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Water Pollution

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-030075

1. The addition of sewage, industrial wastes or other harmful or objectionable material to water in concentrations or in sufficient quantities to result in measurable degradation of water quality.

2. The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage the water's quality.

3. Man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological or radiological integrity of an aquatic ecosystem.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-030075
FieldEnvironment
SubjectAir
ReferencesWeb Taxonomy-Environmental Media Topics; Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary; Terms of Environment; 40 CFR 230.3 (CFR 2013)
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Water Pollution",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The addition of sewage, industrial wastes or other harmful or objectionable material to water in concentrations or in sufficient quantities to result in measurable degradation of water quality.\n\n2. The presence in water of enough harmful or objectionable material to damage the water's quality.\n\n3. Man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological or radiological integrity of an aquatic ecosystem.",
  "subject": "Air",
  "references": [
    "Web Taxonomy-Environmental Media Topics; Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "40 CFR 230.3 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/water-pollution/"
}

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