GPB Water Key terms

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Across
  1. 2. The condition or state of being impure as if waste materials are in water.
  2. 3. The process in which water is re-used and recycled back to the earth's atmosphere through evaporation and back down by precipitation
  3. 5. A river or a stream that flows into a larger body of water.
  4. 6. A hole sunk into the ground to collect liquid such as water.
  5. 10. A piece of land that divides or separates waters that flow to different rivers, basins, or seas.
  6. 11. a unit of length used in measurement that is one-millionth of a meter.
  7. 13. Heavy precipitation that falls from storms or snowing.
  8. 15. a source of water that can be any body of water from which water is publicly used
Down
  1. 1. The removal of things such as sand, and grit from water.
  2. 4. waste components such as solids, mud, and liquids and oils in water.
  3. 7. something having a high productivity rate with minimal effort.
  4. 8. A storm drain designed to drain excess water from things such as roads.
  5. 9. microscopic organisms such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi.
  6. 10. water that has been used in homes, businesses, and industrial purposes.
  7. 12. insect organisms in their nymph phase that lack a vertebrae
  8. 14. a long period of no rain.