Discriminate between the immediate and chronic effects of water pollution and explain why chronic pollution is a more serious long term threat.

Immediate water pollution is the short-term contamination of water by means of throwing trash and other non-soluble elements in bodies of water. Chronic water pollution is the long-term contamination of water that resulted from accumulated immediate water-pollution. Obviously, the latter has a more serious effect because living organisms that are inhabiting the water will be affected. This action can come back to us when we consume living organisms that are in oceans or seas.

The immediate effects of water pollution such as fish kills and official advisories and restrictions on water use and consumption are visible and immediately noticed by a community. Chronic pollution occurs over long periods of time, giving communities and individuals time to become accustomed to it. There is less of a sense of urgency to the problem which actually allows it to grow and persist more readily.