water pollution
by alis dailey
What can we do to help stop water pollution
We should spend money on better quality drinking water. Some of the money should be spent on keeping the Mississippi River clean.
We should spend some of money on keeping our lakes, rivers and oceans clean for people to swim and also fish .
We should spend money on making people aware that between 5 and 10 million people die each year from water pollution related illnesses.
OTHER FACTS
80 percent of the ocean pollution comes from land
Fourteen billion pounds of garbage,is dumped in the ocean every year
Over 30 billion tons of sewage is discharged into lakes, rivers and oceans every year .
About 700 million people globally drink contaminated water
The Ganges River in India is one of the most polluted rivers in the
world.