nonpoint
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8.1
- adjective
- /ˈnɒnˌpɔɪnt/
- Specialized
- A significant number of safety-conscious and environmentally aware boaters believe that the regulations and potential fines they face are unfair compared with those applied to other, more major, nonpoint sources of pollution.
- nonpoint sources
Examples
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Nonpoint sources are defined as those sources not traceable to a single conveyance.
Academic text (1999) -
The type of pollution likely to affect beaches in Suffolk County does not come from large sewage treatment plants or storm drains carrying "heavy urban runoff," but rather from nonpoint sources.
Academic text (1997) -
In response, California has developed a nonpoint-source program run through the Central Coast Regional.
Academic text (2009) -
In effect, stormwater is a diffuse, nonpoint source of pollution.
Academic text (2001) -
Nonpoint sources are the sum total of the wide variety of often small-scale activities that cause pollutants to run off the land and into the water.
Academic text (1999) -
Some of these nutrients come from point sources such as factories or municipalities, but approximately 90 percent come from nonpoint sources, primarily agricultural runoff and atmospheric deposition.
Academic text (1998) -
Nonpoint sources are responsible for over 91 percent of the degradation in 2,435 impaired stream miles; point sources contribute very little to surface-water pollution (U.S. EPA, Office of Water, 1998).
Academic text (2005) -
Stormwater runoff is a common example of nonpoint pollution that affects local waterways.
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The environmental report highlighted that agricultural practices often lead to nonpoint sources of contamination.
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Urban development can increase nonpoint runoff, contributing to water quality issues in nearby lakes and rivers.
Synonyms
Not limited to one part of the body
Antonyms
- Specialized
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6.8
A single spot where pollution or radiation comes from, for example a factory
How Localized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nonpoint is made of non- and point, where non- means 'not' and point means 'a single place'. So nonpoint describes something that does not come from one spot but from many small, spread-out places, like rainwater running off fields into a river.