Question

What are the different ways in which water gets contaminated?

Answer 1

Answer:

Following are the ways by which water gets contaminated:

People dispose of garbage in the water.

Many industries discharge their harmful chemicals directly into rivers and streams.

Chemical fertilisers, pesticides and weedicides used in agricultural practices get dissolve in water and are washed away into water bodies from the fields.

Untreated sewage is directly discharged into water from household activities.