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Water Pollution: Everything You Need to Know

Please read the article to learn more on water pollution.

Please read the article, Water Pollution: Everything You Need to Know written by NRDC. It introduced what water pollution is, what are the causes, and so on.

In this lesson, we learned about water quality and how to monitor it through bioindicators. The importance of water quality monitoring is to make sure the water we use is safe, and prevent diseases or other problems. This article made a complete introduction to water pollution. It occurs when harmful substances contaminate water, making it unsafe to use. And there are many types of it, they were all introduced by this article. After you finish reading it, you’ll absorb knowledge about water pollution, and also how to prevent it.

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  • At the end of the article, it mentioned what we can do to prevent water pollution in our daily lives. Which one do you find useful, and why? Please share with us in the comment section below.
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