Algae are the main the primary producers in all kinds of water bodies and they are involved
in water pollution in a number of significant ways. Firstly, enrichments of the algal nutrients
in water through organic effluents may selectively stimulate the growth of algal species
producing massive surface growths or ‘blooms’ that in turn reduce the water quality and
affect its use. However, certain algae flourished in water polluted with organic wastes play
an important part in “self-purification of water bodies”. Some pollution algae may