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Why do you think that lake and river water is unsuitable for human use?

Answer
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Hint:
An increase in the pollution and waste material dumped into it is the reason why it can't be suitable for human use.

Complete answer:
Water is the natural resource which has been on the Earth for a longer period of time in fact some of which is from the time when Dinosaurs were around us. Though there is a lot of water around us, almost 1 octillion liters we humans have access to only 0.3% of water which we can consume. As progress in our society these big industries and commercialization has drilled down and other than that lack of awareness has led to water pollution. Water pollution is basically the containment of the water bodies which makes it very harmful for the use of humans.

Effects of water pollution:
1. As we see around water bodies in The urban area is extremely polluted that is because the industrial garbage and chemical is sumped in it which makes it very harmful for humans as it affects us in several ways.
2. Water pollution also affects marine life as it would affect their metabolism, behavior can cause illness and even death. The chemical which is there in the water would eventually travel up in the food chain and would travel to the human body as well.
3. We humans are also impacted by the pollution as it would give us diseases like hepatitis which would come through several water sources.
4. Water pollution has drastically affected the ecosystem.

Note:
 Water pollution is increasing day by day and it needs to be controlled before it's too late as it is affecting our lives in several ways as our health is getting affected.