Water pollution
Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies, usually as a result of human activities. Water
bodies include for example lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers and groundwater.
For example, releasing inadequately treated wastewater into natural water bodies can lead to
degradation of aquatic ecosystems.
Water is essential to life. It need not be spelt out exactly how important it is. Yet water pollution is one of
the most serious ecological threats we face today.
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