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A single identifiable source that discharges pollutants into the environment. Examples are smokestack, sewer, ditch, or pipe. See non-point source. (source: EPA)

Outsourcing the blame  -  22 Oct 2007
CIO Weblog,I suppose) with multiple, vast departments which finger-point and fling the blame without any single point source of accountability anywhere in sight.

Stronger EPA Leadership Needed To Improve Water Quality In ...  -  Oct 17, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Measures taken under the Clean Water Act have successfully reduced much point source pollution, such as direct discharges from factories and wastewater

Local news  -  Oct 17, 2007
Pacific Daily News,Non-point source pollution is any source of water pollution discharged from a pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, well, container, or vessel or other floating

VIRGINIA: Groups jockey to write aquaculture regs  -  Oct 19, 2007
Tasley Eastern Shore News,Also entering the discussion, albeit briefly, was how agricultural runoff would be governed by the new standards, which cover “point-source pollution� — or

Pollution a concern on pond  -  Sep 23, 2007
Central Maine Morning Sentinel,By non-point source, he said, he means the less visible sources of pollution. Not failing septic tanks. Not commercial factories dumping chemicals.

Top 40 Fantasy Forwards  -  Oct 9, 2007
HoopsWorld15) Mike Miller – Miller might be the best three-point source in all of fantasy basketball. Last year was by far a career high in three-point attempts,

Town of Byron drinking water found brimming with E. coli  -  Sep 23, 2007
The Reporter,A countywide ordinance for animal waste storage helps individuals develop a plan when there is evidence of non-point source contaminants, as in the town of

Midstate Datebook: Get kit to monitor stream, lake water  -  Oct 4, 2007
Robertson County Times,Priority is given to projects that seek to make measurable improvements to waters known to be impaired by non-point source pollution.

Checking lakes for contamination could take up to 12 months  -  Oct 3, 2007
Weekly Vista,During the early testing, Bowman plans on hitting the site on Loch Lomond identified by the flyovers as having the only point-source contamination on all

Forum Focuses On Valley Water Quality Issues  -  Oct 9, 2007
Harrisonburg Daily News Record,Hanger said the General Assembly is putting aside $1 billion for Virginia to upgrade point-source pollution, including sewer authorities, businesses and

Sasol targets carbon, BEE  -  Oct 16, 2007
The Times,The Sasol Secunda plant is one of the largest, if not the largest, point source of carbon dioxide in the world. Is Sasol doing any research and development

Cleaner motors, cleaner river  -  Oct 19, 2007
Kenai Peninsula Online,..."It's a cumulative non-point source, meaning there's not one pipe that all this stuff is coming out of. It's all these tiny little engines that are out

Study: Protect Mississippi River Better  -  Oct 16, 2007
The Associated PressIn recent years, actions have reduced much point-source pollution, such as direct discharges from factories and wastewater treatment plants.

Cow power: System could let cows produce milk and electricity  -  Oct 16, 2007
High Plains Journal,...repeated and excessive application of phosphorus to waste application fields that can potentially become a non-point source of pollution," Mukhtar said.

Blackstone River Coalition Receives $35000 Grant from EPA  -  Oct 19, 2007
Media Newswire (press release),Quality Report Card, and a pilot Student Stormwater Outreach program to train students to educated urban populations about non-point source pollution.

Water, water everywhereĹ  Right?  -  Oct 19, 2007
The Record Gazette,The water and pesticides run off into storm drains causing non-point source pollution and causing every bad thing known to man.� I am nauseated when I see

POA to conduct evaluation of lake-flyover study  -  Oct 4, 2007
Benton County Daily Record,Only one site, located on Loch Lomond, was found in the first level of priority for evaluation, known as a “ septic point source.

Water Filtration System has multipurpose design.  -  Oct 11, 2007
ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release),October 11, 2007 - DOCS(TM) (Drive On/Off Containment System) incorporates point-source-control with DOCS-LOCS Third Party Tested filtration system,

Baltimore's Favorite Old World Restaurant Debuts Hot New Look ...  -  Sep 25, 2007
Web Services Journal,BALTIMORE, MD -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 09/25/07 -- Ze Mean Bean Café, Baltimore's only Eastern European restaurant and wine bar, announced today that it will

EPA awards $50000 to the City of Laredo to Develop Bilingual ...  -  Oct 18, 2007
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),...recently awarded $50000 to the City of Laredo to develop a bilingual educational video on water quality protection from non-point source pollution.

Study: EPA Needs to Organize Mississippi River Protection  -  Oct 16, 2007
FOX 9 News,In recent years, measures have been taken to reduce point-source pollution, like waste discharges from factories and water treatment plants.

More volunteers needed for Muscatatuck Watershed Project  -  Oct 5, 2007
Madison Courier,Funded by a non-point-source water grant by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, the project is sponsored by Historic Hoosier Hills RC&D.

Skies to be swept for alien life  -  Oct 12, 2007
BBC News,...only 42 antenna on-stream the instrument already rivals larger instruments in its ability to carry out brightness, temperature and point source surveys.

Landowners - This is the clinic for you!  -  Sep 24, 2007
Zanesville Times Recorder,Watershed runoff could have non-point source pollution, which can influence the health of your water quality. Non-point source pollution, sediment,

Ambler Borough to test wastewater daily over coming years  -  Oct 17, 2007
Ambler Gazette,And most of what goes down drains is considered "non-point source" pollution, meaning it comes from lawns and animal waste, he said.

