Nitrate Environmental Pollution
 

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The Nitrate Problem is growing in all ecosystems in the world... this impacts the diversity of these systems by leading to invasion by non-native species... this results in crowding out and decline of the native species.

Nitrate Pollution
Nitrate is a wide spread contaminant of ground and surface waters worldwide. The accumulation of nitrate in the environment results mainly from:

• non-point source runoff from the over-application of nitrogen fertilizers;
• point-sources such as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs see http://www.lpes.org/CAFO.html, http://epa.gov/guide/cafo, &  http://www.factoryfarm.org):
•  and point-sources from poorly or untreated human sewage.

In addition, nitrate-containing wastes are produced by many industrial processes including paper and munitions manufacturing. Burning of fossil fuels in power plants and cars, SUVs and all internal combustion engines results in the production of nitric acid and ammonia as air pollution.
 

Citizen Monitoring of Local Waters:
The US EPA and many states sponsor programs for citizens to get involved with monitoring water quality in their community.  The people participating in these programs are often called Citizen Monitors.

NECi sells Nitrate Test Kits for Citizen Monitors (CM-NTK)