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Define water pollution? How does water gets polluted?


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  • Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies usually as a result of human activities, it is a release of substances into water bodies that make water unsafe for human use and disrupts the aquatic ecosystem.
  • Water gets polluted due to different reasons some of them are,
  1. Chemical waste dumping.
  2. Fertilizer run off
  3. Oil spills
  4. Rapid urban development
  5. Improper sewage disposal
  6. Radioactive waste dumping

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