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Water pollutants

Dirty urban river. Image credit: Will Oliver, Thames21.
Dirty urban river. Image credit: Will Oliver, Thames21.

Bodies of water in urban areas can contain a variety of pollutants from multiple sources.

These pollutants are in the form of chemicals from industry and road run-off, sewage from waste treatment plants and from farmland, and discarded litter.

The risk of being harmed by these pollutants increases when flooding occurs.