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Point source pollution is related to emissions that can be easily identified with a single discharge source.
Water pollution that is discharged from a discrete location such as a pipe, tank, pit, or ditch.
Point emission sources are generally considered to be fixed (immobile) facilities that produce gaseous or particulate atmospheric pollutants.
Some examples might include:
* smokestacks,
* vents,
* sewers,
* small fires, and
* exhausts from equipment. * Fossil-fuel (coal, oil, natural gas) or
* biomass (wood, waste, including yard waste and metropolitan solid waste and pelletized sewage or animal waste sludge, waste-generated methane)
* fired electric generating plants * Portland cement and
* lime kilns and plants * Heavy industrial and petrochemical plants such as
* refineries,
* steel mills,
* smelters,
* ore reduction plants,
* plastics plants and
* chemical plants
Typically, smaller sources of emissions are not considered as point sources and the definition is quite vague. Mobile emissions sources such as automobile and truck engines are not considered to be point emission sources. They are considered as non-pointpollution.
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∙ 11y agopollution contributors mainly are those industries who use Fossil Fuel.
Eg: Power Generation Station,Cement Industries,Steel Industries,Chemical Industries,Transportation etc.
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What is a point source of pollution that could harm a pond ecosystem?
wastewaterreleased from a nearby factory
What is the difference point source pollution and nonpoint source pollution?
the difference is that a point source pollution comes from a specific site & the non-point source pollution comes from many sources rather than a single specific site. or point source pollution is pollution that comes from a known and specific location. Nonpoint source pollution is pollution that does not have a specific point of orign....................:-)Hisme John
Why is non point source pollution hard to control?
point-source of pollution is easy to because we can control it at the same site where the pollution source is originated. Nonpoint source pollution is difficult to regulate.
What is pollution that comes from one source called?
Point-source pollution
What is the difference between point and nonpoint sources of pollution?
the difference is that a point source pollution comes from a specific site & the non-point source pollution comes from many sources rather than a single specific site. or point source pollution is pollution that comes from a known and specific location. Nonpoint source pollution is pollution that does not have a specific point of orign....................:-)Hisme John
Is smog a point source pollution?
Smog is not a type of point source pollution neither is smoke or fog.
What is pollution that comes from only one source called?
point source pollution
Point source pollution in a sentence?
I hate pollution
What Type of pollution that can be traced to a specific point of origin?
Point-source pollution
What are point source?
A point source is a concentrated source of radiation or pollution that has a limited area.
Difference between point and non point source pollution?
the difference is that a point source pollution comes from a specific site & the non-point source pollution comes from many sources rather than a single specific site. or point source pollution is pollution that comes from a known and specific location. Nonpoint source pollution is pollution that does not have a specific point of orign....................:-)Hisme John
Pollution that comes from a specific site?
point-source pollution
