Water is the life blood of all living things and the most important natural resource on the earth planet. The water is available in liquid, solid and the gaseous forms at the surface of the earth. In the earth, only 2.5% water is present as freshwater. Of this 2.5% freshwater, 68.7% freshwater is locked in ice caps and glaciers, 30.1% is present as groundwater, and only 1.2% is present as other surface freshwater; of this 1.2% water, approximately only 0.5% freshwater is present in the rivers. It is difficult to increase the water supply to the earth, but it is possible to reduce the impact and extend of water resource pollution by managing the supply better. Water pollution is a phenomenon of contamination that means drop of water quality of land waters such as rivers, lakes, seas, oceans and groundwater. It is a major environmental problem across the world. Pollutant transport is the most important linkage between freshwater due to its severe impact on the health and integrity of ecosystems. People are not much aware of the remedies, causes and control of water pollution. The water pollution management and control measures could be through awareness, practice efforts, prevention and minimizing waste, with the help of programmes and projects, monitoring, regulations and legal framework and by avoiding the use of pesticides, fertilizers and non-toxic cleaning material.
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