Water Pollution

P
ollution Water pollution is defined as the Types of Water pollution: Biological water pollutants
presence in groundwater of toxic are micro organisms that can cause different
chemicals and biological agents that exceed waterborne diseases in humans and animals. The
what is naturally found in the water and may pose a main groups of biological pollutants are bacteria,
threat to human health and/or the environment. viruses, protozoa, and helminthes. Chemical water
pollutants take many different forms depending on
Additionally, water pollution may consist of
their source, including plant nutrients used as
chemicals introduced into the water bodies as a
fertilizers, breakdown of human and animal wastes,
result of various human activities. Any amount of
heavy metals pesticides and other persistent
those chemicals pollutes the water, regardless of the
pollutants. The presence of heavy metals in water in
harm they may pose to human health and the
excess of acceptable levels can cause illness and
environment. We know that pollution is a human
death among animals and humans. Additionally,
problem because it is a relatively recent
water pollution may consist of chemicals introduced
development in the planet's history: before the 19th
into the water bodies as a result of various human
century Industrial Revolution, people lived more in
activities. Any amount of those chemicals pollutes
harmony with their immediate environment. As
the water, regardless of the harm they may pose to
industrialization has spread around the globe, so the
human health and the environment. The presence of
problem of pollution has spread with it. When
heavy metals in water in excess of acceptable levels
Earth's population was much smaller, no one
can cause illness and death among animals and
believed pollution would ever present a serious
humans. . We know that
problem. It was once popularly
pollution is a human
believed that the oceans were
problem because it is a
far too big to pollute. Today,
relatively recent
with around 7 billion people on
development in the
the planet, it has become
planet's history: before the
apparent that there are limits.
19th century Industrial
Pollution is one of the signs
Revolution, people lived
that humans have exceeded
more in harmony with
those limits.
their immediate
environment