Nonpoint source (NPS) pollution refers to diffuse contamination (or pollution) of water or air that does not originate from a single discrete source. This...

Nonpoint source (NPS) water pollution regulations are environmental regulations that restrict or limit water pollution from diffuse or nonpoint effluent...

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spills of volatile liquids Water pollution manifestations of an area source—often called nonpoint source pollution—include: Surface runoff of fertilizer...

Pollution is often classed as point source (coming from a highly concentrated specific site, such as a factory, mine, construction site), or nonpoint...

distinguishing it from other pollution source geometrics (such as nonpoint source or area source). The sources are called point sources because in mathematical...

the ocean. The pollution often comes from nonpoint sources such as agricultural runoff, wind-blown debris, and dust. These nonpoint sources are largely due...

causing pollution and buildup of sediment. Nonpoint source pollution is said to be the most problematic and hardest to reverse of the types of pollution because...

treatment of animal wastes. Nonpoint source pollution includes sediment runoff, nutrient runoff and pesticides. Point source pollution includes animal wastes...

Nonpoint source pollution (also known as 'diffuse' or 'runoff' pollution) is that which comes from ill-defined and diffuse sources. Nonpoint sources are...

snowmelt) where tracing pollution back to a single source is difficult. Nonpoint source water pollution affects a water body from sources such as polluted runoff...

"CAFO") is classified as nonpoint source pollution under the CWA. It is not included in the CWA definition of "point source" and therefore not subject...

particles can find their way into rivers via nonpoint-source pollution or through larger point-source pollution events such as Hurricane Florence in 2018...

treatment of animal wastes. Nonpoint source pollution includes sediment runoff, nutrient runoff and pesticides. Point source pollution includes animal wastes...

Dying Waters: The Suburban Boom, Nitrogenous Fertilizers, and the Nonpoint Source Pollution Dilemma". Technology and Culture. 51 (3): 662–663. doi:10.1353/tech...

runoff and drainage water are classified as nonpoint source pollutants due to their diffuse origin; this pollution is regulated at the state level. Oregon...

The following list of countries by air pollution sorts the countries of the world according to their average measured concentration of particulate matter...

manufactured materials or byproducts). Pollutants result in environmental pollution or become of public health concern when they reach a concentration high...

Maryland Scenic River in 1974. However, it has one of the greatest nonpoint source pollution problems in the state due in large part to runoff from the 3,500...

technical assistance and related activities designed to reduce nonpoint source pollution. Grant funding for the program averaged $210 million annually...

reach rivers, lakes and oceans. Sources of water pollution include point sources, nonpoint sources, and trans-boundary sources. In Canada, there are many monitoring...

eutrophication include minimizing point source pollution from sewage and agriculture as well as other nonpoint pollution sources. Additionally, the introduction...

12-08-2008 Polluted Runoff (Nonpoint Source Pollution – Cedar Island Marina) Retrieved 12-08-2008 Polluted Runoff (Nonpoint Source Pollution) – Cedar Island Marina...

industrial point sources and Water quality standards (risk-based standards) for water bodies, under Title III of the CWA Nonpoint source pollution programs The...

Genetically modified food controversies Pollution — Nonpoint source pollution • Point source pollution Air pollution — Atmospheric particulate matter • Biological...

drinking water treatment), as well as for the implementation of nonpoint source pollution control and estuary protection projects. An SRF receives its initial...

of radioactive waste. National Management Measures to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Agriculture (Report). Washington, DC: US Environmental Protection...

for a wide range of other water discharges, including nonpoint source pollution. Thermal pollution discharges are regulated under section 316(a) of the...

(SWIM) in 1987 to assist with river cleanups, particularly with nonpoint source pollution, or chemicals that enter the river by soaking into the ground...

may be enacted to limit pollution that comes from nonpoint sources, such as agriculture. In many watersheds, nonpoint sources are the principal cause...