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Vol. 7

No. 2

Fall 1999

A Newsletter About New Jersey's Water Quality Programs

 

Leading Sources of Water Quality Impairment
Related to Human Activities

RankRiversLakesEstuaries
1AgricultureAgricultureIndustrial Discharges
2Municipal Point SourcesUnspecified Nonpoint SourcesUrban Runoff/Storm Sewers
3Hydrologic ModificationAtmospheric DepositionMunicipal Point Sources
4Habitat ModificationUrban Runoff/Storm SewersUpstream Sources
5Resource ExtractionMunicipal Point SourcesAgriculture
Source: The 1996 National Water Quality Inventory Report to Congress, U.S. EPA

 

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