Answer: The major sources of thermal pollution are heated waste water produced from production and manufacturing plants – coal fired thermal power plants, natural gas plants, nuclear plants, textiles, paper and pulp industries, etc. Some of the important sources of thermal pollution are nuclear power and electric power plants, crude oil refineries, steel melting factories, coal fire power plant, boiler from industries which release large amount of heat to the water bodies leading to change in the physical, chemical and biological characteristics ...
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