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fields and forests.
(6.) Wastes from mining operations drain into waterways.
(7.) Water, principally used to cool electric power generators, is put back into streams still hot from the power plants. This thermal pollution often changes plant and animal life by raising water temperatures.
(8.) Sewage from big ocean liners and small pleasure boats is dumped into our waters. Leaking gasoline and oil from boat motors are also pollutants.
MANY OF these major national water pollution problems can be seen right here in Rappahannock County.
Even though some of them exist only on a small scale, they all need to be
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