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Did you Know? List of Interesting Facts about Water Pollution
Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about Water Pollution, trivia and information, including some useful statistics will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults.

Interesting Facts about Water Pollution are as follows:

Fact 1 - Definition: Pollution of the water in rivers and lakes caused due to contamination by sewage effluent, fertilizer runoff, industrial chemical discharge. The introduction of foreign substances to a water source

Fact 2 - 1.2 trillion gallons of untreated sewage, stormwater, and industrial waste are discharged into American waters every year
Fact 3 - Asian rivers are the most polluted in the world having 3 times as many bacteria from human waste as the global average and 20 times more lead than rivers in industrialized countries
Fact 4 - Pollution of fresh drinking water is a problem for about half of the world's population.
Fact 5 - Diseases caused by drinking polluted water contaminated with bacteria, viruses, or parasites include cholera, typhoid, dysentery and other diarrheal diseases
Fact 6 - Plastic waste in coastal areas kills up to 100,000 marine mammals, 1 million sea birds and countless fish annually increasing numbers of Endangered Species
Fact 7 - 80% of water pollution in seas and oceans comes from land-based activities
Fact 8 - Soap and dirt from washing cars can flow through drains and ditches and end up in our streams untreated - use a car wash!
Fact 9 - Fix any car leaks!
Fact 10 - Avoid the use of garden chemicals
Fact 11 - Ensure all pet waste is thrown in the garbage
Fact 12 - Recycle used oil and antifreeze
Fact 13 - Throw all litter in appropriate trash cans or Recycle items whenever possible

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