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A manufacturing plant has been found guilty of polluting the nearby river. This is _______ pollution. A. water-table B. open-field C. nonpoint source D. point source

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D. point source

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Answer: D. Point source

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The point source pollution is caused by a single pollutant the origin of which is known and can be easily track back. For example a sewage drainage or industrial discharge in an water body.

The manufacturing plant was found guilty of polluting the water is the example of point source pollution because it's source of origin is single, known and can be track back.

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