PRESSURE
Point and non-point pollutants that cause pressure in Doğu Akdeniz Basin can be listed as follows:
• untreated urban wastewater,
• inadequately treated industrial wastewater,
• cesspool discharges from rural areas,
• leachate from irregular landfills,
• fertilizers and pesticides used in agricultural activities that cause infiltration in surface and ground waters and
• pollution caused by livestock activities that result in infiltration in surface and ground waters.
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