Across
- 3. third largest cause of water pollution
- 5. Soil erosion causes soil particles to be carried into waterways
- 7. Source easy to identify, monitor, or regulate pollution
- 9. caused by run off of plant nutrients into a slow moving or standing water source.
- 10. Disease-causing bacteria, viruses and other parasitic organisms
- 11. areas that have the most pollution and waste
- 14. second largest cause of water pollution
- 15. acid drainage from mines and acid rain can severely alter the pH of waterways
- 16. pollution that is a hidden threat to human health
Down
- 1. Thermal power generation, released heated water into river systems
- 2. number one cause of water pollution
- 4. water that contains sewage, waste, or polluting chemicals
- 6. a way rivers naturally eliminate waste
- 8. Cumulative , arising from multiple inputs over large areas
- 12. bleaching to remove chlorinates and bacteria in the water.
- 13. crude petroleum
