Show Water pollution Dear Editor Three months ago Time magazine published an article article article ar ar- about an epidemic of cholera which is spreading out of control in Latin America Scientists explain t that hat the d disease i sea s e has developed because of the water pollution Water pollution is one of the most serious problems facing every country Water has b been en cheap and people have been careless and was was- They have dumped untreated sewage and other wastes into rivers fivers lakes and oceans spoiling the water Most people dont don't realize how bad water pollution is because they are only concerned concerned concerned con con- abo about t the mountains of garbage that they produce every year In addi addi- tion to recycling companies there are several laws Jaws which protect the water environment environment environment environ- environ ment yet people use oceans rivers and lakes to dump their garbage because they dont don't find other places to do it It was all right to dump our garbage into the oceans and rivers as long as the volume was small Water has the ability to clean its itself lf microbes take dirt apart until it isn't dirty any more If there is too much organic matter in the water the food chain will begin to break breakdown breakdown breakdown down and anti the water becomes becomes becomes be be- comes dirtier and dirtier the beneficial microbes microbes' cant can't live and the water loses its power of self It must be everyone's responsibility to take care of our surrounding water We have to be concerned if lakes rivers and oceans are spoiled with wastes Water can be conserved only if many people become interested interested interested inter inter- ested in learning about water problems A person should begin by learning from where his city gets its water and how it is treated used and disposed of After he learns about his city's water situation he can understand understand understand un un- un- un his country's water pollution This understanding understanding understanding under under- standing by many people will help the authorities develop a good antipollution anti tion program and avoid terrible terrible terrible ter ter- ter- ter epidemics like those that occurred in Latin America Yolanda Garcia |