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--Oil spills/leakage from boats. --Intentional dumping of oil into rivers/watersheds-which carry the water into the river. --From oil on streets-Gasoline accumulates on the hard, unpermeable surface of pavement, and when it rains, this oil is washed into the ground and to creeeks/rivers.
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