TY  - CHAP
AU  - Alfonsas Rimkus
AU  - Saulius Vaikasas
ED  - Nuray Balkis
Y1  - 2012-02-24
PY  - 2012
T1  - Mathematical Modeling of the Suspended Sediment Dynamics in the Riverbeds and Valleys of Lithuanian Rivers and Their Deltas
N2  - Water pollution is a major global problem that requires ongoing evaluation and revision of water resource policy at all levels (from international down to individual aquifers and wells). It has been suggested that it is the leading worldwide cause of deaths and diseases, and that it accounts for the deaths of more than 14,000 people daily. In addition to the acute problems of water pollution in developing countries, industrialized countries continue to struggle with pollution problems as well. Water is typically referred to as polluted when it is impaired by anthropogenic contaminants and either does not support a human use, such as drinking water, and/or undergoes a marked shift in its ability to support its constituent biotic communities, such as fish. Natural phenomena such as volcanoes, algae blooms, storms, and earthquakes also cause major changes in water quality and the ecological status of water. Most water pollutants are eventually carried by rivers into the oceans.
BT  - Water Pollution
SP  - Ch. 6
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/31203
DO  - 10.5772/31203
SN  - 
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-19
ER  -