A coal-fired electric company uses a tremendous amount of water to produce electricity. For this reason, many are built on the banks of rivers. The water is heated several degrees during the many proc

A coal-fired electric company uses a tremendous amount of water to produce electricity. For this reason, many are built on the banks of rivers. The water is heated several degrees during the many processes for which it is used in the facility. If it is returned to the river in this warmed state, even by a few degrees, it can have a catastrophic effect on the river's natural ecosystem. This would be an example of ____.

-sewage pollution

-thermal pollution

-mineral pollution

-sediment pollution