POLLUTION OF SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER AND HUMAN HEALTH

Author Name: 1 Dr.R.Vasanthi, 2 David A.

Volume: 01 &  Issue:

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: http://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/02.2021-72168486/UIJIR

Affiliation:

¹Assistant Professor Department of Sociology   P.M. Thevar College, Usilampatti, India

²Ph.D. Research Scholar, P.M.Thevar College, Usilampatti, India

ABSTRACT

Water is one of the basic elements for human life.Without water there is no life in the world .If more people live in one place, then water will be polluted more than the place where less number of people live. Water gets polluted by various factors. Human activities such as domestic sewage, industrial products, agricultural works like employing fertilizers, etc, contaminate water either directly or indirectly. It has been found that water pollution is of two types: Surface water pollution and Ground water pollution. Surface water refers to water in water bodies like oceans, lakes, rivers, etc. The surface water is normally used for cultivation, industrial use, public water supply, etc. Large quantities of water are remained in underground rock structures which is called aquifers. The water stays in acquires is called as ground water. It is an important fresh water resource. It is a vital source of water for drinking and other purposes. Though water pollution contaminates the surface water, it isalso found to pollute the ground water considerably. For instance, agricultural run-off enters into the ground and contaminates both surface as well as groundwater. Therefore both surface and groundwater get polluted. Due to the pollution of surface and ground water, we have many occurrences of water-borne diseases like dysentery, cholera, etc. In fact number of persons suffering from water-borne diseases. Hence we can conclude that surface and groundwater pollution affect human health. This paper focuses on ‘Pollution of Surface and Ground Water and Human Health’. It tries to explain how human activities make surface and ground water polluted and at what extend it affects people’s health.

Key words: pollution, surface and ground water pollution, health.