Nonpoint source pollution: Pollution from diffuse, widespread sources such as agricultural runoff, urban stormwater, and atmospheric deposition.
How to apply it: Apply nonpoint source pollution to explain why controlling fertilizer runoff from farmland is more difficult than regulating factory discharge.
Course: AP Environmental Science · Unit: Aquatic and Terrestrial Pollution
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