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Sunday, 15 June 2014
4.15 understand the biological consequences of pollution of water by sewage, including increases in the number of micro-organisms causing depletion of oxygen
Sewage contains lots of phosphates from detergents. It also contains lots of nitrates from urine and faeces.
These cause eutrophication in the same way that fertilisers do.
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