Water Pollution

This is the contamination of water bodies like rivers, lakes, oceans etc by pollutants like chemicals, dirt, particles. These pollutants make the water impure and harmful to use. Human beings need water to carry out various daily activities like drinking, cooking, washing etc.

There are many causes of water pollution but most of them are directly linked to human activities.

Water pollution does not only harm human beings but also animals that drink from these polluted water bodies and also the many species that live in these water bodies.