Definitions for Water Pollution
wa·ter pol·lu·tion

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1. water pollutionnoun

   pollution of the water in rivers and lakes

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1. water pollutionnoun

   contamination of water, especially surface water, by sewage effluent, fertilizer runoff, industrial chemical discharge etc.

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1. Water pollution

   Water pollution (or aquatic pollution) is the contamination of water bodies, usually as a result of human activities, so that it negatively affects its uses.: 6  Water bodies include lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers, reservoirs and groundwater. Water pollution results when contaminants are introduced into these water bodies. It can be attributed to one of four sources: sewage discharges, industrial activities, agricultural activities, and urban runoff including stormwater. It can be grouped into surface water pollution (either fresh water pollution or marine pollution) or groundwater pollution. For example, releasing inadequately treated wastewater into natural waters can lead to degradation of these aquatic ecosystems. Water pollution can also lead to water-borne diseases in people using polluted water for drinking, bathing, washing or irrigation. Water pollution reduces the ability of the body of water to provide the ecosystem services (such as drinking water) that it would otherwise provide. Sources of water pollution are either point sources or non-point sources. Point sources have one identifiable cause, such as a storm drain, a wastewater treatment plant or an oil spill. Non-point sources are more diffuse, such as agricultural runoff. Pollution is the result of the cumulative effect over time. Pollution may take the form of toxic substances (e.g., oil, metals, plastics, pesticides, persistent organic pollutants, industrial waste products), stressful conditions (e.g., changes of pH, hypoxia or anoxia, increased temperatures, excessive turbidity, changes of salinity), or the introduction of pathogenic organisms. Contaminants may include organic and inorganic substances. A common cause of thermal pollution is the use of water as a coolant by power plants and industrial manufacturers. Control of water pollution requires appropriate infrastructure and management plans as well as legislation. Technology solutions can include improving sanitation, sewage treatment, industrial wastewater treatment, agricultural wastewater treatment, erosion control, sediment control and control of urban runoff (including stormwater management).

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1. water pollution

   Water pollution refers to the contamination or degradation of natural water bodies, such as rivers, lakes, oceans, or groundwater, due to human activities and environmental processes. This contamination often involves the discharge or introduction of harmful substances, such as chemicals, toxins, wastes, or pathogenic microorganisms, which can adversely impact the health of aquatic ecosystems and the organisms dependent on them, including humans.

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1. Water pollution

   Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies. Water pollution occurs when pollutants are discharged directly or indirectly into water bodies without adequate treatment to remove harmful compounds. Water pollution affects plants and organisms living in these bodies of water. In almost all cases the effect is damaging not only to individual species and populations, but also to the natural biological communities.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Water Pollution in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Water Pollution in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Water Pollution in a Sentence

1. Amy Khor:

   We do not face the land and water pollution issues that plague those countries.

2. Eric Li:

   Water is life, but water pollution has become a nationwide problem.

3. Latika Thukral:

   I think the exodus is happening, there will be no water, pollution is at its peak. Why would people not move out ?

4. Andy Radford:

   If combined with habitat restoration and other conservation measures, rebuilding fish communities in this manner might accelerate ecosystem recovery, however, we still need to tackle a host of other threats including climate change, overfishing and water pollution in order to protect these fragile ecosystems.

5. Paulo Saldiva:

   This is definitely not 'Olympic air', a lot of attention has been paid to Rio's water pollution, but far more people die because of air pollution than the water.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Water Pollution
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Water_Pollution
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Pollution
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Water Pollution