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Nowadays Water pollution has becomes a global problem, ongoing evaluation of water resource policy isneeded to counter this problem. World Health Organization (WHO) refers polluted water as water, which has beenimpaired by anthropogenic pollutants that render it unsafe for both domestic and other essential purposes like agricultureand industrial uses. These main pollutants, which include bacteria, viruses, parasites, fertilizers, pesticides,pharmaceutical by products, nitrates, phosphates, plastics, fecal waste, heavy metals, and even radioactive substancesharm human health and natural environment and cause diseases like diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid, andpoliomyelitis. The pressure on the water environment due to the progress of industrialization in favour of urbanizationhas become extremely high, and as a result, the availability of clean water has decreased. Contaminated water is of greatconcern to aquatic organisms, plants, people, and climate, and it actually changes ecosystems. Conservation of our waterenvironment, which is incorporated into sustainable development, must be promoted by all sectors. The main aim of thispaper is to explain about importance of water, sources of water pollution and impacts of water pollution on humanbeings. Also explain about preventive measures for water pollution control.

M. Vijaya Kumar, “A REVIEW ON WATER POLLUTION- SOURCES, EFFECTS ON HUMAN BEINGS AND PREVENTIVE MEASURE”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 8, Issue 11, pp. 16-22, November 2021.