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Describe water pollution
Asked by shivankthakurdilari | 17 Apr, 2019, 11:06: PM
Expert Answer
Sources of water pollution:
- Household detergents
- Sewage
- Industrial waste
- Domestic waste
- Oil spills
- Fertilisers
- Pesticides
- Herbicides
Major water pollutants:
- Sewage
- Fertilisers
- Pesticides
- Industrial wastes
Effects of water pollution:
- Brain and nerve damage
- Cholera, dysentery, jaundice, typhoid, diarrhoea, malaria, dengue, fever and yellow fever
- Intestinal parasitism leading to anaemia and weakness
- Skin disorders and cancer, kidney and liver damage
- Oil spills, eutrophication and biomagnification
Measures to control water pollution:
- Sewage, industrial and domestic waste should be treated in order to make them harmless.
- Use of chemical pesticides must be minimised.
- Washing utensils, clothes and bathing cattle in water bodies must be avoided.
- Garbage and other domestic waste should not be thrown in water bodies.
- Leakage in drainage pipes must be repaired.
- Laws should be formulated to control water pollution.
Answered by Sheetal Kolte | 18 Apr, 2019, 11:24: AM
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