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title: "Top 6 Causes of Water Pollution"  
description: "The most important resources on our earth is water. Clean water is vital to our communities, economy, and most of all, our health. Here's the root causes"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-10-21  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1381/top-6-causes-of-water-pollution  
category: "science and technology"  
tags: ["Pollution", "water pollution", "Causes", "population", "Water wastage", "waste water", "disinfectant", "detergents"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Top 6 Causes of Water Pollution

![Top 6 Causes of Water Pollution](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/950d142b-1008-4b24-b9d6-f1604093a8e4/images/0eda2968-b7c1-4624-844e-71aa6ced66bb.jpeg) ![Top 6 Causes of Water Pollution](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/950d142b-1008-4b24-b9d6-f1604093a8e4/images/d09d9034-e725-4a5d-a998-4f38bf0edf6d.jpeg) Rapid Urban Development ![Top 6 Causes of Water Pollution](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/950d142b-1008-4b24-b9d6-f1604093a8e4/images/1c5b1bb7-d4a3-4f69-9664-f4e2961628bc.jpeg) Improper Sewage Disposal ![Top 6 Causes of Water Pollution](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/950d142b-1008-4b24-b9d6-f1604093a8e4/images/7e0ffdd3-3f0c-4e9f-b76f-06ceb0ad4aa1.jpeg) Fertilizer Run-Off ![Top 6 Causes of Water Pollution](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/950d142b-1008-4b24-b9d6-f1604093a8e4/images/bce7d7e5-9ad0-4b93-8344-d3f1e863dd12.jpeg) Oil Spills ![Top 6 Causes of Water Pollution](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/950d142b-1008-4b24-b9d6-f1604093a8e4/images/2c22006e-8934-4f62-8b0b-4f45796a0cfd.jpeg) Chemical Waste Dumping ![Top 6 Causes of Water Pollution](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/950d142b-1008-4b24-b9d6-f1604093a8e4/images/0eda2968-b7c1-4624-844e-71aa6ced66bb.jpeg) Radioactive Waste Discharge

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