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What are the ways by which water gets contaminated?

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There are various reasons by which water gets contaminated. Non-degradable materials thrown into oceans and rivers, chemicals from industries etc are ways in which large bodies of water gets contaminated. At small scale, water purification process are not be very effective and the water might contain microorganisms.

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