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what is pollution of water answer in 500 words​

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Answered by Anonymous
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Explanation:

Water is the most important resource for survival on a planet. It is the essence of life on our planet – Earth. Yet if you ever see a river or lake around your city, it would be evident to you that we are facing a very serious problem of Water pollution. Let us educate ourselves about water and water pollution. Two-thirds of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, seventy-six perfect of your body is made up of water.

Water and Water Cycle

As you already know water is everywhere and all around.  However, we have a fixed amount of water on earth. It just changes its states and goes through a cyclic order, known as the Water Cycle. The water cycleis a natural process that is continuous in nature. It is the pattern in which the water from oceans, seas, lakes, etc gets evaporated and turns to vapor. After which it goes through the process of condensation, and finally precipitation when it falls back to earth as rain or snow.

What is Water Pollution?

Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies(like oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, aquifers, and groundwater) usually caused due to human activities. Water pollution is any change, minor or major in the physical, chemical or biological properties of water that eventually leads to a detrimental consequence of any living organism. Drinking water, called Potable Water, is considered safe enough for human and animal consumption.

Sources of Water Pollution

Domestic Waste

Industrial effluents

Insecticides and pesticides

Detergents and Fertilizers

Some of the water pollutions are caused by direct Sources, such as factories, waste management facilities, refineries, etc, that directly releases waste and dangerous by-products into the nearest water source without treating them. Indirect sources include pollutants that infuse in the water bodies via groundwater or soil or via the atmosphere through acidic rain.

Answered by pranjali16
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Explanation:

when water gets dirty or contaminated by different means it refers to as water pollution. Water pollution can be through many ways. Humans and industries are major causes of water pollution. Human use to bath in rivers which contaminates it. Industries throw their waste directly into water which contaminates it.

This contaminated water is then send to houses which give birth to many diseases...Small children dies due to the consumption of contaminated water...

Human should not bath in water and industries should not dispose their waste directly in to rivers . They should send it to waste treatment plant..

Hope it helps you

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