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Nonconservative Pollutant

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-018804

Pollutants that are mitigated by natural biodegradation or other environmental decay or removal processes in the receiving water after mixing and dilution have occurred (e.g., biochemical oxygen demand, pH, volatile organic compounds).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-018804
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNPDES Permit Writers Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-018804",
  "term": "Nonconservative Pollutant",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Pollutants that are mitigated by natural biodegradation or other environmental decay or removal processes in the receiving water after mixing and dilution have occurred (e.g., biochemical oxygen demand, pH, volatile organic compounds).",
  "references": [
    "NPDES Permit Writers Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/nonconservative-pollutant/"
}

Record 18,804 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.