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Thermal Pollution Infographic

Kelly Shi

Created on April 2, 2024

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THERMAL POLLUTION

Degradation of water quality due to the change in ambient water temperature

Potential Solutions

Effects

Sources

What Happens?

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  • Implementating diffuser systems in large bodies of water
    • Systems monitored by thermal infrared imaging (satellite or airborne imaging systems)
  • Building cooling towers for smaller rivers and streams

(Thermal Pollution, n.d.)

Sources of Thermal Pollution:

  • Steam engines
  • Turbines
  • Internal combustion engines
  • Burning of wood

(Thermal Pollution, n.d.)

What happens during thermal pollution?:

  • Increase of water temperature in a water source (ocean, lake, stream) due to the discharge of heated water from industrial processes
  • Also occurs in streams where shading vegetation is removed

(Thermal Pollution, n.d.)

Effects of Thermal Pollution:

  • Direct thermal shock
  • Changes in dissolved oxygen
  • Altering of food webs
  • Organisms more susceptible to disease
  • Oxygen-carrying capacity of water decreased

(Thermal Pollution, n.d.)