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Another common pollutant in urban stormwater is sediment. Sediment can smother bottom organisms and it can clog gills of fish and aquatic insects when it is in the water column. Sources of sediment include streambank erosion which we have previously seen, construction sites, and the wash off from paved surfaces.
This slide shows an enormous sediment plume in a small estuarine cove due to storm runoff from the small highway construction site in the far bottom right of the slide.