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S: EEEAS – http://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/trinidad/eu_trinidad/humanitarian_aid/index_en.htm (last access: 28 February 2013); NRDC – http://www.nrdc.org/water/ (last access: 9 July 2015).
N: – water (n): First Known Use: As noun: before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a (the liquid that descends from the clouds as rain, forms streams, lakes, and seas); as verb: before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1 (to moisten, sprinkle, or soak with water).
Middle English, from Old English wæter; akin to Old High German wazzar water, Greek hydōr, Latin unda wave.
– pollution (n): mid-14c., “discharge of semen other than during sex,” later, “desecration, defilement” (late 14c.), from Late Latin pollutionem (nominative pollutio) “defilement,” noun of action from past participle stem of Latin polluere “to soil, defile, contaminate,” from por- “before” + -luere “smear,” from PIE root *leu- “dirt; make dirty”. Sense of “contamination of the environment” first recorded c. 1860, but not common until c. 1955.
2. Water covers over 70% of the Earth’s surface and is a very important resource for people and the environment. Water pollution affects drinking water, rivers, lakes and oceans all over the world. This consequently harms human health and the natural environment. Here you can find out more about water pollution and what you can do to prevent it.
S: 1. MW – https://bit.ly/2mDO08F (last access: 23 December 2018); OED – https://bit.ly/2LvmB51 (last access: 23 December 2018). 2. http://www.water-pollution.org.uk/ (last access: 9 July 2015).
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