industrial runoff
Manufacturing waste discharge
Industrial runoff is wastewater and pollutants that flow from factories, plants, and manufacturing facilities into nearby waterways or soil.
It typically contains chemicals, heavy metals, or other contaminants from industrial processes: The river was contaminated by industrial runoff from the steel plant.
Environmental regulations often target industrial runoff as a major source of water pollution.
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- water pollutionHarmful substances in H2O
- wastewaterContaminated drainage from buildings
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
- effluentDischarged liquid waste
discharge · toxic · toxic waste · chemicals · chemical spill · sludge · drainage · storm drain · factory · sewage · heavy metals · leaching · pipes · pipe leak · treatment · waste treatment · mercury · dumping
- pollutionair pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, smog, toxic waste
- ocean pollutionoil spills, plastic pollution, marine debris, plastic waste, toxic waste
- pollutantspollutants, pollutant, contaminant, contaminants, toxin
- water pollutionsewage, contaminants, algal bloom, toxic waste, oil spills
- Water Problemscontamination, turbidity, hard water, low pressure, dry well
- metal pollutionheavy metals, cadmium, arsenic, chromium, nickel
industrial runoffrainwater
Collected atmospheric moisture
snowmelt · artesian water · mountain stream · spring water · groundwater
industrial runoffclean water
Uncontaminated hydration source
purified water · potable water · drinking water · ecosystem restoration · environmental restoration
industrial runoffwastewater treatment
Cleaning used liquid for reuse
water treatment · water purification · water recycling · containment system · environmental cleanup
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