Water Pollution
Water pollution occurs when harmful substances—often chemicals or microorganisms—contaminate a stream, river, lake, ocean, aquifer, or other body of water, degrading water quality and rendering it toxic to humans or the environment.
Videos
Books in the HIS Library
How To Save the Planet by
Discusses such environmental concerns as depletion of the ozone layer, global warming, air and water pollution, recycling, wildlife conservation, and more.
Call Number: E 333.7 TAYISBN: 9780199107407Publication Date: 2000
One Well by Call Number: E 553.7 STRISBN: 9781553379546Publication Date: 2007Water is a necessity of life on earth. Learn ways to protect it while learning water's story.
Our World, Our Future by
What have air, water, land, energy, forests and wildlife got in common? We depend on all of them for our survival, yet we often take them for granted. In this book, you will find out how everything in our world is connected.
Call Number: E 333.7 DALISBN: 9781420261059Publication Date: 2007
Online resources
“Types of Water Pollution.” Water Pollution, 7 Jan. 2020, www.water-pollution.org.uk/types/.
“Water and My World.” Kids Environment Kids Health - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2011, kids.niehs.nih.gov/topics/pollution/water/index.htm. This page has links for you to learn "facts about water, how important it is to life on Earth, and what you can do to protect this natural resource."
BrainPop video on water pollution
“Environment for Kids: Water Pollution.” Ducksters.com, 2021, www.ducksters.com/science/environment/water_pollution.php.
“Water and Sanitation.” Oxfam International, 21 Mar. 2020, www.oxfam.org/en/what-we-do/issues/water-and-sanitation.
“The Bin That Sucks Plastics from the Sea.” ABC News, 18 Feb. 2019, www.abc.net.au/btn/newsbreak/the-seabin-scooping-plastic-from-the-ocean/10821146.
“Plastic Ocean Campaigner.” ABC News, 2021, www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/plastic-ocean-campaigner/10521736.