Sources of Pollution Practice Test

Upgrading a wastewater plant reduces effluent nutrients, which always increases nonpoint pollution by shifting sources upstream.

Installing a new industrial pipe concentrates pollutants into one discharge, converting nonpoint pollution into point pollution automatically.

Building a taller smokestack reduces local deposition, which increases nonpoint water pollution by increasing dilution at the source.

Replacing forest with suburban development increases impervious surfaces, boosting stormwater runoff and pollutant wash-off from many areas.