Sentence examples for carry pollutants from inspiring English sources

Storm water runoff from a 14-acre paved area would carry pollutants into the water, opponents of the plan charge.

The rhizosphere and the chemical processes that carry pollutants into roots and then stash them harmlessly in plant tissue still constitute "a green box," he said.

But scientists are concerned that mining operations may create currents that carry pollutants up from the deep sea, potentially poisoning marine species and the humans that consume them.

The winds that rush northwards carry pollutants, including soot from European and Asian smokestacks, which has a powerful warming effect over snow.

However, these properties also make them potentially threatening for the environment and for the human health because they can pass through cell membranes, affect seed germination and growth, remain suspended in the air and travel long distances, pass and carry pollutants easily through small soil pores in the ground, and eventually can become available to ecosystems and humans.

When the water does run off, it can carry pollutants into the Ashley and Cooper Rivers, which are at the tip of the Charleston peninsula.

Attention is given here to regions where nonpoint source return flows from irrigated lands carry pollutant loads to aquifers and streams, contributing to concentrations that violate regulatory and performance standards.

In our modern world of roofs, parking lots, roads and lawns, fast-moving water carries pollutants to the bay and, through its sheer energy, erodes and silts the ailing estuary and its tributaries.

The same winds carrying pollutants from the Midwest that cause acid rain in the Adirondacks and Catskills appear to be the cause of elevated levels of mercury in some fish in one of New York City's upstate reservoirs, according to Federal geologists and New York City environmental officials.

During infiltration, recharged water interacts with soils, weathered materials, and fractured rocks and carries pollutants released from the land use activities; these pollutants are dissolved depending upon their solubility in the water, before reaching the groundwater body (Subba Rao 2014).

Development of grazing, farming, industry, and urban areas on the coast and in catchments increased soil erosion and export of sediments to inshore ecosystems, raising concerns related to effects of increased turbidity and sedimentation on coastal coral reefs [128], and runoff carrying pollutants, including fertilizers and pesticides [129].