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Environmental Issues

Question
CBSEENBI12001635

State the cause of accelerated eutrophication.

Solution

Causes of accelerated eutrophication:

i) Industrial wastes which are a great source of nitrogen and phosphorous that over-stimulate the algal growth.

ii) Sewage and agricultural wastes also lead to increase in temperature and BOD of the water body thereby leading to algal blooms.