The lake's basin has many human concentrations. Its shores are dotted with key towns: Kisumu, Kisii and Homa Bay in Kenya, Kampala, Jinja, and Entebbe in Uganda, and Bukoba, Mwanza and Musoma in Tanzania. The industry present in these areas and the lack of sewage treatment plants lead to systematic pollution of the lake.
It is estimated that Lake Victoria could become extinct within the next fifty years if no remedial action is taken.
