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Nutrients in watercourses
… Nutrients in watercourses Nitrogen and phosphorus are nutrients for aquatic plants (algae, macrophytes). Their high … in the new Länder, the construction and modernisation of public and industrial wastewater treatment plants (construction of phosphate precipitation plants), and the greater number of households connected to wastewater treatment facilities. Today, agriculture is the principal source of …