About 70% of the clean water in fluid shape of our nation is changed into being not commendable for utilization. Not only India, however different nations also are stricken by the equal problem. This has been defined in reality through the assist of substantial wide variety of references on this paper. Various assets of pollutants which includes sewage discharge, business effluents and agricultural runoff and their ability has been studied in mass. Various prescribed requirements for distinct class of inland water had been defined. The paper additionally includes the ability and volume of diverse additives which pollute the water. Finally, impact of water pollutants has been proven in nutshell. Both submerged and emergent plants had tremendous capacity to accumulate heavy metals from the water. Most productive plants in amassing over whelming metals were Eichhornia crassipes (floating plant), Ceratophyllum demersumand, Potamogeton crispus (submerged plants), Typha domingensis and Phragnites australis (new plants). Metals in all species were higher in roots than shoots.