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Flashcards in Ch 16 Water Pollution Deck (20)
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Water from precipitation that flows over surface of land

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Stormwater runoff

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Addition of anything that might degrade quality of water

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Water pollution

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Eutrophication

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Excess nutrients in aquatic ecosystem feed biological productivity, lowering oxygen content in the water

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Amount of oxygen in the water

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Dissolved oxygen (DO)

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Level of oxygen in water inadequate to support life

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Hypoxia

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Biological oxygen demand (BOD)

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Amount of oxygen used by microbes living in body of water

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Eroded soil washed into water thru runoff

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Sediment pollution

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Body of water where freshwater rivers meet the sea

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Estuary

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Pollution from discharge pipes, smoke stacks: wastewater treatment plants or industrial sites

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Point source pollution

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Runoff from overland flow, can come from any area

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Nonpoint source pollution

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Land surrounding body of water over which Water (rain) could flow & enter body of water

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Watershed

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Underground, permeable region of soil or rock, saturated with water

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Aquifer

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Algal blooms snuff out all underwater life creating

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Dead zones

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Cloudiness of water

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Turbidity

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Sampling area for what lives there to determine health of area

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Biological assessment

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Easy to see arthropods (insects) that live on stream bottom

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Benthic macroinvertebrates

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main US law that regulates water pollution

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Clean Water Act

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Allowable levels of pollutant that can be released over specific time period, set by EPA

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Pollution standards

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Best management practices

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Agreed upon or EPA regulated actions that minimize pollution problems caused by industrial or land use impacts

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Land area adjacent to water affected by water presence (water tolerant plants) and that affects the water (trees provide shade)

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Riparian areas