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Since Congress passed the clean water act in 1972. The united states have made many advances in cleaning up the aquatic environment. One of the main ways they did this was controlling pollution from industries and sewage treatment plants
Non-Point Source Pollution occurs when rainfall, Snow-melt, or irrigation runs through the ground picks up pollutants and deposits them into surface waters or introduces them into ground water.
Sediments and Nutrients are two of the most common. Other common Pollutants are Pesticides salts, oils, and excess fertilizer
the best way is watershed approach. This approach looks beyond the water body itself and examines the entire drainage area, including all the potential sources of pollution that drain into it.
Water Conservation is when a person uses less water in their daily life. Doing things like turning off the sink eating less meat and using the bathroom less.
you can join a local, group offering volunteer montioring efforts which provide information that can help the government agencies understand the impacts of nonpoint source polution and solve problems
Xeriscape Landscaping, which incorporates native plants that minimize maintanance needs.
Next to water bodies, establishing areas of land called riparian areas which include diverse species of plants that can help filter out pollutants
Erosion Controls techniques such as silt fencing, around contrucion sites.
The main ways are rain gardens and green roofs which treat rainwater as a precious resource.