Across
- 4. Harmful chemicals used for fuel
- 7. The amount of oxygen that is necessary for one area
- 9. An indicator for determining if pathogens that could cause disease are present
- 12. The natural way of extracting oil; America has more of this than any other country
- 14. The component of a Septic tank made from pipes underground
- 15. A direct point at which pollution distinctly enters water
- 16. Harmless organisms inside the human body that act as indicator species
- 19. A body of water designed to handle large quantities of livestock manure
- 20. An area with a high demand of oxygen; usually caused by an algae bloom
- 22. the initiative passed in 1972 to preserve the properties of surface water
- 25. The rapid change in water temperature that is deadly to organisms
Down
- 1. Element of the safe drinking act
- 2. The unhealthy change in water temperature caused by human interference
- 3. An act passed to set a national standard for drinking water
- 5. Solid waste
- 6. The result of human negligence that causes the disturbance of water
- 8. Acid filtered into Earth by natural occurances such as rain
- 10. A component of a septic system that recieves waste from a household
- 11. An increase of fertility in an area of water
- 13. Industrial compounds responsible for environmental problems that manufacture plastics
- 17. the event of an area of water having an excess amount of nutrients
- 18. An area with no direct point polluting water
- 21. A sewage treatment process involving a septic tank
- 23. The result of sewage and livestock waste contaminating water
- 24. relatively clear wastewater found in the septic tank
