Area source pollution
Area sources are sources of pollution which emit a substance or radiation from a specified area.
Air pollution
For example, area sources of
Locomotives operating on certain linear tracks are examples of a line source
, whereas locomotives operating within a railyard are an example of an area source of pollution. Other area sources of air pollution are:
- Multiple flue gas stackswithin a single industrial plant
- Open burning and forest fires
- Evaporation losses from large spills of volatile liquids
Water pollution
Water pollution manifestations of an area source—often called nonpoint source pollution—include:
- Surface runoff of fertilizer or pesticides from rainfall or irrigation water
- Widespread failure of a septic drain field
- Dispersal of an oil spill in a water body.[2]
In the 1950s or earlier
computer model formed the basis of much of the regulatory framework that led to strategies for water pollution control via land use and chemical handling techniques. People produce so much trash that half of it goes in water sources.[citation needed
]
See also
- Air pollution dispersion terminology
- Atmospheric dispersion modeling
- List of atmospheric dispersion models
- Line source
- Point source (pollution)
- Roadway air dispersion modeling
- Volume source (pollution)
References
- C. Michael Hogan, Leda Patmore, Gary Latshaw, Harry Seidman et al. 1973. ESL Inc., Sunnyvale, California
- Arnold W. Reitze, J. B. Shapiro and Maurice C. Shapiro. 2005. Stationary Source Air Pollution Law, Published by Environmental Law Institute, 500 pages ISBN 978-1-58576-091-6
Line notes
- ^ Arnold W. Reitze, J. B. Shapiro and Maurice C. Shapiro. 2005
- ^ "Basic Information about Nonpoint Source Pollution". Polluted Runoff. Washington, DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2018-08-10.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan, Leda Patmore, Gary Latshaw, Harry Seidman et al. 1973