Sources and effects of water pollution..

1. Many industries use water as a coolant

for the machinery and release of hot
waste water into the water bodies
causing thermal pollution which affect
both the plant and animal life.

2. The surface run off - the surface run off

from agricultural land is contaminated
with pesticides and residues of inorganic
fertilizers.

3. The run off from urban and industrial

are rich in organic and inorganic
compounds. These pollutants
contaminate both surface and ground
water resources.