Nonpoint source definition

Nonpoint source means any source of pollutants other than those defined or designated as point sources.
Nonpoint source means a land management activity which contributes to runoff, seepage or percolation which adversely affects or threatens the quality of waters of this state and which is not a point source under s. 283.01 (12), Stats.
Nonpoint source means any project described in Section 319 of the Clean Water Act.

Examples of Nonpoint source in a sentence

  • Nonpoint source (NPS) pollution includes pollution caused by rainfall or snowmelt moving over and through the ground and carrying natural and human-made pollutants into lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, estuaries and other coastal waters, and ground water.


More Definitions of Nonpoint source

Nonpoint source means any source of pollutants not regulated as a point source that degrades the quality or adversely affects the biological, chemical or physical integrity of surface waters of the state.
Nonpoint source means a source of pollutants that is not a point source.
Nonpoint source means a source of water pollution that does not meet the definition of point source. The term includes in-place pollutants, direct wet and dry deposition, ground water inflow, and overland run-off.
Nonpoint source means a facility or practice that causes, or has the potential to cause, nonpoint source water pollution.
Nonpoint source means any source of pollution other than a point source.
Nonpoint source means any conveyance which THAT is not a
Nonpoint source means the contamination of the environment with a pollutant for which the specific point of origin may not be well defined and includes but is not limited to agricultural storm water runoff and return flows from irrigated agriculture;