Not only does this spell disaster for aquatic ecosystems, the pollutants also seep through and reach the groundwater, which might end up in our households as contaminated water we use in our daily activities including drinking.

    Water Pollution can be caused by a number of ways one of the most polluting being oil spillage, city sewage and industrial waste discharge. In 2013, three (3) children died in Lotugbene community in Bayelsa state, Nigeria after drinking water from a river polluted by the rig operation of an oil company in the area.

     Indirect sources of water pollution include contaminants that enter water supply from soots or groundwater systems and from the atmosphere via rain.

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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/3-kids-die-over-alleged-water-pollution-in-bayelsa/

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