makes it unusable. This water cannot be recovered or
purified by any means. Hence it cannot be utilized again. Sewage is a water-carried
waste, in solution or suspension that is intended to be removed from a community..
Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful. Uses of
water include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental
activities.
This will include:
The cause of Pollution
The sewage disposing concerns

The measures which can be taken against sewage

The objectives of this project

And the importance of these things

4. Relevance:
The Earth is called "the water planet" because it has approximately 14,108 cubic
kilometers of water. However, 97.5% of this water exists in the seas, and nearly
all of the remaining fresh water is locked up in the Antarctic or Arctic ice caps or
as groundwater. Therefore, we can freely access only the water in lakes (0.007%)
in rivers (0.002%). Of these, lakes are the best "available freshwater source on
the Earth's surface." Lakes are valued as water sources and for fishing, water
transport, recreation, and tourism.
Water use in Japan is distributed for household use (18.4%), industrial use (17.4%),
and agricultural use (64.1%). Lakes are a vital source of water for all of these uses.
Kasumigaura Lake can provide 61.45 tons of water per second. This water is divided
among agricultural use (82.7%), industrial use (13.3%), and public water supply
(3.8%); domestic water is supplied to Ibaraki, Chiba, and Tokyo Prefectures. Water
from Biwa Lake meets the drinking water needs of 14 million people in Shiga, Kyoto,
Osaka, and Hyogo prefectures. The history of Manno-ike Reservoir (Kagawa Pref.),
as an agricultural reservoir, dates back to the Taiho period (701 AD to 704 AD).
Lake water is also invaluable as a source for hydroelectric power generation.
Hydroelectric power accounts for about ten percent of generated power in Japan,
nearly all the water for which comes from artificial and natural lakes.

5. Proposed Methodology:
The Project has been done in a knowledge acquiring method. It improved ur
knowledge about our environment. The information is acquired by means of own
knowledge, Internet sites and books related to environment.
In the past three decades, multi-billion dollar investments to upgrade municipal
sewage treatment systems in the Great Lakes basin have abated some of the worst
pollution problems, such as the extreme eutrophication of Lake Erie and Lake
Ontario. However, despite these advances, the fact remains that much of the
surface waters surrounding large urban areas are often unsafe for bathing, lack
biological diversity, and the local fish are unsafe to eat.8 This is largely due to
contamination caused by the sewage dumped directly into local waters.
Unfortunately the antiquated sewer systems found in most Great Lakes cities
continue to regularly release huge quantities of partially treated or untreated
sewage directly into the environment through spills, bypasses and combined sewer
outfalls.
Typical municipal sewage is a foul cocktail of water, human waste, micro-organisms,
disease-causing pathogens and hundreds of toxic chemicals. The principal pollutants
found in sewage include oxygen depleting substances (referred to as Biological
Oxygen Demand or BOD), suspended solids and nutrients each of which carrying a
heavy ecological toll when released into a fragile ecosystem

1. Description of Method Followed:

We went through the topics mentioned in Environment Textbook. We came
across this interesting and necessary project for pollution free Earth- The
Lakes receives more water from sewage than natural water flow.
It was a great help from the internet for searching information on topics
like importance of water, lake, water resources, pollution by factories.
Ontario. However, despite these advances, the fact remains that much of the
surface waters surrounding large urban areas are often unsafe for bathing, lack
biological diversity, and the local fish are unsafe to eat.8 This is largely due to
contamination caused by the sewage dumped directly into local waters.
Unfortunately the antiquated sewer systems found in most Great Lakes cities
continue to regularly release huge quantities of partially treated or untreated
sewage directly into the environment through spills, bypasses and combined sewer
outfalls.
Typical municipal sewage is a foul cocktail of water, human waste, micro-organisms,
disease-causing pathogens and hundreds of toxic chemicals. The principal pollutants
found in sewage include oxygen depleting substances (referred to as Biological
Oxygen Demand or BOD), suspended solids and nutrients each of which carrying a
heavy ecological toll when released into a fragile ecosystem.

2.Observations:
With all its natural riches, the Great Lakes region has seen tremendous
economic growth in the past century. Currently, over 35 million people live in
the Great Lakes basin, with almost half drawing their drinking water directly
from the Great Lakes.5 On both sides of the Canada-United States border,
sprawling cities, major industries, mining and manufacturing all place a heavy
burden on the Great Lakes delicate ecosystems.
In a recent report, more than 150 scientists and natural
resources managers assessed the state of the Great Lakes
ecosystem.6 Their report highlighted a long list of serious
threats to the health of the Great Lakes, including the invasion of alien nonnative species, loss of natural habitat, and toxic contamination from
various sources in both countries. Add on the impacts due to climate
change, which is altering precipitation patterns throughout the Great Lakes
basin in addition to the overall warming,7 and one can conclude that the Great
Lakes are under assault by us.
In the past three decades, multi-billion dollar investments to upgrade
municipal sewage treatment systems in the Great Lakes basin have

Conclusion
The Great Lakes are a gift to all that live in the basin and we must not continue to
squander that gift. These citizens share one of the largest freshwater ecosystems on
earth containing one fifth of the world's freshwater. When you consider those suffering
through droughts and the impacts of severe water quality degradation around the world, it
is clear that to live in the Great Lakes basin is a globally unique privilege. In the coming
years climate change and increased population and urbanization in the Great Lakes basin
will continue to add pressure on an already strained ecosystem. It is not just the
responsibility of governments to act; each and every citizen within the basin must act to
improve the plight of the Great Lakes. Governments must come together under a common
mission to clean up the Great Lakes, in particular to control discharges from municipal
sewage treatment plants. The technology and know-how already exists. It simply requires
an investment in these proven technologies, programs and infrastructure. Now is the time
to clean up our act.

Report :
It has been observed that the lakes receive more sewage water than natural water. The
natural resources are depicted and pollution is increasing. Some measures and projects are
being taken for the control of factories so that the sewage is reduced and the letting out
of waste in the water bodies decline.
These projects will ensure that the natural resources are increased in number too. Instead
of entertainment places, lakes and dams for storing and supplying water can be
constructed.
The common people can assure to keep their environment clean. This would be helpful for
this project as well. Small measures at the local level will solve our major problems.
If the projects attend success then our biodiversity will extend. It will be pollution less
planet.