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ease list the various sources of water pollution

Sources of water pollution-

1-Sewage- This contains waste water from our household and other domestic waste dumped into water bodies.

2- Industrial waste- This includes wastes discharged from factories, refineries into the water bodies. These wastes contains harmful chemicals such as alkalis, acids etc. and toxic metals like mercury, arsenic etc. Which kills the aquatic life.

3- Oils released from oil drums which are accidentally discharged from ships into the water bodies.

4-Waste water released from agricultural field which contains pesticides and fertilizers that affects the aquatic life.

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Water pollution is caused by the pesticides and insecticides left by the farmers into the rivers. The chemicals and wastes left by facotories is one main reason as if the waste is not treated well then it will greatly pollute the water as well as affect the aquatic life. The people also throw polythene bags and plastic stuff into water bodies, they make animals bathe in it .

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Water pollution is caused by the pesticides and insecticides left by the farmers into the rivers. The chemicals and wastes left by facotories is one main reason as if the waste is not treated well then it will greatly pollute the water as well as affect the aquatic life. The people also throw polythene bags and plastic stuff into water bodies, they make animals bathe in it .

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Washing clothes in waterbodies

Bathing animals in waterbodies

throwing garbage in waterbodies

factories releasing their wastes in waterbodies

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