Point and Nonpoint Source Pollution

Pollution that comes from MANY different places and is hard to identify its source.

• Point

• Non-Point

Pollution that comes from a single source

• Point

• Non-Point

A ship carrying gasoline runs into shore and spills large amount of gasoline.

• Point

• Non-Point

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Power plants cool hot water pipes in a local river

• Point

• Non-Point

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Snow melts in parking lots and carries oils into nearby waterways

• Point

• Non-Point

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Chemicals released from an Industrial Plant directly into a river

• Point

• Non-Point

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Factories releasing gases into the atmosphere

• Point

• Non-Point

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Washing your car in your driveway

• Point

• Non-Point

Construction sites sediments wash away into a stream.

• Point

• Non-Point

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Litter on city streets washes away during a storm

• Point

• Non-Point