ARTICLE · 05 NOVEMBER 1996
Water Pollution In Portugal
"The environmental pollution is caused by all substances or radiations which - once thrown into the air, into the water, into the soil or into the underground - change temporarily or definitely their quality or interfere with their normal conservation or evolution" (article 21 of Law n. 11/87).
INTRODUCTION
Water Pollution in Portugal has reached in the past twenty years an increasing level due mainly to the development of Portuguese industry and the growth of the population living in the main cities. This level of Water Pollution is also based on the fact that the construction of basic sanitation substructures is still to be finished. Nevertheless, we may say that, in general terms, the water quality, superficial or underground, in Portugal is considered acceptable. We must state that more than 70% of the Portuguese population is served by underground waters, which, in case of pollution caused, e.g. by an industry, are known to take a much longer period of time to recover from
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