Water pollution occurs when pollutants are discharged directly or indirectly into water bodies without treatment, contaminating the water. This pollution can cause diseases in humans and animals who consume the contaminated water. It also deteriorates marine life. While three-fourths of the earth is covered in water, only a small percentage is available freshwater that is critical for drinking and agriculture. Water conservation is therefore important to ensure sufficient water resources.
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2.  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.
3.  Showers that go on too long.
 Baths that are too big and filled with too much water.
 Leaking pipes and dripping faucets.
 Using washing machines and dishwashers for just a
few things.
 Leaving the water running when you are brushing
your teeth.
 Using a big old cistern for your toilet instead of a dual
flush.
 Watering your garden in the heat of the day when the
spray evaporates.
 Washing your car with a hose instead of a bucket.
4.  In this process the divers go inside the oceans
and poisons the coral reefs. The fish comes and
eat the poison because of which they die. The
poison also effects the water and makes it
impure.
5.  There is one more way in which water is
wasted that is bomb fishing. In this process a
bomb is thrown in the river to kill fishes and
collect them. But because of this the fish are
dying and also the water is been polluted.
6.  A number of waterborne diseases are produced by
the pathogens present in polluted water, affecting
humans and animals alike.
 Polluted municipal water supplies are found to
pose a threat to the health of people using them.
 As per the records, about 14000 people perish or
incur various communicable diseases due to the
consumption of contaminated drinking water.
 Marine life becomes deteriorated due to water
pollution. Lethal killing of fish and aquatic plants
in rivers, oceans and seas is an aftereffect of water .
7.  Three fourth of earth consists of water, but only 3%
of it is fresh water and only 1% is available. It is
this fresh water that we need to drink, wash,
irrigate farms etc.
 Water conservation is important because we need
drinking water and we need some of the animals
that live in water.
8.  Do a bucket and mug bath.
 Fix leaky taps.
 Take shorter showers in case you don’t
want to do a bucket and mug bath.
 Harvest rain water at home.
 Use minimum dishes.
 Use bore water in toilets.
 Use low water storage flush toilets.
9.  Cover the swimming pool while not in use.
 Close the hose.
 Irrigate Wisely.
 Educate illiterate people how to conserve water.
 Harvest rain water in societies.
 Create awareness among people.
 There should be right pressure in pipes.
 Repair the common pipes which are leaking.
 Use recyclable ganpatis while visarjan.
10.  Rainwater harvesting is the accumulating
and storing of rainwater for reuse before
it reaches the aquifer. It has been used to
provide drinking water, water for
livestock, water for irrigation, as well as
other typical uses. Rainwater collected
from the roofs of houses and local
institutions can make an important
contribution to the availability of
drinking water.
13.  You will have to cut your hair so that you will save
water.
 You will allowed to drink only a glass of water a
day.
 You will be allowed to take a 5 min slower only.
 There will be less rains.
 The cost of drinking water would be in thousands.
 The poor would be helpless and will have to drink
unpurified water which can lead to diseases or
even to death.