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A brief section on "Nonconventional" pollutants was deleted from this article, as it was off-topic, somewhat inaccurate and unreferenced. Some further explanation: I created this page on Conventional pollutant to briefly describe one class of pollutants--conventionals--that has been defined in U.S. environmental law for many years. It is a term that is widely used and understood by water quality professionals in the U.S. The two other classes of water pollutants, using U.S. Clean Water Act terminology, are not yet described in Wikipedia with their own articles. (I will write these articles when I get a chance...). To summarize, the three classes of pollutants are as follows:
There is no term called "unconventional pollutant" in U.S. regulatory parlance, and introducing that term would only generate additional confusion. (I have found the term occasionally in publications by non-U.S. authors.)
These pages on pollutant classes should stick to the topic of pollutants per se. These are already separate pages on wastewater treatment, industrial wastewater treatment, agricultural wastewater treatment, water quality, etc. that focus on more specialized topics within the realm of water pollution. Moreau1 (talk) 05:18, 22 April 2009 (UTC)Reply