1. WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW???

2. NON POINT SOURCES OF POLLUTION CROP LAND FEED LOTS LOGGED FORESTS GOLF COURSES STREETS PARKING LOTS

3. SEDIMENTATION #1 SOURCE OF AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES THAT LEAD TO WATER POLLUTION

4. 8 ONE OUT OF EVERY _____ PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO CLEAN DRINKING WATER

5. MAJOR WATER POLLUTANTS PLANT NUTRIENTS OXYGEN-DEMANDING WASTES INFECTIOUS AGENTS (PATHOGENS) SEDIMENTS HEAVY METALS

6. 70 What percent of our planet is water?

7. 3% What percent of the Earth’s water is fresh water?

8. SEWAGE, ANIMAL WASTES, INORGANIC FERTILIZERS SOURCES OF NITRATES AND PHOSPHATES

9. PLANT NUTRIENTS THIS POLLUTANT CAUSES EXCESSIVE GROWTH OF ALGAE

10. 1.5 million How many children die of diarrhea every year?

11. To determine the health of a stream Why do scientists study macroinvertebrates in water?

12. DISEASES CAUSED BY BACTERIA TYPHOID FEVER CHOLERA LEGIONNAIRE’S E. COLI

13. Escherichia coli THIS BACTERIA LIVES IN THE COLONS AND INTESTINES OF HUMANS AND OTHER ANIMALS AND THUS ARE PRESENT IN THEIR FECAL WASTES. They aid in digestion and are common in feces.

14. UNSAFE WATER WORLD’S SINGLE LARGEST CAUSE OF ILLNESS

15. 150 How many gallons of water does the average American use every day?

16. MISSISSIPPI What is the largest watershed in the US?

17. IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE) Name the #1 use of water in the world

18. RESERVOIR What is an artificial lake created by a dam?

19. EUTROPHICATION Process by which nutrients increase in a lake, while oxygen levels decrease.

20. AQUIFER An underground rock formation that holds water

21. LEAKING PIPES THE MAIN CAUSE OF WATER WASTE

22. BIOMAGNIFICATION Process by which increasing amounts of toxins are stored in the bodies of organisms as toxins move up a food chain

23. FERTILIZER RUNOFF FROM AGRICULTURE The main cause of the Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico

24. WATERSHED An area of land that is drained by a river.

25. GARBAGE PATCH (GYRE) A HUGE AREA OF PLASTICS AND GARBAGE THAT CIRCULATE IN THE OCEANS

26. Name 3 elements/compounds that biomagnify Mercury Lead DDT PCB

27. LAND SINKS (SUBSIDES), WATER TABLE FALLS What happens when too much water is removed from an aquifer?

28. HEAT POLLUTION What type of water pollution is caused when the water is too warm for fish to tolerate and oxygen levels decrease

29. How many different types of water pollution can you name? Phosphates Nitrates Heavy metals like mercury, lead, cadmium and Litter Pathogens Organic matter like plants, animals and feces Sedimentation Pesticides Thermal pollution pH from mines or acid rain (alkaline or acidic water) Habitat modification

30. GIVE 3 ADVANTAGES OF A DAM hydroelectric power- clean energy Recreation areas Jobs Flood prevention Irrigation water for farmers Drinking water

31. Name 3 DISADVANTAGES OF DAMS Loss of jobs Fish species can die out because the water flow is altered People may lose their homes and land Siltation Destruction of cultural sites Loss of water due to evaporation

32. Choose the correct test for each statement Measures the cloudiness of water TURBIDITY Affected by speed and temperature of water DO Trout requires ____ levels of DO High 9-12 Affected by silt, clay, organic matter and plankton/microscopic organisms TURBIDITY

33. Blue baby syndrome NITROGEN Drinking water cannot contain any levels FECAL COLIFORM Found in fertilizers, body waste, detergents PHOSPHATES Measured with a secchi disk TURBIDITY

34. Vegetation alongside a river bank RIPARIAN Indicator species for low DO LEECHES, BLACKFLY LARVAE, SLUDGE WORMS

35. EPIDEMIOLOGIST Someone who studies infectious diseases

36. MALAISE The condition of feeling weak, having no energy, common among those suffering from water borne illnesses

37. What is effluent? Liquid waste from sewage treatment or industrial processes that is released into a waterway

38. ORGANISMS THAT INDICATE THE HEALTH OF A STREAM BIOINDICATORS

39. PROCESS BY WHICH ADDED NUTRIENTS CAUSE A DECREASE IN DISSOLVED OXYGEN EUTROPHICATION

40. PATHOGEN A disease causing microorganism

41. HYPOXIA LOW LEVELS OF OXYGEN

42. GULF OF MEXICO A LARGE DEAD ZONE IS LOCATED HERE