The Source and Control of Nitrate Pollution to Surface and Underground Water

In recent years, due to population growth, increasing demand for the food and human disturbance to natural ecological processes etc, the nitrate pollution to water body is serious throughout the world. Based on the harmfulness of nitrate pollution, this article reviewed the contamination sources of nitrate in surface water and groundwater and the control measures in the present research. Based on the previous research, the research direction and emphasis were proposed in this paper.