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water pollution
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addition of anything that might degrade the quality of water
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point source pollution
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pollution that can be traced back to discrete sources such as wastewater treatment or industrial sites
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stormwater runoff
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water from precipitation that flows over the surface of the land
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non-point source pollution
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runoff that enters the water from overland flow and can come from any area in the watershed
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eutrophication
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nutrients enrichment of water bodies, which typically leads to algal overgrowth and oxygen depletion, and which can occur naturally or via human activities
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cultural eutriphication
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authentication specifically caused by human activities
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dissolved oxygen
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amount of oxygen in the water
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hypoxia
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situation in which the level of oxygen in the water is inadequate to support life
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pollution standards
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allowable levels of pollutant that can be released over a certain time period
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watershed
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land area surrounding a body of water over which water such as rain could flow and potentially enter that body of water
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riparian area
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land area adjacent to a body of water that is affected by the water's presence, and that affects the water itself
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water monitoring
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collection of water samples from different parts of a body of water. particularly for comparsion with what would be expected in healthy systems
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biological assessment
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sampling an areas to sea what lives there as a tool to determine how healthy the area is
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benthic macroinvertebrates
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easy-to-see arthropods such as insects and crayfish that live on the stream bottom
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