water pollution hard Flashcards

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  • Sewage
  • Disease-causing agents
  • Sediment pollution
  • Inorganic plant and algal nutrients
  • Organic compounds
  • Inorganic chemicals
  • Radioactive substances
  • Thermal pollution
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types of water pollution

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point source

non point source

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sources of water pollution

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3
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•Any physical or chemical change in water that adversely affects the health of humans and other organisms

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water pollution

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•Enrichment

  • •Fertilization of a body of water by high levels of plant and algal nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus)

•Increase in Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD)

  • •Amount of oxygen needed by microorganisms to decompose biological wastes
  • •As BOD increases Dissolve Oxygen (DO) decreases
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sewages environmental problems

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•Includes human wastes, soaps, and detergents

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the release of waste water from drains and sewers

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6
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oligotrophic

Eutrophic

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sewage eutrophication

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