Sources & Causes of Water Pollution

Sources of Water Pollution:

There are various classifications of water pollution. The two chief sources of water pollution can be seen as

Point and Non-Point sources:

  • Point sources refer to the pollutants that belong to a single source. An example of this would-be emissions from factories into the water.
  • Non-Point sources on the other hand means pollutants emitted from multiple sources. Contaminated water after rains that has travelled through several regions may also be considered as a Non-point source of pollution.

Causes of Water Pollution:

Let us now study the causes of water pollution.

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