Question

What are the main causes of water pollution?

Answer 1

Water pollution:

It is the contamination of water sources by the components that make the water unfit for cooking, drinking, cleaning, and other activities.

The following are the causes of water pollution:

1. The discharging of garbage, sewage, and liquid wastes of agricultural lands, households, and factories into the rivers and lakes.
2. The dumping of litter like plastic and glass, and other solid wastes into water bodies.
3. The pollutants like lead, asbestos, petrochemicals, etc. coming from the industrial wastes are discharged into the water bodies.
4. The water in the oceans is getting polluted because of oil spillage from tankers and ships.
5. Acid rain is also a pollution of water resulting from air pollution.