point source
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code
Definitions from Case Law
United States Supreme Court
any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance.
Defined by the Supreme Court in Environmental Protection Agency v. National Crushed Stone Association Costle, 449 U.S. 64 (1980).
United States Code
33 U.S.C. § 1362 — in this chapter
The term “point source” means any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, or vessel or other floating craft, from which pollutants are or may be discharged. This term does not include agricultural stormwater discharges and return flows from irrigated agriculture.