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SOURCES OF WATER POLLUTION<br />

Water pollutants are categorized as point source or nonpoint source, the<br />

former being identified as all dry weather pollutants that enter watercourses<br />

through pipes or channels. Storm drainage, even though the water may enter<br />

watercourses by way of pipes or channels, is considered nonpoint source<br />

pollution.<br />

If pollution comes from a single location, such as a discharge pipe attached to a<br />

factory, it is known as point-source pollution. Other examples of point source<br />

pollution include an oil spill from a tanker, a discharge from a smoke stack (factory<br />

chimney), or someone pouring oil from their car down a drain. A great deal of<br />

water pollution happens not from one single source but from many different<br />

scattered sources. This is called nonpoint-source pollution.

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