Drinking water contaminated by toxic air pollutants.

It was feared that this water could contaminate the groundwater and contaminate the ocean-water.

Villages and canals were buried, crops destroyed, water contaminated, and livestock were threatened.

They also felt that the reclaimed water would contaminate the plant life used in ceremonies.

Previously it was advised not to drink the water due to dry toilets leaking into the wells and contaminating the water.

Even distilled water, water collected from the water vapor of boiled water, can be biologically contaminated if left sitting around open to the air.

The internal water can contaminate the first several liters drawn from the faucet.

Boiling water contaminated with nitrate increases the nitrate concentration and the potential risk.

For example, people drank beer and not water, because water was so contaminated that it became "a lethal substance."

"The water that runs through the old fields may be contaminating the new ones," he said.