Water Pollution Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. Anything dumped/sprayed on the surface or buried in the ground has the potential to pollute ground water
  2. 3. pre-use purification of water that occurs at a filtration and treatment plant
  3. 6. Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment
  4. 7. bacteria that contaminate food or water and cause bloody diarrhea
  5. 8. bacteria and viruses in the water
  6. 9. "Potential of Hydrogen" is a logarithmic scale from 0 to 14 that measures the acidity or alkalinity of an liquid solution
  7. 12. A measure of how clear water is.
  8. 14. An increased concentration of a chemical within an organism over time
  9. 18. occurs when harmful chemicals are released into waterways
  10. 19. The use of Earth's renewable and nonrenewable natural resources in ways that do not constrain resource use in the future.
  11. 20. The process where too many nutrients mainly nitrogen and phosphorus are added to bodies of water and can act like fertilizer causing excessive growth of algae.
Down
  1. 1. the process of improving the quality of waste water (sewage) to the point that it can be released into a body of water without seriously disrupting the aquatic environment causing health problems in humans or causing nuisance conditions
  2. 4. Pollution, pollution that comes from many sources rather than from a single specific site
  3. 5. Excessive amounts of soil particles that enter the water as a result of erosion
  4. 9. pollution that enters a body of water from a specific source
  5. 10. The increase in chemical concentration in animal tissues as the chemical moves up the food chain
  6. 11. Waste heat generated and put into waterways from power generation and cooling equipment for factories in their manufacturing process
  7. 13. The process of cleaning water by running it through different layers of rocks and chemicals
  8. 15. The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
  9. 16. A microorganism that infects the digestive system. The most common water born disease
  10. 17. A microorganism that infects the digestive system. The most common water born disease