Untreated sewage, urban stormwater, and agricultural runoff can create thermal pollution in nearby water sources as the runoff is often warmer than the streams, lakes, or oceans they flow into.

However, the thermal pollution is a real and persistent problem ... The discharged effluents of these sources have a higher temperature than the intake water that reduces the concentration of ...

Another source of thermal pollution is the runoff from paved surfaces and urban areas, which can be significantly warmer than nearby water bodies. This type of thermal pollution can lead to ...

Estimating the extent of thermal pollution across a city is difficult, because of the vast number of heat sources, from our bodies, to transport, industry, offices, homes, and less obvious ...

While paddy straw burning causes seasonal spikes, thermal power plants represent a larger, persistent pollution source year-round, underscoring the need for stricter controls on thermal power ...

According to a new analysis of sources of deadlier particulate matter ... in Punjab and Haryana highlights the scale of SO2 pollution. Thermal power plants in NCR emit 281 kilotonnes of SO2 ...

As a result, thermal pollution can wreak havoc on native fish species ... power plants to consider alternative cooling water supplies. These "degraded" water sources can include treated sewage ...