Water pollution is caused by which one of the following?

Ammonia

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Phytoplankton

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Industrial effluents

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Solution

The correct option is C Industrial effluents
Anthropogenic sources of water pollution include domestic waste, sewage, soaps, detergents, run-off from agricultural fields having fertilizers and pesticides, industrial wastes as effluents, heat, waste from animal sheds and slaughter houses, oil spills etc.

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