In Flint Michigan, water was being contaminated. It started when Flint changed their water source from treated Detroit water to the Flint River. A flint woman named Melissa Mays said clumps of her hair were falling out, she developed rashes and came down with a lung infection. Many people think when they turn on the faucet, clean water will come out. A lot of people take clean water for granted. Every person needs about 2.5 quarts of clean water per day to stay healthy. But there are 1.5 billion people that don’t have clean water, mostly in developing countries. Water pollution needs to be controlled because it gives diseases and sometimes kills humans, it is hurting the environment, and it is ruining the food chain. Many people not only take clean water for granted but also take fish for granted.

Many people think that all fish are healthy and clean to eat. That is not the case. Fish are being contaminated by water pollution. Fish get contaminated by toxins. Fish or other animals that eat the contaminated fish retain the toxins. Biologists have found more toxins in larger fish that have longer life spans than smaller fish with shorter life spans. This is because the larger fish eat the smaller fish that have …show more content…
Water pollution, like acid rain, can alter the ph levels and that can hurt or kill plants. Acid rain is started when chemicals from polluted water rise into the atmosphere. The chemicals mix together and form acid rain. Then precipitation, like rain, brings the acid down to earth. Another way water pollution can affect plants is by marine debris. Marine debris is garbage in an ocean. Marine debris sometimes blocks sunlight that the plants need. The plants need the sunlight's energy to power photosynthesis. So without the sunlight’s energy, the plants can’t power photosynthesis to grow food. Water pollution doesn’t help the environment in any way, nor the