Surface Water Pollution

Surface water pollution is one of the two types of Water pollution locations

Surface water pollution

Surface water consists of all the water bodies that are above the surface of the earth for example Oceans, rivers, lakes, etc. Any hazardous substance that comes in contact with surface water is called surface water pollution. Surface water pollution can occur in three different ways:

• Naturally: flooding or tsunamis that pick up any hazardous substances
• Accidentally: Oil spills and agriculture runoff
• Intentionally: Industries dumping waste directly into water