The most common source of infectious diseases in water supplies is . a. algal blooms b. sewage c. surface runoff d. none of the above Please select the best answer from the choices provided A B C D

The correct option is B

b) sewage

Explanation:

Sewage reffers to domestic or municipal wastewater,it is a type of wastewater which is released to the environment by a community of people.It could be industrial effluents, or stormwater from streets. It can be identified by the amount of chemical and toxic constituents, the status of bacteria present.

There is release of sewage into streams and rivers around the world today even in an untreated form, as a result of these the respiration as well as the available Oxygen is consumed because of the organic carbon present in the untreated sewage which makes the river toxic and get people infected with diseases if consumed.

Sewage is made up of different harmful microbes, human can contact diseases from these microorganisms when bathing with the water or make use of it to cook.

water   molecules stay close to each other through cohesion, the collective action of hydrogen bonds between water molecules. cohesion plants draw water upwards from the root through the stem's transport tubes (xylem) to the leaf. this transport occurs even in large trees and against gravity. transpiration, evaporation of water from plant leaves, creates a tension on water molecules being pulled up from the stem and roots.

water also has high (the attraction of one substance to another) properties because of its polar nature. adhesion of water molecules to plant cell walls counteract gravity while water is transported from roots to leaves.

water exhibits a very high surface tension when compared to other liquids. surface tension is a property of a liquid that holds the surface together and allows it to resist an external force. by capillary action, the water forms concave menisci inside the pores. the high surface tension of water pulls the concavity outwards, generating enough force to lift water from the roots to the leaves of plants.

thus, cohesion, along with adhesion and surface tension creates a capillary action that keeps water molecules interacting and moving through the plants out to the leaf cells.

therefore, option d) is the correct answer.

explanation:

c, liquids evaporate, creating a gas