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Why are construction sites considered major sources of water pollution?
They introduce high levels of salt into local water sources.
They cause sinkholes to form, which pollute local water sources.
Soil erosion rates accelerate dramatically, impacting water quality in streams and rivers.
Sawdust leaches into the soil, causing the water that runs into rivers and streams to be cloudy and full of particles.
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Soil erosion rates accelerate dramatically, impacting water quality in streams and rivers.
Removing vegetation, grading, and exposing bare soil on construction sites makes runoff much more erosive. That runoff carries large amounts of sediment (turbidity), and often attached pollutants (nutrients, metals, oils), into nearby waterways, degrading habitat and water quality.
Removing vegetation, grading, and exposing bare soil on construction sites makes runoff much more erosive. That runoff carries large amounts of sediment (turbidity), and often attached pollutants (nutrients, metals, oils), into nearby waterways, degrading habitat and water quality.
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