In the past weeks we have been talking about pollution and how it affects the environment and human beings.I would like to continue and talk about how human beings can be come responsible and help reduce or combat water pollution.
# Never apply fertilizer near a water body.Always allow a buffer zone of at least 20- 50 metres before applying fertilizer.Studies show that most pollutants found in most contaminated water bodies is fertilizer.
# Pick up pet waste and dispose of it the garbage or toilet .If left on the ground .it eventually washes into water bodies where it contaminates the water.
#Replace some of the lawn or grass with trees, shrubs and ground covers, which absorb up to 14 times more precipitation and require little or no fertilizer.Trees also discourage soil erosion 3 times more than grass. Thereby combating water pollution.
#Clean up spilled oil and brake fluid and sweep up sidewalks and driveways instead of hosing them off.
# Citizens should never burn rubbish especially plastics and papers as this will cause much pollution to the environments.
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