Connecticut Water Trails Association
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Connecticut Water Trails Program Water Trails & Water Pollution
Water pollution is contamination of water by foreign matter that
deteriorates the quality of the water. Water pollution covers pollutions
in liquid forms like ocean pollution and river pollution. As the term
applies, liquid pollution occurs in the oceans, lakes, streams, rivers,
underground water and bays, in short liquid-containing areas. It
involves the release of toxic substances, pathogenic germs, substances
that require much oxygen to decompose, easy-soluble substances,
radioactivity, etc. that become deposited upon the bottom and their
accumulations will interfere with the condition of aquatic ecosystems.
For example, the eutrophication: lack of oxygen in a water body caused
by excessive algae growths because of enrichment of pollutants.
More
Information On Water Pollution
There are many excellent sources of information about types of water pollution on the Internet. Some useful websites are:
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