Water

Water is essential for life and plays a vital role in the proper functioning of the Earth’s ecosystems. The pollution of water has a serious impact on all living creatures, and can negatively affect the use of water for drinking, household needs, recreation, fishing, transportation and commerce.

Water has two primary functions in our everyday lives: bathing and consumption. Water can easily be contaminated (one gallon of motor oil can contaminate 1 million gallons of water), which will affect not only the water we drink, but the water that comes into our houses and the natural water sources we swim in.