Point source definition

Point source means any discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, vessel, or other floating craft from which pollutants are or may be discharged. This term does not include return flows from irrigated agriculture.
Point source means any discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to, any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, landfill leachate collection system, vessel or other floating craft from which pollutants are or may be discharges. This term does not include return flows from irrigated agriculture or agricultural storm water runoff.
Point source means any discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, or vessel or other floating craft, from which pollutants are or may be discharged.

Examples of Point source in a sentence

  • Point source discharge (dewatering) of effluent into wetlands is prohibited.

  • Point source pollution is mainly from landfills; settlements without sewerage system; mines, tailings ponds and industrial sites.

  • Point source discharges of pollutants to waters of the U.S. are to be authorized under an NPDES permit.

  • Point source emissions to surface water including monitoring L12 – L14 The Licence has condition L12 (previously L20) and L13 (previously L20) relating to dewatering discharge locations and monitoring of cumulative discharge volume.

  • Point source emissions data is used in the allocation of emissions from this sector to the DAs (in addition to an area source allocation of fuel) and so the variability in the gas carbon emission factor for larger sources (where reported) is reflected in the inventory, although the area source component is based on the UK average emission factor.


More Definitions of Point source

Point source means any discernible, confined and discrete stormwater conveyance (including but not limited to, any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, landfill leachate collection system, vessel or other floating craft) from which pollutants are or may be discharged.
Point source means any point of emission from a Development where pollutants are ducted into the atmosphere; and
Point source means any point of emission from a Development where pollutants are emitted to the atmosphere by means of a stack;
Point source means any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance, including, but not limited to, any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock or vessel or other floating craft, from which pollutants are or may be discharged. This term does not include agricultural stormwater discharges and return flows from irrigated agriculture.
Point source means the following:
Point source means a single identifiable source and fixed location of atmospheric emission, and includes smoke stacks and residential chimneys;
Point source means any discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, or vessel or other floating craft, from which pollutants are or may be discharged. “Point source” does not include agricultural storm water discharge and return flows from irrigated agriculture.