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Ahat [919]
3 years ago
15

What is the difference between point source and nonpoint source water pollution

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1 answer:
Komok [63]3 years ago
4 0
Point source means: the pollution that comes from a single point (examples)

Sewage pipes releasing sewage into a ditch

Smokestack style factory chimneys

Oil pipes


Pollution which is caused by rain fall or snow melting into the ground. As the runoff moves, it picks up and carries away natural and human made pollutants, Finally reaching a lake, river, ocean, groundwater.







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