Point source definition

Point source means any discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, vessel, or other floating craft from which pollutants are or may be discharged. This term does not include return flows from irrigated agriculture.
Point source means any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to, any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, landfill leachate collection system, vessel or the floating craft from which pollutants are or may be discharged. This term does not include return flows from irrigated agriculture or agricultural storm water runoff.
Point source means any discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, or vessel or other floating craft, from which pollutants are or may be discharged.

Examples of Point source in a sentence

  • Point source pollutant emissions can also significantly contribute to dustfall pollution, especially in industrial areas.

  • Point source pollution includes discrete conveyances, such as stormwater runoff or other types of discharges from a specific source, such as a wastewater treatment plant, sanitary sewer system, collection basin, or other waste collection device that flows through a pipe and discharges into a waterway.

  • Point source pollution is mainly from landfills; settlements without sewerage system; mines, tailings ponds and industrial sites.

  • Point source pollution is a discharge that can be traced back to a single point of origin, such as a pipe, drain, or outfall that is discharged directly into a waterway.

  • Point source, pollutants, stormwater, and other relevant information are defined in Berkeley Municipal Code (BMC) Chapter 17.20 – DISCHARGE OF NON- STORMWATER INTO CITY’S STORM DRAIN SYSTEM – REDUCTION OF STORMWATER POLLUTION, and the City’s stormwater NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) Permit No. CAS612008.


More Definitions of Point source

Point source means any discernible, confined and discrete stormwater conveyance (including but not limited to, any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, landfill leachate collection system, vessel or other floating craft) from which pollutants are or may be discharged.
Point source means any point of emission from a Development where pollutants are ducted into the atmosphere; and
Point source means the following:
Point source means any point of emission from a Development where pollutants are emitted to the atmosphere by means of a stack;
Point source means any discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, or vessel or other floating craft, from which pollutants are or may be discharged. “Point source” does not include agricultural storm water discharge and return flows from irrigated agriculture.
Point source means any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance, including, but not limited to, any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock or vessel or other floating craft, from which pollutants are or may be discharged. This term does not include agricultural stormwater discharges and return flows from irrigated agriculture.
Point source means any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance from which pollutants are or may be discharged into a surface water of the state, but does not include return flows from irrigated agriculture.