Pollution

Illustration of acid rain

Illustration of high air quality level

Illustration of low air quality level

Illustration of medium air quality level

An icon representing degraded water quality

Dishwashers use a lot of water and the gray water may contain phosphates

A factory or manufacturing plant

Illustration of industrial power plant

Illustration of industrial power plant

Illustration showing sediment inputs

Illustration of nutrient, toxin, and sediment inputs

Illustration showing sediment inputs

A downward pointing yellow arrow labeled "sewage" represents the excess nutrients and pollution from human waste systems that runoff into the watershed

Illustration of toxicant input

Illustration of toxic inputs

Equipment used to spread fertilizer on residential lawns

Illustration of roadside trash

Illustration of tour boat used on Chilika Lake, a brackish water lagoon spread over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha state on the east coast of India.

A biodigestor processes organic waste into gas and fertilizer. It is a simple system to implement with inexpensive materials and is being introduced in isolated rural communities and developing countries to get the double benefit of getting solve energy and environmental problems, and perform proper management of both human waste and animal