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What is Water Pollution and its Causes

When water body like river, steam, pond, lake, ocean and other water body is contaminated with harmful substance including toxic chemicals , harmful microorganisms. <br>These toxic chemicals and harmful microorganism affect the aquatic life, human civilizations and environment.

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What is Water Pollution and its Causes

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  1. Water Pollution? Causes of Water Pollutions

  2. Water Water is a one of the most required substance for life. We can't imagine life without water. While it is very crucial for life , we continuously trash it and pollute it. Which causes water pollutions. In this section we discussed about: • What is water pollution? • Categories of water pollutions • Causes of water pollutions • Solution of Water pollutions

  3. What is Water Pollution When water body like river, steam, pond, lake, ocean and other water body is contaminated with harmful substance including toxic chemicals , harmful microorganisms. These toxic chemicals and harmful microorganism affect the aquatic life, human civilizations and environment.

  4. Categories of water pollutions Categories of water pollutions are mentioned below • Groundwater • Surface water • Ocean water • Point source • Nonpoint source • Transboundary

  5. Causes of Water Pollutions The major cause of water pollution is sewage. This sewage include the heavy chemical and heavy metals from industries and municipal wastewater, plastics and garbage. Due to which water become toxic.

  6. What Can You Do to Prevent Water Pollution? To Prevent the water pollution we may take steps: • Reduce the use of plastics • Treat the sewage water before discharge in to water body • Proper disposal of chemical cleaners oils and non bio degradable items. • Reduce the use fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides.

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