water pollution
Contamination of water, especially surface water, by sewage effluent, fertilizer…Contamination of water, especially surface water, by sewage effluent, fertilizer runoff, industrial chemical discharge, etc.
» Water pollution is a problem worldwide.
Загрязнение воды — общемировая проблема.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Contamination of water, especially surface water, by sewage effluent, fertilizer runoff, industrial chemical discharge, etc.
Gewässerverschmutzung
загрязне́ние воды́zagrjaznénije vodý
забру́днення води́zabrúdnennja vodý
- pollution of the water in rivers and lakes
Examples
7 sentencesWater pollution is a problem worldwide.
ruЗагрязнение воды — общемировая проблема. — odexed
Water pollution is a crime against humanity.
Golf courses are a major cause of water pollution.
deGolfplätze sind eine der Hauptursachen für Wasserverschmutzung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The factory is trying to get rid of water pollution.
The oil often spilled by tankers also adds to water pollution.
Translations
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable