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inorganic pollutants
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non-metallic salts and metals
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infectuous agents - waste material
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waste
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oxygen-demanding waste
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BOD
biochemical oxygen demand (stuff that requires oxygen) |
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organic chemicals
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anything that was alive at one point
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sediment
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not always bad
bits of dirt, etc. |
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thermal pollution
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hot water
comes from industries cooling their towers and discharging the water into streams |
