1. Point vs. Nonpoint Pollution
Human Impact on the Earths Environment.
?Who is responsible?

2. Bioaugmentation – Designing bacteria to clean sewage; or to clean polluted and toxic water and soils.
Biomagnification – build up of toxins in organisms by ingesting lower trophic levels organisms that ingest even lower trophic levels.

4. Water Pollution examples
Love canal:
Minamata disease
DDT
Hexavalent Chromium
Everglades phosphorous
Exonn Valdez

5. Diagram

6. Point Source Pollution
comes from a specific source, like a pipe
factories, industry, municipal treatment plants
can be monitored and controlled by a permit system

7. What is nonpoint source pollution?
Nonpoint Source (NPS) Pollution is pollution associated with stormwater or runoff
NPS pollution cannot be traced to a direct discharge point such as a wastewater treatment facility

8. Major Categories of Water Pollutants
Iodine, radon, uranium, cesium, thorium Source: Coal & Nuclear Power plants, mining, weapons production, natural
Nitrates, Phosphates, Source: Sewage, manure, agricultural and landscaping runoff
Organic debris & waste + aerobic bacteria Source: Sewage, feedlots, paper-mills, food processing
Oil, Gasoline, Plastics, Pesticides, Solvents, detergents Sources: Industrial effluent, Household cleansers, runoff from farms and yards
Acids, Metals, Salts Sources: Surface runoff, Industrial effluent, household cleansers
Soil, Silt
Source: Power plants, Industrial
Bacteria, Viruses, Protozoa, Parasitic Worms Source: Human and animal waste
Infectious Agents
Oxygen-Demanding Waste
Inorganic Chemicals
Radioactive Materials
Plant Nutrients
Organic Chemical
Eroded Sediment
Heat/Thermal Pollution

12. Major Categories of Water Pollutants
Infectious Agents
Bacteria, Viruses, Protozoa, Parasitic Worms
Source: Human and animal waste
Oxygen-Demanding Waste
Organic debris & waste + aerobic bacteria
Source: Sewage, feedlots, paper-mills, food processing
Inorganic Chemicals
Acids, Metals, Salts
Sources: Surface runoff, Industrial effluent, household cleansers
Radioactive Materials
Iodine, radon, uranium, cesium, thorium
Source: Coal & Nuclear Power plants, mining, weapons production, natural
Plant Nutrients
Nitrates, Phosphates,
Source: Sewage, manure, agricultural and landscaping runoff
Organic Chemicals
Oil, Gasoline, Plastics, Pesticides, Solvents, detergents
Sources: Industrial effluent, Household cleansers, runoff from farms and yards
Eroded Sediment
Soil, Silt
Heat/Thermal Pollution
Source: Power plants, Industrial

14. Coal ash and our water in NC

15. Nonpoint pollution vs point pollution make a diagram
And one that has both combined