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What is water pollution?
Water pollution is any chemical, physical or biological change in the quality of water that has a harmful effect on any living thing that drinks or uses or lives (in) it. When humans drink polluted water it often has serious effects on their health. Water pollution can also make water unsuited for the desired use.It is defined as the presence of materials in the water which are harmful to the living beings when they cross their threshold concentration levels.


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