Which property of water make it easy to contaminate and difficult to purify?

Water is a universal solvent

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Tendency to dissolve a large number of substances

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Both A and B

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None of the above

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The correct option is C Both A and B
The property of water make it easy to contaminate and difficult to purify is its tendency to dissolve a large number of substances. The ocean/sea water is not fit for drinking and washing because it contains high concentration of the dissolved salts.

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