chemical runoff
Industrial waste flow
Chemical runoff is water that flows over land surfaces, carrying dissolved or suspended chemicals into streams, rivers, and groundwater.
The term typically describes agricultural pollution—fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides washing off fields—but also applies to industrial sites and urban areas.
Nitrogen from chemical runoff has created dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico.
- water pollutionHarmful substances in H2O
- buffer zonesSeparating areas preventing contact
- industrial wasteByproducts from manufacturing processes
- toxic spillAccidental release of poisons
- Clean Water ActUS water pollution statute
eutrophication · fertilizers · nitrates · point source · heavy metals · fish kills · bioaccumulation · leaching · biodiversity loss · algal blooms · environmental monitoring · dead zone · irrigation · erosion · toxic · storm drain · algae · bloom
- environmental harmair pollution, water pollution, pollution, oil spills, acid rain
- pollutionair pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, smog, toxic waste
- Contaminantspollutants, pollutant, heavy metals, toxin, pesticides
- environmental hazardsair pollution, water pollution, climate change, global warming, oil spill
- ocean pollutionoil spills, plastic pollution, marine debris, plastic waste, toxic waste
- undrinkablecontaminated water, toxic water, raw sewage, industrial waste, bleach
chemical runoffclean water
Uncontaminated hydration source
pure water · potable water · drinking water · freshwater · spring water
chemical runoffcontrolled release
Gradual substance dispensing mechanism
water treatment · wastewater treatment · water purification · reclaimed water · filtration
chemical runoffecological restoration
Repairing damaged natural environments
environmental restoration · bioremediation · conservation · organic matter · ecological balance