Talk:Nonpoint source pollution

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Forestry sections[edit]

The info on forestry and logging's effects on pollution are oversimplified to the point of being inaccurate. They also lack any sources. Myself or someone else knowledgeable about timber harvesting, forest engineering and forest hydrology should correct and clarify when they have a chance. Cfwschmidt (talk) 19:05, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with non-point sources[edit]

These two articles are about the same subject. They should be merged. Neelix (talk) 20:37, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge. Moreau1 (talk) 03:30, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done --Geronimo20 (talk) 05:38, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Air Pollution[edit]

This term could reasonably be applied to air (and other types of) pollution as well. I've always understood it as air pollution rather than water pollution.

Also the definition is a bit unreasonable. There seem to be two reasonable definitions: 1) hard to control because it's coming from many places which in turn are under little control (cars for example), or 2) hard to figure out where it's coming from (runoff), but both these definitions aren't very good because they're extremely artificial... where does one draw the line between runoff from multiple farms and runoff from a single farm for example. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.202.1.20 (talk) 20:33, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with that non-point source polluation refers to all types of pollution: green, blue and brown. The big question is where to draw the line between localized and non-point source pollution. I would venture to say that it is a sliding scale and non-point source pollution is more of a catch phrase than an unambigious scientific term.

Gideon Kruseman Environmental economist —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gideon.kruseman (talk • contribs) 09:03, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No references have been provided that document the use of "nonpoint source" terminology for air pollution. The NOAA reference currently in the article does not associate the term with air pollution. Area source is commonly used to describe this air pollution concept, at least in the US (e.g., Clean Air Act). Moreau1 (talk) 03:30, 30 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Region?[edit]

Where is nonpoint source pollution most prevalent? Maofukada (talk) 16:57, 30 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Improvements and water/air issue (Aug 2021)[edit]

I came to this article while working on water pollution. I have made some improvements today, for example I expanded the lead to become a better summary. Also, I have removed some of the focus on the United States and moved that content to a "country examples" section. - I'd like to suggest that the article be refocused on just water pollution. The air pollution content (which is currently just a few sentences) could be moved to a new article called Nonpoint source pollution (air) - if that is even needed; it could just be included in air pollution. Another option would be to add a hatnote to say that "this article is about water pollution; for nonpoint source air pollution see air pollution.". At present it's confusing because the lead talks about air pollution but the main body of the article does not. EMsmile (talk) 01:20, 4 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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