WATER POLLUTION A REVIEW

Water is considered as the Elixir of life. Every living thing needs water to survive. Earth the water planet is richly endowed with water, about 2/3 of the total area of the Earth’s surface is covered with water, but all water on the planet is not usable for man as most of it is saline. Fresh water is limited, but enough to sustain man. The fresh water what is available is under great demand due to misuse of the fresh water and mainly due to pollution the water becomes useless and some time poisonous. This paper tries to evaluate the causes of water pollution and its consequences.