Nutrient pollution, also called eutrophication, is another type of water pollution. It is when nutrients, such as nitrogen, are added into bodies of water.

Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

Water pollution can lead to loss of water resources for humans and it can also cause depletion of water life. Pollution of water bodies deprive people of drinking water facilities. This is the reason ...

But some conventional oil and gas wells are still drilled, so the complaints about water contamination can come from them, too. Experts say the most common type of pollution involves methane, not ...

Oil refineries release billions of pounds of pollution into waterways each year, according to regulatory data. NPR found that pollution is concentrated near places where people of color live.

EPA limits 4 types of power plant pollution with sweeping rulemaking. Power plants account for more than one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. ... pollution that damages our air, our water ...

Agriculture (affecting 41% of impaired waters). Many agricultural practices contribute to lake water pollution, including soil erosion, manure and synthetic fertilizer management, and the use of ...

PITTSBURGH - In at least four states that have nurtured the nation's energy boom, hundreds of complaints have been made about well-water contamination from oil or gas drilling, and pollution was ...

Pollution is undesirable change in the physical,chemical,or biological characteristics of environment including air, water and solid which causes harmful effects to various form of life and property.