farm runoff
Field water outflow
Farm runoff is water that drains from agricultural land, carrying with it fertilizers, pesticides, animal waste, and soil.
It flows into streams, rivers, and groundwater, often causing pollution and algal blooms.
Environmental regulations increasingly target farm runoff as a major source of water contamination: Nitrogen from farm runoff created a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico.
- manureAnimal waste as fertilizer
- rainWater dropping from clouds
- pesticidesChemicals destroying harmful organisms
- fertilizersSubstances enriching soil
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
field · hypoxia · herbicides · dead zones · fish kills · bioaccumulation · eutrophication · algal blooms · soil · agriculture · sediment · nitrates · nutrients · drainage ditch · watersheds · stream · erosion control · ditch
- ocean pollutionoil spills, plastic pollution, marine debris, plastic waste, toxic waste
- food hazardspathogens, toxins, parasites, viruses, bacteria
- runoffstormwater, surface water, rainwater, meltwater, snowmelt
- water pollutionsewage, industrial waste, contaminants, algal bloom, toxic waste
- Environmental problemsair pollution, water pollution, climate change, global warming, habitat loss
- Lake Carewater clarity, water quality, water testing, water level, dredging
farm runoffpure water
Uncontaminated H₂O
clean water · potable water · drinking water · purified water · spring water
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