Tucson's water a troubled current  -  Oct 17, 2007
Arizona Daily Wildcat,According to the EPA Web site, "(t)he (Clean Water) act made it illegal for any person to discharge any pollutant from a point source into navigable waters,

NOAA report finds most coastal areas suffer from excess nutrients  -  Oct 1, 2007
The Chesapeake Bay Journal,In contrast, he found only 13 areas that had improved, mostly in areas dominated by point source dischargers that have been brought under control.

A NEW OUTSTANDING LINE UP OF LOUDSPEAKERS FROM TANNOY DESIGNED TO ...  -  Oct 16, 2007
Home Toys (press release),Tannoy’s world-renowned point source technology is ideal for this type of application with its high power handling and even dispersion characteristics.

More conservation dollars needed along the Mississippi  -  Oct 16, 2007
Brownfield,The report states, “Measures taken under the Clean Water Act have successfully reduced much point source pollution, such as direct discharges from factories

WE Audio Takes a Walk in London’s Parks with Aspect  -  Oct 5, 2007
etnow.com (press release),...“The fantastic point about point source, if you’ll excuse the pun, is that you can point it at the area you want to cover and not throw it further than

Commission approves regulation change  -  Oct 4, 2007
Van Buren Press Argus-Courier,...waters as the highest priority to receive protection activities, whether it be voluntary nonpoint source controls or regulatory point source controls.

Growth roundtable has guidelines, but now must decide how to use them  -  Oct 10, 2007
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News,Specifically, the grant aimed to pinpoint sources of non-point source pollution, which is pollution that stems from any number of sources, like sediment or

Amalgamations gains full control of India Pistons  -  Sep 29, 2007
Business Standard,In the pistons manufacturing business since 1949, India Pistons has a major presence among OEMs, and is a single-point source for over 60 per cent of the

Canalfront marina gets 'clean' designation  -  Sep 25, 2007
Cape Gazette,The Canalfront Park Marina was awarded cost-share money from DNREC’s non-point source program, which provided 75 percent of the cost of a new sewage pump

Northern county hopefuls debate issues  -  Oct 6, 2007
Tasley Eastern Shore News,Mears said the county should extend "the same protection afforded the bay" to the seaside waters and work toward limiting point source discharge,

DLNR Rota makes revegetation history  -  Sep 26, 2007
Saipan Tribune,Located on the east side of Rota, they outplanted over 22000 grass and tree seedlings to help reduce non-point source pollution from running off into the

DRBC proposes permanent designation to protect lower Delaware ...  -  Oct 1, 2007
PoconoNews.net,In 1994, the regulations were amended to add language dealing with the complex issue of non-point source pollutants that are found in runoff,

NJDA awards grant to New Jersey Audubon Society for conservation ...  -  Oct 11, 2007
American Farm,...animal waste nutrient management, water quality improvement, non-point source pollution control and other natural resource management concerns.

Alcons QB363 Arrayable Bass  -  Oct 11, 2007
etnow.com (press release),...the systems feature a unique combination of the throw of a J-curved line-array system with the ease-of-use of a traditional point-source loudspeaker.

Grants offered to build rain gardens  -  Oct 10, 2007
Community Press,All of the contaminants contained in this runoff are referred to as "non-point source pollution," which is the single biggest cause of impairment to Ohio's

Advocates join together in saving Shore clam population  -  Oct 21, 2007
Salisbury Daily Times,Also entering the discussion was how agricultural runoff would be governed by the new standards, which cover "point-source pollution" -- or pollutants from

DEC’S Splash Water Festival Held at Giffen Elementary School  -  Sep 28, 2007
readMedia (press release),The festival included activities related to the water cycle, watersheds, point and non point source pollution, and water quality. Students got a first-hand

Report: State water quality declining  -  Sep 22, 2007
Aspen Times,The issue of non-point source pollution (mainly agricultural and urban runoff) continues to vex water quality experts. The lack of statewide data to make a

Meyers to speak on 'First Flush' program  -  Oct 6, 2007
Monterey County Herald,These samples are analyzed professionally to assess levels of non-point source pollutants, such as nutrients, bacteria and metals, which are washed into the

Dueling hearings will examine water quality  -  Oct 4, 2007
Stamford Advocate,Point-source pollution - which comes from single locations, such as sewage treatment plants - can be identified and fixed, Backer said.

Turbosound Shows TA-500DP Loudspeaker, Announces Distribution Change  -  Oct 3, 2007
MIX,20 at the Velvet Underground club (in the Hard Rock) Building on the success of the award-winning Aspect modular point-source loudspeaker system at major

Applications Available for 2008 Environmental Education Grants  -  Oct 1, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...transportation and electric generation issues; and -- Watersheds including acid mine drainage, non-point source pollution and water conservation.

Tabbara hired as Western Growers’ director of science and technology  -  Sep 27, 2007
Western Farm PressTabbara has published papers on soil and water salinity, soil fertility, and non-point source pollution from manure and fertilizer.

CropLife America Announces 2007 Industry Award Winners  -  Sep 26, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...as a consultant on water and environmental issues affecting the Non-Point Source area to major chemical companies in the crop protection industry.

Environmental Education workshop helps teachers learn and teach  -  Sep 26, 2007
Carroll County Comet,...curricula offered by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources; IDEM's non-point source water pollution; Garbage Scene Investigation (GSI) Project;

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