Water and Water Pollution
Across
- 2. water stored underground in rock crevices and in the pores of geologic materials that make up the Earth's crust.
- 5. the saltiness or amount of salt dissolved in a body of water
- 7. water that has been used in homes, industries, and businesses that is not for reuse unless it is treated.
- 9. the removal of salts from saline water to provide freshwater / water that contains less than 1,000 milligrams per liter (mg/L) of dissolved solids
- 10. pollution discharged over a wide land area, not from one specific location
- 11. a barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level
- 16. places where water infiltrates into the ground and replenishes the aquifers
- 18. a measure of the water-bearing capacity of subsurface rock
- 20. a barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level
- 21. the ability of a material to allow the passage of a liquid, such as water through rocks
- 22. a pond, lake, or basin, either natural or artificial, for the storage, regulation, and control of water
Down
- 1. excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen
- 3. a disease-producing agent; usually applied to a living organism
- 4. the movement of salt water into freshwater aquifers
- 6. an area of land that is either covered by water or saturated with water
- 8. the top of the water surface in the saturated part of an aquifer
- 12. geological formation or structure that stores and/or transmits water, such as to wells and springs
- 13. farming of plants and animals that live in water, such as fish, shellfish, and algae
- 14. the land area that drains water to a particular stream, river, or lake
- 15. an artificial excavation put down by any method for the purposes of withdrawing water from the underground aquifers
- 17. water pollution coming from a single point
- 19. the controlled application of water for agricultural purposes through manmade systems to supply water requirements not satisfied by rainfall
- 21. water of a quality suitable for drinking