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Zimbabwe Water Pollution

How is water pollution dangerous to humans?

Human Activity

Humans are the main cause of water pollution in Zimbabwe. For example, industrial wastes, sewage, garbage, agricultural chemical, etc. These activities put a lot of waste into the river.

Water pollution is dangerous to human because they can cause cholera, dehydration and some other unknown diseases which will mostly cause death. For example, some people in Vietnam drink water straight from the Mekong River, then die because of the viruses and bacteria in the water

What is water pollution?

Pollution is when there is a huge amount of something that isn't supposed to be there. For example, in water pollution, the water might have a lot of fertiliser or industrial waste, which is poisonous to aquatic life.

MORE about Zimbabwe pollution

According to a report released by the Harare Residents Trust (HRT), Harare’s Firle sewage plant, which pumps water back into Lake Chivero, treats only 50 percent of the sewage it receives.

Water pollution in Zimbabwe

In Harare, only 40 percent of residents have access to clean and safe drinking water every day. For the remaining 60 percent, few clean water options are available. Some are forced to buy bottled water, although even these supplies are running low. The vast majority of Harare residents, however, collect their drinking water from the contaminated Lake Chivero

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