THERMAL POLLUTION

Thermal pollution is an anomaly in water temperatures recorded within an ecosystem. 

CAUSES OF THERMAL POLLUTION 

• Industries are pouring tons of hot water used for cooling their machinery into the sea or a river, resulting in the loss of animal species.

 RESULTS OF THERMAL POLLUTION

• Melting of glaciers.
• The death of bacterial flora, which is essential in the self-purification processes of water.
• The proliferation of algae, which causes a decrease in some species and alterations in the functioning of the ecosystem.

 SOLUTION TO THERMAL POLLUTION

• Reuse hot water from industries for other domestic and industrial purposes.
• Build cooling towers or reservoirs into which hot waste water can be poured.
• Comply with laws regarding thermal pollution.