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Summerize primary information about water pollution. |
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Answer» Solution :Water is ESSENTIAL for life. Without water there would be no life. We usually take water as granted for its purity, but we must ensure the quality of water. Pollution of water originates from human activities. Pollution reaches SURFACE or ground water through different paths. Easily identified SOURCE or place of pollution is called as point source. e.g., municipal and industrial discharge pipes. A source of sources of pollution are those where a source of pollution cannot be easily identified, e.g., agricultural run off (from farm, animals and crop-lands), acid rain, storm-water drainage (from STREETS, parking lots and lawns), etc. The major water pollutants and their sources are listed below : 
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