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USGS River Basin Water Quality Study
December 10, 2012 | USGS

The United States Geological Survey has published: “Century-scale perspective on water quality in selected river basins of the conterminous United States”.

Nutrient pollution in the form of excess nitrogen and phosphorus inputs is a well-known cause of water-quality degradation that has affected water bodies across the Nation throughout the 20th century.


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