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Non-point source pollution

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-018963

Pollution that occurs when rainfall, snowmelt, or irrigation runs over land or through the ground, picks up pollutants, and deposits them into rivers, lakes, and coastal waters or introduces them into ground water.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-018963
FieldEnvironment
SubjectWater
ReferencesAquatic Biodiversity Glossary; Biocriteria Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-018963",
  "term": "Non-point source pollution",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Non-Point Source Pollution",
  "definition": "Pollution that occurs when rainfall, snowmelt, or irrigation runs over land or through the ground, picks up pollutants, and deposits them into rivers, lakes, and coastal waters or introduces them into ground water.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary; Biocriteria Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/non-point-source-pollution/"
}

Record 18,457 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.