WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE… NOT A DROP TO DRINK SOUNDTRACK:

GLOBAL WATER SUPPLY OCEANS – 97% OF ALL WATER ON EARTH OCEANS – 97% OF ALL WATER ON EARTH TOO SALTY FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION TOO SALTY FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION POLAR ICE CAPS – 80% OF ALL FRESHWATER ON EARTH POLAR ICE CAPS – 80% OF ALL FRESHWATER ON EARTH TOO FROZEN FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION TOO FROZEN FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION REMAINING LIQUID WATER – 99.5% IS POLLUTED, TOO FAR UNDERGROUND, OR TRAPPED IN SOIL REMAINING LIQUID WATER – 99.5% IS POLLUTED, TOO FAR UNDERGROUND, OR TRAPPED IN SOIL HUMANS CAN ONLY CONSUME 0.5% OF ALL THE WATER ON EARTH HUMANS CAN ONLY CONSUME 0.5% OF ALL THE WATER ON EARTH

FACTS AND FIGURES 1.1 BILLION PEOPLE LIVE WITHOUT CLEAN DRINKING WATER 1.1 BILLION PEOPLE LIVE WITHOUT CLEAN DRINKING WATER 2.6 BILLION PEOPLE LACK ADEQUATE SANITATION 2.6 BILLION PEOPLE LACK ADEQUATE SANITATION 1.8 MILLION PEOPLE DIE EVERY YEAR FROM DIARRHEAL DISEASES 1.8 MILLION PEOPLE DIE EVERY YEAR FROM DIARRHEAL DISEASES CHILDREN DIE EVERY DAY FROM WATER BORNE DISEASES CHILDREN DIE EVERY DAY FROM WATER BORNE DISEASES

WATER AVAILABILITY VIDEO

WATERSHEDS DEFINITION: A WATERSHED - IS THE AREA OF LAND WHERE ALL OF THE WATER THAT IS UNDER IT OR DRAINS OFF OF IT GOES INTO THE SAME PLACE DEFINITION: A WATERSHED - IS THE AREA OF LAND WHERE ALL OF THE WATER THAT IS UNDER IT OR DRAINS OFF OF IT GOES INTO THE SAME PLACE AKA: DRAINAGE BASINS AKA: DRAINAGE BASINS INCLUDES: SURFACE WATER, GROUND WATER, LAKES, RIVERS, WETLANDS, AND AQUIFERS INCLUDES: SURFACE WATER, GROUND WATER, LAKES, RIVERS, WETLANDS, AND AQUIFERS

Divide Tributaries Basin

WATERSHED VOCABULARY DIVIDE (RIDGE) – THE LINE SEPARATING DRAINAGE BASINS DIVIDE (RIDGE) – THE LINE SEPARATING DRAINAGE BASINS TRIBUTARY – A SMALL, SOMETIMES TEMPORARY STREAM THAT EMPTIES INTO A LARGER RIVER TRIBUTARY – A SMALL, SOMETIMES TEMPORARY STREAM THAT EMPTIES INTO A LARGER RIVER OVERLAND FLOW (SURFACE WATER) – WATER THAT COLLECTS ON THE GROUND (CATCHMENTS) OVERLAND FLOW (SURFACE WATER) – WATER THAT COLLECTS ON THE GROUND (CATCHMENTS) BASIN – AN AREA WHERE THE WATER COLLECTS IN A SINGLE AREA BASIN – AN AREA WHERE THE WATER COLLECTS IN A SINGLE AREA GROUND WATER – WATER THAT IS LOCATED IN SOIL SPACES AND ROCK FRACTURES GROUND WATER – WATER THAT IS LOCATED IN SOIL SPACES AND ROCK FRACTURES

WATERSHED VIDEO

AQUIFER AQUIFER – A SATURATED GEOLOGIC UNIT THAT CAN MOVE GROUND WATER UNDER A NORMAL GRADIENT AQUIFER – A SATURATED GEOLOGIC UNIT THAT CAN MOVE GROUND WATER UNDER A NORMAL GRADIENT

AQUIFER VOCAB WATER TABLE – THE UPPER SURFACE OF GROUND WATER WATER TABLE – THE UPPER SURFACE OF GROUND WATER UNCONFINED AQUIFER - WATER SEEPS FROM THE GROUND SURFACE DIRECTLY ABOVE THE AQUIFER UNCONFINED AQUIFER - WATER SEEPS FROM THE GROUND SURFACE DIRECTLY ABOVE THE AQUIFER CONFINED AQUIFER – LIES BENEATH AN IMPERMEABLE ROCK LAYER; WATER MUST ENTER FROM FAR AWAY WHERE THE ROCK LAYER DOESN’T EXIST CONFINED AQUIFER – LIES BENEATH AN IMPERMEABLE ROCK LAYER; WATER MUST ENTER FROM FAR AWAY WHERE THE ROCK LAYER DOESN’T EXIST

MORE AQUIFER VOCAB ARTESIAN AQUIFER – CONFINED AQUIFER THAT EXHIBITS A LARGE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE; PRODUCES SPRINGS/WELLS ARTESIAN AQUIFER – CONFINED AQUIFER THAT EXHIBITS A LARGE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE; PRODUCES SPRINGS/WELLS RECHARGE – PROCESS OF SURFACE WATER MOVING TO GROUND WATER, USUALLY BY RAIN RECHARGE – PROCESS OF SURFACE WATER MOVING TO GROUND WATER, USUALLY BY RAIN

AQUIFER VIDEO

POINT SOURCES OF POLLUTION POINT SOURCES IS POLLUTION DISCHARGED FROM CLEARLY POINT SOURCES IS POLLUTION DISCHARGED FROM CLEARLY DEFINED POINT DEFINED POINT MAJOR SOURCE -WASTEWATER DISCHARGED BY INDUSTRIAL AND MUNICIPAL SEWAGE PLANTS MAJOR SOURCE -WASTEWATER DISCHARGED BY INDUSTRIAL AND MUNICIPAL SEWAGE PLANTS CAN CONTAIN HARMFUL SUBSTANCES CAN CONTAIN HARMFUL SUBSTANCES AND LOWER DISSOLVED OXYGEN AND LOWER DISSOLVED OXYGEN

NONPOINT POLLUTION SOURCES NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION DOES NOT ORIGINATE FROM A CLEARLY DEFINED POINT NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION DOES NOT ORIGINATE FROM A CLEARLY DEFINED POINT RUNOFF CARRIES NATURAL AND MAN-MADE POLLUTION RUNOFF CARRIES NATURAL AND MAN-MADE POLLUTION EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES: BACTERIA AND VIRUSES BACTERIA AND VIRUSES NUTRIENTS (PHOSPHATES AND NITRATES) NUTRIENTS (PHOSPHATES AND NITRATES) SEDIMENT SEDIMENT TOXIC AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES TOXIC AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES