Contamination of water, especially surface water, by sewage effluent, fertilizer runoff, industrial chemical discharge etc.(noun)
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Use "water pollution" in a sentence
"In the Indoor Air, Water, and Chemicals Seminar students learn about indoor air and water pollution and chemical issues, and formaldehyde, biological contaminants, asbestos, carbon monoxide, and other nasties are discussed."
"If you’re talking about air or water pollution or global warming now renamed “global climate change”, use environment, from the Latin viron, “circle.”"