Water Pollution In China Lanzhou, Gansu Province

Introduction

Water pollution is a serious offence as it can lead to the infection of various diseases in humans and animals. Once an incident occurs clean up procedures need to be followed quickly by the person who is responsible for the occurrence of the incident. If they fail to do to so the correct catchment agency may follow up on the clean up procedures and collect the necessary charges from the person who was responsible for the incident. Different incidents were recorded in the past in different countries and different clean up procedures were followed in order to remedy the effects. This assignment focuses on only 3 major incidents that have occurred.

Incident of water pollution in China Lanzhou, Gansu Province

An incident occurred

Winchester (1988). Levels of metals in the contaminated water and fish were Cu in the gut of sampled fish was 33-94 mg, Zn 35-104 mg, Mn 12-83 mg and Ni up to 34 mg Kg per 1. Oyster analyses were within normal ranges.

The dead fish were first noticed during the late afternoon of 27 January, on a falling tide. Fish and water samples were collected before the direction of the tide changed, which aided in the factor that should have minimized dilution of any pollutant by tidal effects.

The fish at 1st appeared to be normal except the gills which were brown in colour and were dull. It was suspected that the contamination occurred as a result of an industry involved with the use of wood preservatives that was in the area of the fish killed. The consumption of excess of these metals in the contaminated water could lead to nerve and brain damage as well as kidney disorders and blood disorders. The environmental health protective agency’s has set maximum levels that certain metals may not exceed in water that of which the levels in the Manukau harbor have