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    Water is an essential natural element for life. However, many water sources are now contaminated. There is no doubt that one of the major problems facing many countries is water pollution. Water pollution can have a very negative impact on the economy as well as on the social life of a people. Water pollution is caused by the same humans. The wastes that are thrown by the actions of the man are causing the damage to the waters. The ecosystems have the capacity to clean themselves of small amounts

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    Water Pollution in India

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    told her that he was happy to do that for her. His mother gave him the clothes that she wanted him to wash and then went straight down to the Ganges River. He looked at the filthy water with a disgusted look on his face and then told himself that he was not going to wash his family’s clothes in this water. Pollution

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    1.1 Back Ground Among all natural resource, water is one of the most important to sustain the living planet, earth and every form of life on its face, including human being. It is an integral part of human’s activities including domestic, agriculture, transport, industry, power generation and recreation. Moreover, the normal uses of human body depends entirely on adequate quantity and quality of water. But pure water does not exist by default in its quality due to natural interaction among the earth’s

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    Agricultural Water Pollution Water and food to life and civilization is an essential resource. Agriculture has been prosperous in producing high quantities of food. Although, agricultural production is a hazard to the quality of water. Agricultural chemicals have boosted the productivity of agriculture drastically. The chemicals used in fertilizers are rich in phosphorus, nitrogen, herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides. Runoff of these chemicals into surface waters or from infiltration into groundwater

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    Water Pollution

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    BSTRACT: Water is a critical resource in the lives of people who both benefit from its use and who are harmed by its misuse and unpredictability (flooding, droughts, salinity, acidity, and degraded quality). Water is a finite and vulnerable resource. Consequently, consumption of polluted water puts lives and livelihoods at risk because water has no substitute. There are many ways in which water intended for human consumption can get polluted. These include wastes from industries like mining and

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    Water Pollution

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    putting quite a stress on all of the country’s natural resources. Most sources of water are polluted by unmanaged sewage and agricultural overflow. Even though the country has made some progress, water contamination is still a big issue throughout the country. Although access to clean drinking water has improved, the World Bank calculated that 21% of communicable diseases in India are still related to contaminated water. According to water.org, In India, diarrhea alone causes more than 1,600 deaths

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    Water is essential to all life. Water makes up 71% of the earth, with only .5% of that available for use (not salt water). And that limited amount is facing an ever growing threat of becoming polluted by human means. Through the hydrologic cycle, water is in every part of the earth; underground, in the air, and surface waters. This alone means that there are many ways for pollutants to enter the system. Humans are the biggest polluters to water, putting industrial and domestic waste into the water

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    The volume of Water on Earth is around 1.4 billion km and 70% of the Earth is shrouded in water. In the meantime 70% of modern waste is dumped into water bodies which drives us to water contamination. So what is water contamination or water pollution? (Conserve Energy Future, 2017) (1). Water contamination or water pollution is described as the closeness in groundwater of harmful chemicals and natural and organic specialists that outperform what is ordinarily found in the water and may speak to a

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    Intentionally or accidentally, pollution has entered the water system for years. Our water sources have been treated as an unlimited supply, but with the pollution and waste getting worse, the supply could run low. Fertilizers can drain into rivers from the fields, and effluent is sometimes released into rivers from sewage, chemicals from factories that also illegally dump waste products contribute to pollution (“Water Pollution… 4). Water pollution is a serious problem that is affecting humans and

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    Water is an essential part of our everyday lives. We use it various activities, including; watering our yards, washing clothes dishes and cars, bathing ourselves and our pets, preparing food, and most importantly drinking. Our bodies are approximately sixty percent water. In order to survive, we need to drink plenty of water everyday to insure we do not get dehydrated. Without drinkable water, we would be sentenced to inevitable death. However, despite this, water pollution is one of the most common

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