APES Water Pollutants

human and animals wastes (bacteria)

infection agents

sewage, animal feedlots, food processing, etc.

oxygen demanding wastes

sewage, animal wastes, inorganic fertilizers (nitrates)

plant nutrients

industry, farms, households, mining sites, runoff from streets and parking lots

organic chemicals

industry, households, mining sites, run off from streets

inorganic chemicals

land erosion from farms and construction and mining sites

sediments

unified landfills, households chemicals, mining refuse

heavy metals

electric power and industrial plants

thermal

bacteria, viruses paracites

infectious agents

biodegradeable animal wastes and plant debris

oxygen demanding wastes

nitrates and phoshates

plants nutrients

oil, gas, plastics, pesticides

organic chemicals

acids, bases, salts, metal compounds

inorganic chemicals

soil silt

seidments

lead mercury, arsenic

heavy metals

heat

thermal