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Which of the following is an example of a non-point source of water pollution?

A. gasoline leaking from an underground storage tank
B. hog feces contaminating groundwater near a farm
C. oil spilled from a tanker off the coast
D. a pipe delivering treated sewage into a river

User ZeeMonkeez
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Answer:

A gasoline leaking from an underground storage tank.be cause it is a nature source

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User Akos
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Hog feces contaminating groundwater near a farm is an example of a non-point source of water pollution

Answer: Option B

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Non-point source of water pollution is caused by various distributed sources. This means that a pollution is caused in a different place but it is carried when water runs and contaminates other water supplies is called as non-point source. Non-point source is caused by rain, snow melt finally depositing into another water resource.

Hog feces may contaminate the groundwater near a farm but when rain comes it sweeps the excretion to a nearby water resource causing a major pollution in the water. Hog feces is environmentally hazardous causing wheezing, fatigue, depression and even cancer.

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