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Nutrient Pollution

July 28, 2021

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National

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Water

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Chris Askew-Merwin
Sustainable Agriculture and Water Specialist

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Overview

This one-pager includes answers to frequently asked questions about nutrient pollution

Nutrient Pollution
The process where too many nutrients, mainly nitrogen and phosphorus, are added to bodies of water and can act like fertilizer, causing excessive growth of algae.
including what hypoxia
Hypoxia
Low or depleted oxygen in a water body.
 is, the sources of nutrient pollution, and strategies to combat pollution.

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