Friday, April 4, 2014

Discussion on Environmental Pollution Important Parameters

Discussion on Environmental Pollution Important Parameters
Discussion on Environmental Pollution Important Parameters To measure the level of contamination used diasuatu place pollution parameters . Used as an indicator of pollution parameters ( instructions ) for contamination and pollution levels that have occurred . Paarameter pollution include physical parameters , chemical parameters and biological parameters .
1 . Physical parameters
Physical parameters include measurement of color , taste , smell , temperature , turbidity , and radioactivity .
2 . Chemical parameters
Chemical parameters is performed to determine the levels of CO2 , pH , acidity , metal content , and heavy metals . The following example disajukan water pH measurements , CO2 levels , and dissolved oxygen .
a. Measurement of pH of water
River water under natural conditions that have not been contaminated with a pH range of 6.5 to 8.5 . Due to pollution , the pH of the water can be lower than 6.5 or higher than 8.5 . Organic materials usually causes the water to become more asam.Kapur condition causes water conditions become alkaline ( base ) . so , change the pH of water depends on the kind of material pencemarnya . Changes in pH values ​​have significance to aquatic life . Low pH values ​​( very acidic ) or high ( very alkaline ) is not suited for the life of most organisms . For every one unit change in the pH scale ( from 7 to 6 or from 5 to 4 ) is said to acidity rose 10 times . If the opposite occurs , the acidity down 10 times . The acidity of the water can be measured with a simple litmus paper is by dipping into the water to see the color change .
c . Measurement of Dissolved Oxygen Levels
Levels of dissolved oxygen in natural water ranges from 5-7 ppm ( parts per million or one per sejita ; 1ml of oxygen dissolved in 1 liter of water is said to have oxygen levels of 1 ppm ) . Decreased levels of dissolved oxygen can be caused by three things :
1 ) The process of oxidation ( demolition ) of organic materials .
2 ) reduction process by substances produced from the anaerobic Baktri bottom waters .
3 ) The process of breathing orgaisme that live in the water , especially at night .
Water pollution ( mainly caused by organic pollutants ) can reduce the supply of dissolved oxygen . this would threaten the lives of organisms living in the water . Increasingly polluted , the oxygen content terlerut has narrowed . To be able to measure the levels of dissolved oxygen , carried out by the method of Winkler .
Chemical parameters were carried out through the respiratory activity of microorganisms known as biochemical parameters . example is the measurement of BOD COD ff
b . BOD measurement
Organic pollutants ( leaves , carcasses , carbohydrates , proteins ) can be decomposed by bacteria water . The bacteria require oxygen to oxidize organic substances . Consequently , the levels of dissolved oxygen in the water decreases. A growing number of organic pollutants in water , the more oxygen is used , the smaller the resulting dissolved oxygen levels .
The amount of oxygen required terlerut bacteria to oxidize organic materials known as Biological Oxygen Consumption ( KOB ) or Biological Oxygen Demand , commonly abbreviated as BOD . BOD figure determined by calculating the difference between the initial dissolved oxygen and dissolved oxygen after water samples ( samples ) were stored for 5 days at a temperature of 20oC . Therefore completely written BOD205 BOD or BOD5 alone . Initial dissolved oxygen levels compared maximal oxygen that can dissolve in water . Normally , oxygen levels in water enriched with oxygen beforehand . After stored for 5 days , and the breeding of bacteria were estimated using dissolved oxygen for oxidation . Existing residual dissolved oxygen was measured again . Finally , oxygen consumption is known to reduce oxygen levels early
3 . Biological parameters
In nature there are animals , plants , and microorganisms are sensitive and some are resistant to environmental conditions tertentu.Organisme who will die because of pollution sensitive and resistant organisms will remain alive . Water snails and planaria are examples of pollution -sensitive animals . River water containing snails and planarians showed the river has not been polluted . Instead , Tubifex worms ( red worms ) is worms that survive and even thrive in an environment that is rich in organic matter , although other species of animals that have died . This means keberadaab worms can be used as an indicator of the defiling of organic substances . Organisms that can be used as guidance known as biological indicators of pollution . the oxygen end ( after 5 days ) .
Biological indicators are sometimes more reliable than chemical indicators . Factories that dump waste into the waste stream when mengaturpembuangan can be controlled by the authorities .
Chemical measurements in the plant wastes necessarily indicate the absence of pollution . But not so with the living creatures that inhabit aquatic ecosystems continuously. The river there are animals , micro-organisms , benthos , mikroinvertebrata , algae , which can be used as biological indicators .

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