Hello everybody, now I am going to tell you about water pollution, a serious problem. First, the definition of it is the contamination of bodies of water such as lakes, rivers, oceans and groundwater. There are two reasons why they have polluted: point source pollutants and non-point source pollutant. Point source pollutants are industrial waste, sewage, pesticides, herbicides. Non-point pollutants are pollutants from stormwater and the atmosphere. There are a lot of effects that water pollution may cause. Human and animals may die if they drink contaminated water. Plants will be killed by pollutants as well. So what we can do to solve the problem? Government should give heavy fines to companies that are found doing this. We also educate companies about the environment and give tax breaks to companies that find “clean” ways to dispose of their waste.

There are many causes that lead to water pollution in Viet Nam. One of the main causes is waste water coming from many factories and then being directly pulled out into the rivers, lakes or seas without any treatment because this is the most convenient way of dumping waste water. Industrial waste consists of some kind of chemical substance which is harmful for our life. Another cause of water pollution is the lack of awareness of citizens. Every day people generate a lot of garbage and they throw it directly into the rivers, ponds and so on.