water pollutants
Lake and river poisons
Water pollutants are substances that contaminate water and make it harmful to living things or unsuitable for its intended use.
These include chemicals, pathogens, sediments, and excess nutrients that enter lakes, rivers, groundwater, and oceans through industrial discharge, agricultural runoff, or sewage: The factory was fined for releasing water pollutants into the river.
Common water pollutants include heavy metals, pesticides, plastics, and nitrogen compounds that cause algal blooms.
- pesticidesChemicals destroying harmful organisms
- heavy metalsDense metallic environmental contaminants
- microplasticsSub-5mm synthetic environmental particles
- plastic bottlesMolded polymer drink vessels
- harmful algal bloomsToxic aquatic microorganism outbreaks
industrial waste · waste · detergents · oil · oil spills · pathogens · debris · phosphates · bacteria · PFAS · pharmaceuticals · nitrites · agricultural runoff · factory runoff · synthetic dyes · eutrophication · fish kills · arsenic
- Water QualitypH, turbidity, chlorine, pH levels, contaminants
- Ecotoxicologytoxicology, bioassay, LD50, dose-response, lethal dose
- Plant Toxinsricin, oleander, foxglove, deadly nightshade, nightshade
water pollutantswater purifiers
Devices removing waterborne impurities
purifiers · clean water · pure water · disinfectants · decontaminants
water pollutantspure water
Uncontaminated H₂O
clean water · potable water · drinking water · purified water · distilled water