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根据以下材料,回答题Waterproblemsinthefuturewillbecomemoreintenseandmorecomplex.Ourincreasingpopulationwilltremendouslyincreaseurbanwastes,primarilysewage.Ontheotherhand,increas-ingdemandsforwaterwilldecreasesubstantiallytheamountofwateravailablefordilutingwastes.
Rapidlyexpandingindustrieswhichinvolvemoreandmorecomplexchemicalprocesseswillpro-ducelargevolumesofliquidwastes,andmanyofthesewillcontainchemicalswhicharepoi-sonous.Tofeedourrapidlyexpandingpopulation,agriculturewillhavetobeintensified.Thiswillinvolveever-increasingquantitiesofagriculturechemicals.Fromthis,itisapparentthatdrasticstepsmustbetakenimmediatelytodevelopcorrectivemeasuresforthepollutionproblem.
Therearetwowaysbywhichthispollutionproblemcanbelessened.Thefirstrelatestothetreatmentofwastestodecreasetheirpollutionhazard.Thisinvolvestheprocessingofsolidwastesprior
todisposalandthetreatmentofliquidwastes,oreffluents,topermitthereuseofthewaterorbestreducepollutionuponfinaldisposal.
Asecondapproachistodevelopaneconomicuseforallorapartofthewastes.Farmmanureisspreadinfieldsasanutrientororganicsupplement.Effluentsfromsewagedisposalplantsareused
insomeareasbothforirrigationandforthenutrientscontained.Effluentsfromotherprocess-ingplantsmayalsobeusedasasupplementalsourceofwater.Manyindustries,suchasmeatandpoultryprocessingplants,arecurrentlyconvertingformerwasteproductionintomarketable
byproducts.Otherindustrieshavepotentialeconomicusesfortheirwasteproducts.
Thepurposeofthispassageis A.towarnthereaderofthedwindlingwatersupply
B.toexplainindustrialusesofwater
C.toacquaintthereaderwithwaterpollutionproblems
D.todemonstratevariousmeasurestosolvethepollutionproblem
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