- Chemical pollution
- Groundwater pollution
- Microbiological pollution
- Nutrient Pollution
- Oxygen-depletion pollution
- Surface water pollution
- Consumption and use of contaminated water can result in water-borne diseases in human beings like cholera, typhoid, dysentery, diarrhea, and hepatitis. It also aggravates respiratory problems, heart diseases, and lung cancer.
- Aquatic ecosystems are affected to a large extent when the wastewater that is not treated is released into the water bodies.
- Effective solutions for water pollution include sanitation, wastewater treatment, erosion control, etc.
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