Thermal pollution is defined as a sudden increase or decrease in temperature of a natural body of water, which may be ocean, lake, river or pond by human influence. This normally occurs when a plant or facility takes in water from a natural resource and puts it back with an altered temperature
Thermal pollution is the degradation of water quality by any process that changes the ambient water temperature. A common cause of thermal pollution is the use of water as a coolant by power plants and industrial manufacturers.
