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The two most common types of waterborne pollutants are sewage and fertilizer. Sewage is human, animal, and discarded waste and can generate high levels of harmful bacteria. Fertilizers enter waterways via runoff and upset the natural balance.

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Water-borne pollutants refers to pollutants that move or flow through water bodies. Some of them include spillages, hydrocarbon, chemical drained in water bodies and so much more.

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Different pollutants have widely differing impacts. Untreated sewage, for example, is much less dangerous than industrial waste that contains Mercury.

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