What you Can't see Can't Hurt you Right? Ground water pollut

According to a report posted on "Pollution Solutions", "up to 25,000 gallons of wastewater have spilled into a New York river, as reported by US government officials.

The New York state department of environmental conservation (DEC) has confirmed that the untreated wastewater seeped into the Mettawee river after a spillage occurred at the Village of Granville’s sewer plant, which processes approximately 575,000 gallons of wastewater every day.

It has not yet been established whether the incident represents a contravention of environmental legislation, but the DEC is conducting investigations into the cause of the failure at the 70-year-old plant, which has been working on improvements to its procedures since 2003."

This is just one of the many water pollution issue's that has surfaced in the last month. Water bodies such as the Ohio river, Lake Ontario, Spokane River and many more have all been found to have extreme levels of waste pollution. Such pollution includes cyanide which has been found in bodies of water located near drinking water resevoirs.

What can be done? Legislation can implement stronger and stricter laws regarding surface and ground water pollution prevention and treatment. Many times the pollution that you can't see (ground water pollution) is the most damaging!

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