Question

Environmental Engineering:

1. Why is it important to maintain water quality of environmental water sources?

Answer 1

Water quality refers to the chemical, physical, biological and radiological characteristics of water, with respect to its suitability for a particular purpose.

It is important to maintain water quality of environmental water sources because -

1. Development of water bodies for future

2. Protection of available water bodies from pollution

3. To Prevent water disputes

4. Food security

5. For sustaining aquatic ecosystems

6. To meet human drinking water and sanitation needs

7. To protect the waterways

And so on...

Water is life.

Water is future oil.

Preservation and quality maintanence is of utmost priority.