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    The document discusses different types and sources of water pollution. It defines water pollution as the introduction of substances that make water unsafe or unfit for use. It identifies three main sources of pollution: industrial, which comes from discharges and emissions from factories; agricultural, which comes from fertilizers and herbicides filtering into groundwater; and domestic, which comes from pouring household waste down drains. It also lists some common water contaminants such as mercury, arsenic, lead, zinc, detergents, insecticides, and petroleum.

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    Contaminacion

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    Erick Alan Trejo
    The document discusses different types and sources of water pollution. It defines water pollution as the introduction of substances that make water unsafe or unfit for use. It identifies three main sources of pollution: industrial, which comes from discharges and emissions from factories; agricultural, which comes from fertilizers and herbicides filtering into groundwater; and domestic, which comes from pouring household waste down drains. It also lists some common water contaminants such as mercury, arsenic, lead, zinc, detergents, insecticides, and petroleum.

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    WATER POLLUTION

    WHAT IS THE POLLUTION?


    Is the introduction of
    substances or other physical
    elements into a medium that
    causes it to be unsafe or unfit
    for use .
    AGRICULTURAL
    AGRICULTURAL

    SOURCES OF POLLUTION
    DOMESTIC INDUSTRIAL

    AGRICULTURAL
    PETROLEUM
    INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION

    Is produced by the discharges that the industries


    realize directly in the rivers or to the atmosphere
    through the chimneys of expulsin of the fumes.
    AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION

    Is that produced by the treatment of products


    with herbicides and chemical frtilizers. Are
    incorporated to the wter by filtration of the
    ground towards the ground wter.
    DOMESTIC POLLUTION

    The one produced in the house when pouring in


    the drain a great amount of organic and inorganic
    residues.
    PRINCIPAL CONTAMINATES OF WATER

    MERCURY
    ARSENIC
    LEAD
    ZINC
    DETERGENTS
    INSECTICIDES
    PETROLEUM

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