Water pollution

Japanese: water pollution(英語表記)waterpollution
Water pollution

Water pollution is a general term for the phenomenon in which the quality of water in natural or public water bodies, whether surface or groundwater, changes physically, chemically, or biologically as a result of wastewater discharged from human life, agriculture, mining, industry, or any other production activity, and the runoff of watershed geology and soil-containing materials. However, in general, the problem is more often the narrow definition of water pollution, which reduces the value of water resources and the water environment for humans and living organisms.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "water pollution" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…人間の生活や農業,鉱業,工業などあらゆる生産活動による汚水の排出と,流域地質や土壌含有物質の流出とによって,地表水,地下水を問わず,自然水域または公共用水域の水質が物理的,化学的,生物学的に変化する現象を総称して水汚染または水質汚濁water pollutionという。しかし一般的には,人間や生物にとっての水資源,水環境の利用価値の低下をきたす狭義の水汚染が問題になることが多い。…

※「water pollution」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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