Agricultural water pollution is becoming a major issue these days, not only in developed regions such as Europe but also in many other developing countries as well. Agricultural areas have the potential to pollute water in several ways. ... Nitrates, phosphorus, and pesticides are the main water pollutants. ... Solutions to agricultural pollution involve finding sustainable ways for the agricultural areas to reduce both its dependance on pollutants and the amount of pollutants it produces and to properly recycle or dispose of these pollutants before they contaminate the soil, water, or air. ....

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These negative effects results in water deterioration, land subsidence, air pollution and energy shortage. ... This forebodes future water crisis - not only that we are depleting on limited supply of water, but also contaminating it so seriously that the quality of water has been classified as deteriorated (Hewitt). ... Our use of motor vehicles is the major source of the pollution. ... As a result, a higher quality of river water will allow us to purify it to clean water which become our new significant source of water. ... Moreover, we could tremendously reduce the air pollution from pr...

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PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT Nowadays protection of the environment is very important as the world is moving into a new era without considering any of the major problems of pollution with rapid industrialization. ... Their greatest threat is acid rain pollution, which is already severely affecting large areas of the conifer forests of northeast North America and Europe. ... Water supplies are threatened virtually worldwide with depletion and pollution. ... The solution must come from better land use and the protection of critical watershed vegetation, along with water conservation and recy...

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Water impacts on communities' lifestyles and economic wellbeing, through such things as the water footprint of individuals and business. ... The world's fresh water available is under 3 per cents, other than this is seawater and water that cannot be consumed. ... Thus, the need of water is increasingly huge. The Pollution has increasingly becoming a main source in reducing the freshwater resources. ... In most of the state governments have carried out some policies to restrict water use due to water scarcity. ...

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Pollution of waterways and soil may also be reduced. ... Crops engineered to be more efficient with the uptake of water and nutrients may lead to less pressure on the land. ... Having crops that are more efficient at water uptake and storage would lessen the amount of water used in irrigation, reducing the chances of soil salinity problems, especially in countries like Australia. ... In conclusion, genetic engineering to improve agricultural crops has a number of environmental benefits, including reduced use of insecticides, fertilisers and other chemicals, reduced soil degradation and decrea...

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Most of this land is located in the southern part of the country. 51,500 sq km of land is irrigated, which aids with farming in areas where water is scarce. ... Pollution, however, is a current issue for the country. In the north, fresh water resources are scare and polluted and they are inaccessible and poor in the center and extreme southeast. Air pollution is also a hazard in the capital and along the US-Mexico border. ...

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In the last decades the problems of atmospheric change have been gravely advanced by pollution resulting from human activities. ... So warmer ocean water, with added melt-water from glaciers, will rise by twenty inches to five feet in the next 50 to 100 years. ... Salt water will pollute freshwater wells that millions of people use for drinking water. ... Ways must be fond to use irrigation water more effectively. Conservation will also be important for drinking water supplies. ...

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For a sustained production of food, it is imperative to have ample fertile land, fresh water, energy and biodiversity etc.. ... The shortage of productive cropland combined with decreasing land productivity is, on the other hand, responsible for the use of more chemical fertilizers and ultimately to the pollution of our fresh groundwater reserves. Fresh water for everyone is utopia one may say. As water demands grow with a growing population, our available "drinkable" water is shrinking in quantity and quality. ... Furthermore, developing countries face the problem of water related diseases ...

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A rain garden collects storm water runoff from impervious surfaces and retains it. Next, the garden allows the water to infiltrate into the ground. This reduces the amount of runoff to storm drains while also replenishing the ground water supply. ... These gardens can also reduce pollution immensely (Pelletier). ... The Cincinnati Zoo is a leader in wind power, solar energy, water conservation and storm water management. ...

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Insertion of the herbicide resistant genes would decrease the consumption of the plants" protective chemicals and limit the pollution. ... Other disadvantages of GMO are: increase of the overproduction in high-expanded countries, new form of the biological danger, pollution of the earth water and earth deterioration. ...

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For many years it was easy for farmers to dump more fertilizers and irrigation water on their land to increase production. ... Much of the fertile land that has not been captured by urbanization has been heavily damaged due to overgrazing and wind and water erosion due to the clearing of forests. ... This prevents pollution from fertilizers seeping into groundwater and nearby rivers. ... The plants are put in gravel or water, and then nutrients are added. ...

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Dwindling water supplies and poor water health are also very real threats. When our water supply is at risk, people and the planet end up suffering. American Rivers notes that a major water pollution threat to U.S rivers is runoff from non-organic farms, such as harmful pesticides, toxic fertilizers and animal waste. Organic farming helps keep our water supplies clean by stopping that polluted runoff and also helps conserve water. ... However, organic cotton farming needs less irrigation and thus conserves water (Chait, par.7). ...

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Ploughing facilitates pollution run-off, erosion and release of greenhouse gases. ... Organic farming can pollute water and contaminate food; traditional farming use less herbicide, but plough more and low-input farming uses fewer chemicals, but more land. ...

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