Rising nitrate concentrations threaten the quality of drinking water, while high pesticides" use contributes to indirect emissions of toxic substances. Growing levels of these pollutants in the surface waters reduce their ability to support plant and animal life and makes them less attractive for recreational use. ... Enormous quantities of excess manure are spread on farmland, posing as threats to drinking water and fisheries. Feedlots that hold animals in close quarters are the leading source of pollution. Spills and leakage from the manure lagoons of factory farms can cause fish kills...

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Water pollution happens because of the industrial waste, sewage waste and water waste, mining activities, marine dumping, accidental oil leakage, burning of fossil fuels, chemical fertilizers and pesticides, leakage from sewer lines, global warming, radioactive waste, urban development, leakage from the landfills, animal waste and underground storage leakage. Water pollution effects; human health, contaminated drinking water, mercury level risks, ecosystems, death of animals, economic cost and may of causes and effects as mentioned in the previous essay in which the causes and effects were ana...

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Health Effects Drinking water can become contaminated at the original water source, during treatment, or during distribution to the home. The levels of contaminants in drinking water are seldom high enough to cause acute health effects. ... The get into drinking water when the water source is contaminated by sewage and animal wate, or when well are improperly sealed and constructed. ... Every homeowner who relies on a private well for its drinking water supply and every water provider in this country is at risk for MTBE contamination. ... Seepage overflow into drinking water sources...

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Sustaining drinking water supplies, wastewater treatment, and storm-water management will require higher expenditures on infrastructure (Smith, Smith 2011). ... An outbreak of these wildfires has left many people with homes and destroys land and animal habitat. ...

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