Water Pollution

5. an illness causing bacterium, virus, or parasite
6. comes from a single source in which pollution is directly produced
9. container that gets wastewater. Apart of the septic system
10. floating barriers used to contain oil spills
13. contaminants water that passes through lead pipes and other materials that contain lead
15. used to manufacture plastics and insulate electrical transformers
16. environmental harmful and found in flame retardents
17. occurs when people move cold water from a natural supply, use it to absorb heat, then returns the heated water back into the water supply
19. part of the septic system,
20. pollution that comes from many different areas
22. human activities that effect rivers, lakes, oceans, or groundwater
23. heavy metal found in increased concentrations of water
24. layer of oil floating over a large surface area
25. organic matter that feeds microbes that are decomposers

1. occurs naturally in earth's crust and this can dissolve into groundwater
2. used to break up oil into smaller droplets in the water column.
3. used to manufacture plastics, responsible for many environmental problems
4. excessive richness of nutrients in a body of water
7. sediment that makes its way into natural sources, agricultural fields, and construction sites
8. pipes
10. amount of oxygen water uses over an amount of time at different temperatures
11. area with low oxygen concentration and also has no life
12. change in water temperature that kills organisms
14. increase of fertility in a body of water
18. solid waste material from wastewater
21. system where sewage flows for basic sewage treatment. used for homes in rural areas.