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Descriptor
English
:
Non-Point Source Pollution
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Contaminación Difusa
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Poluição Difusa
Synonyms
English
:
Non Point Source Pollution
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Pollution, Non-Point Source
Pollution, Nonpoint Source
Source Pollution, Non-Point
Source Pollution, Nonpoint
Tree Number:
N06.850.460.790.205
SP4.011.087.723.494
SP4.041.432.548
Definition
English
:
Water pollution
from a variety of diffuse sources carried over or through the ground and into water sources such as LAKES;
RIVERS
;
WETLANDS
; coastal waters; and
GROUNDWATER
. Such diffuse sources include roadways and parking lots (
GASOLINE
;
HEAVY METALS
; and motor oil), lawns or agricultural land (excess
FERTILIZERS
,
livestock
excrement, and
PESTICIDES
), landfill
seepage
, and
construction
sites (chemicals and trash used in
construction
processes).
See Related
English
:
Fixed Source
Industrial Pollutants
Mobile Source
History Note
English
:
2018
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AE
adverse effects
AN
analysis
CL
classification
EC
economics
ES
ethics
HI
history
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
PC
prevention & control
SN
statistics & numerical data
Record Number:
25254
Unique Identifier:
D000075602
Occurrence in VHL
:
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