Question

how hot water can also be a pollutant​

Answer 1

Hot water (thermal pollution) impacts the receiving water in several ways the alter the environment and ecosystem:

A sudden burst of hot water can kill aquatic organisms by thermal shock. Fish have to adjust to new temperatures slowly.

Continued hot water can raise the receiving water's general temperature. This in turn reduces the oxygen levels so that only more hardy species can live there (carp not trout), encourages the growth of plant life, and impacts breeding success rates of aquatic organisms

Warmer streams encourage birds to over winter, potentially leading to bird kills die to lack of food

Warmer water can leach out metals and organics from the stream bed

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Answer 2

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When water used as a coolant is returned to the natural environment at a higher temperature, the sudden change in temperature decreases oxygen supply and affects ecosystem composition.

A sudden burst of hot water can kill aquatic organisms by thermal shock.

Fish have to adjust to new temperatures slowly.

Continued hot water can raise the receiving water's general temperature.

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