Do laws about discharging water into lakes, rivers and seas exist?
Do they exist in your country (please mention which one) and how do they use?
Are the laws regional, national or international?
What do you think; how should we or the government enforce the industries?
How and how much to fine for infraction?
And what do you think about responsibilities of industries and the government on industrial water pollution.
This search and your answers will help me to inform other people about water pollution in different countries, so please give serious answers
Emily
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Tags: Countries, Industrial Water, Infraction, People, Rivers
Yes the laws do exist, here in the U.S. The laws are national and regional, The Clean Water Act is national, and each state and city usually has regualtions reguarding discharges into their recieving waters or to their public water treatment facilities.
Government should set limits to what industries dischage to the public waters, Industries that do not follow the rules face lawsuits from the effected population, the government usually fines them.
Fines are dependent on the level of infraction, and might be the cost to remediate the pollution, ( this is not a minor cost some remediation systems can cost tens of millions of dollars), plus her in the U.S. The loss of public confidence can cost a company Millions of dollars more.
I work in the industrial water treatment feild, my job is to both clean up past problems and to prevent future ones. People should support the governments efforts to set limits on discharges, not just industrial water but industrial air emmisions as well. Industries that strive to not only acheive the limits but exceed them should be rewarded with public support of their products. Conservation costs money, if you want to leave the environment healthy for future generations than every individual needs to work at it by supporting environmentally friendly companies and government officials.