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contaminants in the air, water, or soil that cause harm to human health or the environment.
Ãâó: www.wef.org/publicinfo/newsroom/wastewater_glossar...
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Generally, the presence of a substance in the environment that because of its chemical composition or quantity prevents the functioning of natural processes and produces undesirable environmental and health effects.Under the Clean Water Act, for example, the term has been defined as the man-made or man-induced alteration of the physical, biological, chemical, and radiological integrity of water and other media.
Ãâó: www.waterquality.de/hydrobio.hw/PTERMS.HTM
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effluent sediments or chemicals that enter a water body in a diffuse manner (eg, runoff or leaching from farms, forestry operations, or urban areas), rather than from a specific point such as a pipe. Use of BMPs or filter strips helps prevent NPS pollution.
Ãâó: www.sfrc.ufl.edu/Extension/ssfor11.htm
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An alteration in the character or quality of the environment, or any of its components, that renders it less suited for certain uses. The alteration of the physical, chemical or biological properties of water by the introduction of any substance that renders the water harmful to use.
Ãâó: www.apsu.edu/wet/whatis.html
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| pollution |
contamination of natural environment.
Ãâó: www.estuaries.gov/glossary.html
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