Question

Describe how industrial waste causes water pollution.

Answer 1

Water pollution is defined as any undesirable changes in physical, chemical, and biological conditions of water that make it harmful to plants, animals, human beings, or the environment is called water pollution.

Industrial waste causes pollution in many ways:

• Industrial discharge contains a large number of hazardous chemicals.
• It discharges these chemicals directly into the rivers, lakes, or nearby water bodies.
• These highly toxic chemicals may harm aquatic animals and human beings.
• Many factories also use freshwater to carry away their waste into the water bodies.