How to right a letter of water pollution
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2175 Chawri Bazaar, Bhopal. 16th March - 2009 To : The Editor, Madhya Bharat, Bhopal. Madam, I wish to use the columns of your popular daily to bring the city’s greatest problem after the Gas Tragedy to the notice of government authorities concerned. It seems water for public–drinking in Bhopal is not filtered properly and not treated medically and because of this many children and old people are suffering from water-borne diseases. The Bhopal hospitals are filled with such patients. If no urgent step is taken to correct this situation, another holocaust is in the offing. Thanking you. Yours truly, Malati Shah
Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies, usually as a result of human activities. Water bodies include for example lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers and groundwater. Water pollution results when contaminants are introduced into the natural environment. For example, releasing inadequately treated wastewater into natural water bodies can lead to degradation of aquatic ecosystems. In turn, this can lead to public health problems for people living downstream. They may use the same polluted river water for drinking or bathing or irrigation. Water pollution is the leading worldwide cause of death and disease, e.g. due to water-borne diseases.