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Video Outline

1. Title: Water pollution


2. Definition: water pollution- the contamination of water bodies
(EX-lakes rivers oceans aquifers groundwater)
3. Causes:
1- people littering
2- chemicals going down the drain
3- things falling off of cargo boats
4. Why is it bad?:
1- it can harm animals like birds and fish
2- our water quality will continue to get worse
5. Facts:
1- 40% of America's rivers are too polluted to swim or fish in
2-46% of America's lakes are too polluted to swim or fish in
3- Polluted drinking water is a problem for about half of the
world's population each year there are 250 million cases of water based
diseases resulting in about 5 to 10 million deaths
4-in developing countries 70% of industrial wastes are dumped
untreated, into waters

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