Nutrient load definition
Nutrient load means the total amount of a nutrient such as nitrogen or phosphorus entering the water during a given time, such as "tons of nitrogen per year", or "pounds of phosphorus per day." Nutrients may enter the water from runoff, ground water recharge, point source discharges, or the air (in the form of wet deposition such as rain or snow as well as dry deposition).
Examples of Nutrient load in a sentence
The Members may negotiate such good faith settlement agreements with de minimis parties whose contribution of Nutrients to the Creek and Lake is determined to be an acceptably small percentage of the total Nutrient load in or to these waters.
Nutrient load from wastewaters, reduced hydrodynamism and extreme climate events were advocated as major causes of the dystrophic event (Vignes et al., 2009).