Industrial agriculture is one of the leading causes of water pollution in the United States today. In the 2000 National Water Quality Inventory conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), agricultural activity was identified as a source of pollution for 48% of stream and river water, and for 41% of lake water. Read more about it in this article.
SUSTAINABLE TABLE (n.y): Industrial Agriculture Water Pollution. New York: Sustainable Table URL [Accessed: 12.03.2012] PDF