Devashri Gandhi and Shabiimam M.A. - Pandit Deendayal Energy University, India
The aquatic ecosystems provide home to various water dependent animals, plants and microbes. Increasing population, higher industrialization and rapid urbanization has led to pressure on the marine and freshwater ecosystems (collectively aquatic ecosystems) as they provide components for fertilizers, cosmetics, additives and water for sanitation, drinking, industrial and agricultural purposes respectively which are crucial to human beings and their well being. The anthropogenic activities which are mostly land based pollute the aquatic ecosystems, directly or indirectly and affect many aquatic organisms even though the source of pollutant is distant from sink. The purpose of the study is to analyze the threat and the environmental impacts various anthropogenic activities on the emergence of pollutants in the aquatic environment and presents the various methods that can be used to lower their effect on the aquatic life and to some extent the human life