TAILIEUCHUNG - Environmental pollution

The ecosystem of the lake is under threat due to the rise in human population density leading to intensive irrigation, farming, land subdivision, and intensive use of agro- chemicals and deforestation around the lake. The growth of the township has also led to more runoff, siltation and nutrients being discharged into the lake via inflowing rivers and drainage channels along roads and the other infrastructure. Inadequately treated effluents from the ton's sewage treatment plan are also finding their way into the lake. The intensive agriculture to the south of the Township is itself a grave environmental threat. This is because intensive. | Environmental pollution Definition Environmental pollution is the build-up and concentration of toxic levels of chemicals in the air water and land which reduces the ability of the affected area to support life. Pollutants may be gaseous- ozone and carbon monoxide for example liquiddischarge from industrial plants and sewage systems or solid-landfills and junkyards. Description Where water exists life is possible. Where no water exists no life is possible it cleans transport irrigates cools fuels and stabilizes the functioning of everything from a single cell to the entire planet. It is what distinguishes Earth from the rest of the known universe. Water is the most precious commodity- but paradoxically abundant enough for its true value to be overlooked or under appreciated about 80 of the Earth surface is covered by water in those areas of the earth where water is scarce issues surrounding Its use is a matter of life and death oftenly leading to conflicts between the riparian and any interested party. pastoral communities and in the Middle East over the use of the River Jordan waters. Lake Naivasha is in Naivasha municipality Naivasha Division Nakuru District in Rift Valley Province in Kenya. The spatial extent of the municipality is approximately 941km2 which includes the 241km2 covered by the lake making it one of the largest municipalities in the country. Naivasha is located 90km north-west of Nairobi and 70km from Nakuru town. The Trans-African Highway serves it from Mombasa-Nairobi-Kisumu to the Uganda road and the Old main road from Nairobi through the Longonot-Kijabe route. This has ensured a heavy traffic of buses and heavy trucks passing through the town. The main railway line from Nairobi to Kisumu Kitale and Eldoret passes through Naivasha Station. The Council lies between latitude 00 09 and 0055 South and between longitudes 35050 and 36042 East. Lake Naivasha drainage basin River Malewa and River Turasha are the only rivers in the drainage .

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