polluted water

collocation in English

meaningsofpollutedandwater

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polluted
adjective
uk
/pəˈluː.tɪd/us
/pəˈluː.t̬ɪd/
affected ...
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water
noun
uk
/ˈwɔː.tər/us
/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ/
a clear liquid, without colour or taste, that falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and ...
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(Definition ofpollutedandwaterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The dominant medical theory of the day was thatpollutedwatermerely weakened resistance to sickness and was not a cause of disease.
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Fenthion is sprayed at weekly intervals at a dosage of 0.78 ml/1 inpollutedwater, drains and trenches, which are the major breeding sites.
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Along small rivers it is commonplace that poultry die frompollutedwaterand fodder.
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Some of those must rely on heavily or severelypollutedwaterthat is unsuitable for body contact.
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The plant gets a given volume ofpollutedwater.
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There was gross overcrowding in slums, no refuse removal,pollutedwaterand adulterated food.
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Stagnant,pollutedwaterwith water hyacinth should, however, be avoided because of the potential risk of infectious diseases.
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There are no fish, no flora and no fauna—or at any rate, the flora and fauna are greatly deterred by thepollutedwater.
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A cosmetic lagoon, with highlypollutedwater, will have no importance for wildlife.
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However, when the operation is over it is at least possible to distinguish between the clear water and thepollutedwater.
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That is the tragedy of people without health care who live with dirty,pollutedwaterand who are constantly sick.
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Industry, however, has a use for raw orpollutedwater, and the emergent feature is this increase in the industrial use of water.
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It is also concerned about livestock having easy access topollutedwater.
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There will be dilution subsequently in any event as thepollutedwaterflows into large bodies of water.
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By doing so the firm would have an interest in making sure that it was not taking in heavilypollutedwaterfor its own purposes.
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Smoke pollution does not produce diseases peculiar to itself as does, for instance,pollutedwater.
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For example, we allow 5 500 children to die every day because of polluted air, polluted food andpollutedwater.
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How can he know ifpollutedwaterhas come under his land in an aquifer hundreds of feet down?
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In time thatpollutedwaterseeps out and pollutes our rivers.
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Millions of children die every year, many as a consequence of diarrhoea contracted frompollutedwater.
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