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    The document discusses water pollution. It states that 80% of wastewater is dumped untreated back into the environment, polluting rivers, reservoirs, lakes and seas. The main causes of water pollution listed are industrial waste, wastewater, mining activities, marine dumping, accidental oil leakage, and chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The effects of water pollution include diseases like hepatitis, cholera and typhoid from consuming polluted water, as well as the destruction of ecosystems and disappearance of biodiversity.

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    Water Pollution Effects Diseases Destruction Ecosystems

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    Environmental

    issues
    Water pollution
    Maria Natalia Florez Cruz
    CONTENTS
    INTRODUCTION

    WHAT IS WATER POLLUTION?

    WHAT IS WATER POLLUTION?

    WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF WATER POLLUTION?


    EFFECTS OF POLLUTION OF WATER
    DISEASES
    DESTRUCTION OF ECOSYSTEMS

    CONCLUTION
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    Rivers

    Reservoirs

    Lakes and seas

    Drowning in chemicals

    Plastic
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    What is water pollution?
    Some 80
    percent of the
    world’s
    wastewater is
    dumped

    Largely untreated

    Back into the


    environment,
    polluting rivers….

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    What Are the Causes of Water Pollution?

    Industrial waste Wastewater Mining activities Marine dumping

    Accidental oil Chemical fertilizers


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    leakage and pesticides
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    Effects of Pollution of Water

    • Diseases: for consuming


    polluted water

    Hepatitis

    Cholera

    Typhoid
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    Destruction of Ecosystems

    the disappearance of
    biodiversity and
    aquatic ecosystems

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    REFERENCE
    • https://www.activesustainability.com/water/causes-consequences-water-
    pollution/
    • https://www.toppr.com/guides/biology/natural-resources/water-and-water-
    pollution/

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