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A new wastewater treatment plant opens in an area where raw sewage used to be dumped directly into a bay. Which two types of pollution will be reduced the most by the new plant?

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Bacterial and nutrient

Step-by-step explanation:

Raw sewage contains large amounts of bacteria as well as nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus. Drinking water that is contaminated by bacteria can cause outbreaks of typhoid fever, dysentery and a variety of other deadly diseases. The nutrients present in raw sewage can cause excess algal growth and oxygen depletion. Treatment of wastewater removes both dangerous bacteria and excessive nutrients.

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Water pollution is one, they were dumping sewage into the water, and the animals in said water would die.
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