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... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Environmental Pollution > Water Pollution > Non-Point Source Pollution
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Environmental Pollution > Water Pollution > Non-Point Source Pollution
Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Environmental Pollution > Water Pollution > Non-Point Source Pollution

Preferred term

Non-Point Source Pollution  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Water pollution from a variety of diffuse sources carried over or through the ground and into water sources such as LAKES; RIVERS; WETLANDS; coastal waters; and GROUNDWATER. Such diffuse sources include roadways and parking lots (GASOLINE; HEAVY METALS; and motor oil), lawns or agricultural land (excess FERTILIZERS, livestock excrement, and PESTICIDES), landfill seepage, and construction sites (chemicals and trash used in construction processes).

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Nonpoint Source Pollution

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Pollution diffuse

    French

  • Pollution d'origine diffuse
  • Pollution de source diffuse
  • Pollution de source non ponctuelle

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-H115TFKZ-S

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