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What are two ways water quality can be negatively impacted?
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GPT 3.5
1. Pollution: Pollution from various sources such as industrial waste, agricultural runoff, and sewage discharge can contaminate water bodies, affecting water quality. Chemical pollutants, heavy metals, and pathogens can harm aquatic ecosystems and pose risks to human health.
2. Eutrophication: Excessive nutrient loading from sources such as fertilizers and wastewater can lead to eutrophication, a process in which high levels of nutrients, particularly nitrogen and phosphorus, stimulate the overgrowth of algae and aquatic plants. This can result in algae blooms, oxygen depletion, and ultimately, the death of aquatic organisms, leading to degraded water quality.
2. Eutrophication: Excessive nutrient loading from sources such as fertilizers and wastewater can lead to eutrophication, a process in which high levels of nutrients, particularly nitrogen and phosphorus, stimulate the overgrowth of algae and aquatic plants. This can result in algae blooms, oxygen depletion, and ultimately, the death of aquatic organisms, leading to degraded water quality.