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nonpoint source
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nonpoint source [‚nän′pȯint ‚sȯrs]
(civil engineering)
A dispersed source of stormwater runoff; the water comes from land dedicated to uses such as agriculture, development, forest, and land fills and enters the surface water system as sheet flow at irregular rates.


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Nonpoint source pollution can't be tied to a specific location such as an industrial site; rather, it includes storm-water runoff and shoreline waste.
Categories: Environmental Protection, Environmental monitoring, Lakes, Nonpoint source pollution, Performance management, Performance measures, Pollutants, Program evaluation, Standards, Toxic substances, Wastewater treatment, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water quality, Water quality standards, Canada, EPA Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Toxic Substances Control Agreement, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program
In its report, Nonpoint Source Pollution Assessment, the Eugene Water & Electric Board found that in 2004, almost 800 pounds of 2,4-D were sprayed in the McKenzie River watershed, the source of Eugene's drinking water and site of many rural schools.
 
 
 
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