Water Pollution

Water pollution

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Water pollution

The contamination of water bodies

Point Source Pollution

Comes from a specific site; easy to identify cause and (usually) clean

Nonpoint Source Pollution

Comes from many sources rather than a single, specific site; hard to identify cause and hard to clean.

Point Source Pollution EXAMPLES

Factories, industry, municipal treatment plants, pipelines

Nonpoint Source Pollution EXAMPLES

Contaminated runoff (oil, grease, chemicals), human and animal waste, sediment, fertilizers, pesticides, litter

Bioaccumulation

The accumulation of substances (e.g. pesticides) or other chemicals in an organisms

Excessive nutrients in a water body that encourage rapid algal growth

Can cause a lake to have a pH between 3-6 (acidic!!)

Clean Water Act

Has the goal of targeting enforcement to the most significant water pollution problems

Safe Drinking Water Act

Has the goal of protecting public health by regulating the nation's public drinking water supply