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Water pollution (or aquatic pollution) is the contamination of water bodies, with a negative impact on their uses. [1]: 6 It is usually a result of human activities.. Water bodies include lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers, reservoirs and groundwa
"Hacia Un Plan Nacional de Gestión Integrada de los Recursos Hídricos" (in Spanish) Cariola, E. C.; Alegria, M. A. (2004). "Análisis del proceso de privatización de los sistemas de agua potable y saneamiento urbanos en Chile" (PDF). Revista de Gestión de Agua de América Latina (in Spanish). 1 (2): 65– 85
A cargo ship discharging ballast water into the sea. Ballast water discharges by ships can have a negative impact on the marine environment. [1] Cruise ships, large tankers, and bulk cargo carriers use a huge amount of ballast water, which is often taken on in the coastal waters in one region after ships discharge wastewater or unload cargo, and discharged at the next port of call, wherever ...
June 24 – Del Toral states in a memo that Virginia Tech scientists, led by water expert Marc Edwards, found extremely high lead levels in four homes. [ 29 ] July 9 – Flint Mayor Dayne Walling drinks Flint tap water on local television in an attempt to dispel residents' fear of drinking the water.
The Aguán River (Spanish pronunciation:); also commonly known by its Spanish name, Rio Aguán) is a river in Honduras.It rises in the Yoro region to the west of San Lorenzo and briefly runs south before turning east-northeast, passing San Lorenzo, Olanchito and Tocoa before entering the Caribbean Sea east of Puerto Castilla.
Bajo Aguán (Lower Aguán) refers to the lower part of Honduras' Aguán River Valley, in the north-eastern Colón Department and Yoro Department; the entire valley covers 200,000 hectares. [1]
Santa Rosa de Aguán (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanta ˈrosa ðe aˈɣwan]) is a municipality in the Honduran department of Colón. [1] It was affected by Hurricane ...