Question

What are the main effects of water pollution.

Answer 1

Water pollution is the contamination of water sources by substances that make the water unsafe for drinking, cooking, and other activities.

The effects of water pollution are as follows:

• Water pollution brings about a dangerous effect on human health as well as on the ecosystem.
• Water pollution contaminates the water making it unsafe for drinking and due to which many waterborne diseases take place.
• Water pollution causes eutrophication which causes fish and other aquatic animals to die.
• As the aquatic animals are affected by the water pollution it can also make a way to humans through the aquatic organisms.
• Due to water pollution it leaches chemicals into the soil that impact the growth of plants and food crops.