How does water pollution affect the environment?

Water is one of the essential elements for the human being to survive, that is why it is necessary to take care of it more than anything, because in many parts of the world there is scarcity for different reasons. But most of the world's population is only interested in the ozone layer and global warming, leaving one to give importance to the issue of water pollution suffered by the seas, rivers, aquifers, lakes, etc.

What is water?
Water is one of the most precious goods, that is, the human being is composed of water, approximately 70% and we live on a planet where 3/4 of the surface is in the aqueous medium, but only 2 , 5% of the total is fresh water and a part of it forms the ice that are in the north and south poles.

What are the causes of pollution?
Water is contaminated by accumulations of common garbage, either by accumulation due to currents that carry all kinds of waste by kilometers.

Generally cans, plastic bags, plastic bottles, etc. they are the ones that tend to accumulate on the surface contaminating the water and causing aquatic animals to suffer the consequences of the garbage that people throw at it.

The water fills with bacteria and toxic elements due to the pollution that wastewater discharges tend to cause, because they are very polluting and toxic, especially for consumption, which is why it is necessary to purify them to avoid contamination of the environment and to be able to use them without any kind of risks.

Water is also contaminated due to discharges that are not controlled from industries and factories to some water channels, and although thousands of regulations and regulations have been implemented to prevent this from happening, it continues to occur in different parts of the world .

Water pollution affects the population and especially the environment, but human beings without drinking water is difficult to survive for many years, is the main effect that causes water pollution.