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What is sewage? Explain why it is harmful to discharge untreated sewage into rivers or seas?

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1. All the waste water released by homes, industries, hospitals, offices and other users are collectively called Sewage. 

2. Sewage is a liquid waste. 

3. Most of it is water, which has dissolved and suspended impurities, disease-causing bacteria and other microbes. These impurities are called contaminants. 

4. If this is discharged into canals, it causes a lot of harm to animals, human beings, aquatic animals and plants if this water used.

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