There are many forms of water pollution and impacts we have on water pollution. We have impacts that come from our homes, work places and every day activities.
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40% of America’s rivers are too polluted for fishing, swimming or aquatic life.
46% of Americas lakes are too polluted for fishing, swimming or aquatice life.
2/3 of US estuaries and bays are either moderately or severely degraded from nitrogen and phosphorus pollution. (Agriculture, Lawn Care)
The Mississippi River—which drains nearly 40% of the continental US (including parts of PA), carries an estimated 1.5 million metric tons of nitrogen pollution into the Gulf of Mexico each year.
1.2 trillion gallons of untreated sewage, stormwater, and industrial waste are discharged into US waters annually. The US EPA has warned that sewage levels in rivers could be back to the super-polluted levels of the 1970s by the year 2016.
In any given year, about 25% of beaches in the US are under advisories or are closed at least one time because of water pollution.
