Water Quality and Pollution

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Across
  1. 3. about 97% of the water and is located in oceans and seas
  2. 6. water used for the production of electricity through water-driven turbine generators
  3. 12. a place where water is treated to make it safe to drink
  4. 13. tanks used to hold waste from homes
  5. 14. utilizes a series of ditches to transport water from a stream to the growing crops
  6. 15. consists of water supply pipes going to individual plants
  7. 17. once in the atmosphere, water condenses to form clouds and then is released as rain, sleet, hail, or snow
  8. 18. water that does not evaporate or run off, but soaks into the soil
  9. 19. name for a smaller stream that flows into a larger stream
  10. 20. pollution from the direct introduction of containments into the water supply at one or more identifiable locations
Down
  1. 1. capacity of porous materials, such as sand and gravel, to transmit water
  2. 2. pollution results from ongoing natural processes, such as minerals or decomposing organic matter
  3. 4. powered by solar energy, water from the surface of the oceans is changed into water vapor
  4. 5. a pit, hole, or shaft sunk into the earth to tap an underground source of water
  5. 7. water saturated lands where aquatic plants and animals live
  6. 8. process by which a vapor becomes a liquid or a soild
  7. 9. the act of adding water to crops
  8. 10. wearing down or washing away of soil and land by the action of water, wind, or ice
  9. 11. water that does not soak into the ground or fall directly onto surface water
  10. 14. applying water over the top of the crop
  11. 16. pollution across a wide area and cannot be tied to a specific location