any number of diseases. Though most illnesses are relatively mild, some bacteria and viruses found in unfiltered wastewater are potentially fatal. Often times, people infected with a waterborne illness show few or even no symptoms until the person has progressed to a more advanced state of sickness, making treatment even more difficult.
             Wastewater comes from everywhere, including industry, agriculture, hospitals, businesses, and of course, homes. Though specific points of pollution contribute to water quality deterioration, "non-point sources were shown to be the primary contributors to the deterioration of water quality" (Baumann, 115). Properly treated wastewater poses little threat to the plants and animals that come in contact with the water. Treated water contains very few disease-causing pathogens, meaning that direct contact is not likely to cause any adverse affects on the organism. "In places where poverty is not a major problem, water is made available to human populations on a reliable basis by c
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