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How does agriculture pollute water?

Answer 1

Agriculture pollutes the water mostly by runoff, but also by drainage and leaching..

Polluting material reaches the ground water by leaching or by mixing with surface water of rivers, lakes and ponds by runoff and drainage.

Agriculture pollutes water by runoff from these agriculture areas:

Runoff rinses these polluting elements into the water:

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The runoff of excess agricultural fertilizers may cause #"eutrophication"# of ponds and lakes.

Here's a Khan Academy presentation of eutrophication that you might like to see: https://tutor.hix.ai

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Answer 2

Roman Acosta

Agriculture can pollute water through various ways including runoff of pesticides, fertilizers, and animal waste, soil erosion, and leaching of nutrients into water bodies.

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