Water is essential to all aspects of human life, from food production to ecosystem biodiversity. This infographic shares some stats that remind us all how important it is to protect water quality! Try Intelex’s Sustainability Performance Indicators (SPI) software to help you report, track and analyze essential environmental data: http://bit.ly/1g0zKhx

1. Top five
Stats
P R E S E N T E D B Y
SOURCES:
http://www.wno.org/water-pollution
http://www2.epa.gov/learn-issues/water-resources
http://www2.epa.gov/nutrientpollution/sources-and-solutions
http://www2.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-clean-water-act
http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/cwa.cfm?program_id=45
http://www.mwr.gov.cn/english/sdw.html
MAY 2014 industrial water pollution
Water is essential to all aspects of human life
including
Clean Water Act (CWA) in US
The CWA gives EPA the authority to set effluent limits on an industry-wide
(technology-based) basis and on a water-quality basis that ensure
protection of the receiving water. The CWA requires anyone who wants
to discharge pollutants to first obtain an NPDES permit.
Water Pollution Regulations (MWR) in China
The MWR is in charge of water resource protection, water function zoning
in major rivers and lakes and implementation of supervision. The MWR
also reviews and verifies the capacity of pollutant load of water bodies.
WaterFrameworkDirective(WFD)inEurope
The WFD requires all inland, transitional and coastal waters to reach
good ecological and chemical status by 2015. The WFD also requires
the phasing out or substantial reductions in the discharge of
hazardous substances to water bodies.
Each day
2 million tons of sewageis discharged into the planet’s oceans, lakes and streams
In the United States
over 34 billion liters
of
hazardous liquid waste
is injected directly into groundwater by industries
every year
Quality of water is affected by human activities
and is declining due to
urbanization, population growth
industrial production and climate change
The world’s water is contaminated with:
plastic waste, chemicals, pharmaceuticals
pesticides, fertilizers and detergents
Containing nitrogen and phosphorus
community health
food production
economic vitality
ecosystem biodiversity
Some of the Water Pollution Regulatory Bodies
and Regulations around the World Include