{"id":1465,"date":"2020-10-14T21:43:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T21:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=1465"},"modified":"2024-01-24T13:41:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T13:41:43","slug":"non-point-source-pollution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/non-point-source-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-point Source Pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1465\" class=\"elementor elementor-1465\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f8d2fb6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f8d2fb6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1496 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-water-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Water Pollution?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1495 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/types-of-water-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Types of Water Pollution.<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1494 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/industrial-causes\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Industrial Causes of water pollution<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1493 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/municipal-causes\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Municipal Causes of water pollution<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1488 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/non-point-source-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Non-point Source<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1492 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/effects-of-water-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Effects of water pollution<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1491 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/prevention-of-water-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Preventing water pollution<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1490 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/sewage-treatment-process\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Sewage Treatment<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1489 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/water-pollution-facts\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Water pollution facts<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1487 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/flint-michigan-water-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Flint Michigan Pollution<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05b2df7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"05b2df7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-eca134b\" data-id=\"eca134b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d198167 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d198167\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> Nonpoint Source Pollution<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19d3ee4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19d3ee4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pollutants can come from one source or a myriad of sources. Usually, if pollutants come from one source into that water body, such as factory waste disposal, it is called <\/span><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">point source pollution<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For example, during meat processing in a slaughterhouse, high volumes of water may be used making it a significant point source of pollution to local water bodies, ecosystems, and communities.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On the other hand, if pollution comes from many sources, it is called\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">nonpoint source pollution.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Nonpoint pollution is when water is chemically modified from natural and human-made pollutants as runoff, drainage, seepage or rainwater interacts with such pollutants. <i>Think of it in this scenario:<\/i><\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b><i>Imagine that crop farmers in a region have used chemicals for a while. The lands, therefore, have the residue of the chemicals. After a while, rains, runoff, surface water, and seepage will carry and deposit the chemicals into watersheds through lakes, rivers, wetlands, coastal waters, and even our underground sources of drinking water.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In many of the states in the USA, there are reports that nonpoint source pollution is the leading remaining cause of water quality problems. These reports may not be unique to the USA alone, and likely a similar scenario would be so in many other developed countries.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Nonpoint source pollution can include:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Excess of fertilizers, herbicides, insecticides, and chemical applications from agricultural lands and residential areas<\/span><\/li><li>Oil, grease, and toxic substances from energy plants and municipal runoff.<\/li><li>Debris and sediment from construction sites, farms, and forest lands.<\/li><li>Acid drainage from abandoned mines.<\/li><li>Waste, bacteria, and nutrients from animals, waste from pets as well as faulty septic tanks.<\/li><li>Chemical\/particle deposits from the atmosphere and hydromodification.<\/li><\/ul><div><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pollution can also affect only one area in which the polluting happened. But in many cases, especially for flowing water, the contamination spreads to many other places. 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