Our opportunity with HMIS goes far beyond knowing who is homeless: HMIS can help us work collaboratively on housing solutions, inform how we improve programs and policies, and organize our collective work to ensure that every Minnesotan has stable housing..
pollutant noun [C]. âº a âsubstance that âpollutes: Sulphur âdioxide is one of several pollutants that are âreleased into the âatmosphere by âcoal-fired âpower âstations. (Definition of pollutant from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press).
Point and Nonpoint Pollution Sources. In the simplest of terms, a pollutant is a substance that enters the environment and elevates the natural background level of that substance. This drainage outlet delivering polluted runoff into the Ohio River is a point source of pollution because the pollution originates from a single, identifiable source.