Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not found or located at a single, definable point, as pollution whose source cannot be ascertained.
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- adjective Not from one single determined
point source
Etymologies
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Examples
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If a nonpoint source contains man-made contaminants, the runoff is called nonpoint source pollution.
Surface runoff 2009
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Runoff that occurs on surfaces before reaching a channel is also called a nonpoint source.
Surface runoff 2009
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The group supports cost-effective measures to reduce the load of phosphorus coming from runoff, also known as nonpoint pollution.
JSOnline.com JSOnline.com 2010
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The group supports cost-effective measures to reduce the load of phosphorus coming from runoff, also known as nonpoint pollution.
JSOnline.com JSOnline.com 2010
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Engel said he used a computer model to estimate the impact of so-called nonpoint phosphorus on the watershed under a variety of scenarios.
unknown title CURTIS KILLMAN World Staff Writer 2009
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For "nonpoint" runoff, voluntary programs, including cost-sharing with landowners are the key tool.
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• $97 million to stop "nonpoint" pollution, such as farm fertilizer and oil runoff, that closes beaches and leads to fish kills.
detnews.com - Local 2009
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The current rules are biased against potentially more cost effective pollution control through "green infrastructure" that reduces nonpoint sources of pollution.
Steven Cohen: We Need a Smart, Agile and Innovative Environmental Police Force Steven Cohen 2011
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For example, EPA recognizes that nonpoint or diffuse sources of water pollution are our largest remaining water problem and the fundamental reason that 40 percent of our rivers, lakes, and estuaries are not fishable or swimmable.
Steven Cohen: We Need a Smart, Agile and Innovative Environmental Police Force Steven Cohen 2011
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As a lower cost alternative, the county proposed an imaginative series of ecosystem restorations to reduce nonpoint discharges to the same body of water.
Steven Cohen: We Need a Smart, Agile and Innovative Environmental Police Force Steven Cohen 2011
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