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Reasons for river pollution are: * Failure of governments to enact and enforce strong anti-pollution laws * Failure to develop a culture that values clean water over other economic considerations * Failure to train farmers in proper land use techniques * Failure to fund municipal WWTP projects (Sewers and waste treatment) Rivers are polluted by:

* Urban development dumping untreated sewage and storm water * Erosion from farmland * Spills from shipping * Agricultural run-off (pesticides, herbicides, fertilizer, amanure) * Illegal dumping * Indiscriminate discharge of untreated wastewater from industries, domestic settlements * Indiscriminate disposal of garbage, solid wastes directly into rivers * (In underdeveloped countries) Disposal of unburnt dead human bodies, animal carcass, etc. in rivers * (In underdeveloped countries) Direct discharge o sanitary waste into the river O * Indiscriminate quarrying of sand, rock and other minerals in river beds

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