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| National Pollution Discharge Elimination System: no dumping in surface waters. 10% of water pollution comes from industrial point sources |
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| Causes of Water Impairment |
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| Pathogens, Mercury, Metals, Sediment |
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| bays, estuaries, etc. are effected by this. Dead zones and algae blooms increase dramatically. |
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| plastic that is dumped in the ocean that sits idle since it does not decompose. |
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| Avoid producing and releasing it. Recycling is a big help in reducing pollution. |
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| you can physically point out the pollution location |
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| you can't point out the pollution location |
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| physically separate large solids from the waste stream with screens and settling tanks. |
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| uses bacteria to break down dissolved organic compounds. Treatment processes are usually disinfecting to kill harmful bacteria/pathogens |
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| removes dissolved metals and nutrients (nitrates & phosphates) |
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| steroids, non-prescription drugs, insect repellant |
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| artificial marsh complexes designed to filter and decompose waste. (california has the best) |
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| Cedar Grove Factory Cheese Factory with tanks, bacteria, algae, and artificial wetlands. converts to pure water and wetland flowers |
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| living organisms cleaning contaminated water effectively. |
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| Toilets, Laundry, Showers are the top 3 |
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| 38 millions gallons per day the US is saving. low flush toilets, and efficient irrigation systems |
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| worst experience of water scarcity in the US so far. Cyclical droughts. |
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| Agriculture and water use |
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| Agriculture takes up about 70% of water withdrawal |
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| European countries use about 70% of water for industry and less developed countries use about 5%. shows the disproportion. |
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| cooling water for power plants takes about 50-75% of industrial withdrawal. Also used for biofuel production, 4 to 5 liters for 1 liter of ethanol |
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| Disproportionate domestic water usage |
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| UN reports that people in developed countries use about 10x the amount of water than developing countries |
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| groundwater accounts for 40% of fresh water for agricultural and domestic uses in the United States. Water withdrawal is too fast and subsidence or sinking of the ground surface |
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| dams and canals are help to redistribution for farms and cities (3 gorges dam in china) Aral Sea is basically all dry |
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| 60% of your body is water |
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| obtain natural gas from the ground and replacing it with water |
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| evaporation, condensation, passes through living organisms and returns to the ocean |
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| 97.6% Ocean Water; 2.4% Fresh Water; 87.2% Ice & Snow; 12.0% Groundwater |
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| shallow layer of soil containing both air and water |
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| Lower soil layer with pores filled with water |
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| top of zone of saturation that supplies most wells |
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| porous layers of sand and gravel or of cracked porous rock. |
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| is used to measure to compare water quality in different places |
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| Biochemical oxygen demand |
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| is the amount of dissolved oxygen consumed by aquatic microorganisms |
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| Dissolved Oxygen Levels(zones) |
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| Clean Zone, Decomposition Zone, Septic Zone, Recovery Zone |
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| little nutrition in very clean water |
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| well nourished. rich in nutrients |
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| two sources of toxic chemicals |
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1) improper disposal of waste
2)pesticide runoff from farm fields, forests, roadsides |
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| Largest source of water pollution |
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| Silt and Sediment because it blocks sunlight to the life in the water. killing all |
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| cooling systems of power plants alters water temperature, killing organisms |
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| 1/2 pound of carbon dioxide for an hour of TV. |
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| climate scientist that said: "Climate is an angry beast, and we are poking it with sticks" |
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| longer periods of time, greater area of space |
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| They take sunlight to make more phyto. they need places that are high in iron |
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| provided micronutrient that is essential to being an electron carrier and catalyst during photosynthesis |
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| 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, 1% Argon, CO2, and others. |
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| minute particles and liquid droplets suspended in the air |
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| within the troposphere, air circulates in vertical and horizontal currents |
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| O3 in the stratosphere, has no water vapor and 1000x more of ozone. |
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| transmits while trapping heat inside comparable to a greenhouse |
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| stored energy in water vapor |
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| they modify our climate significantly (El Nino) |
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Age: Look at the rings, isotopes
Temperature: composition of ice cores
CO2: concentration determined from bubbles in ice |
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| also known as Heavy Hydrogen, is a stable isotop of hydrogen with a natural abundance in the ocean |
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| serbian scientist that discovered periodic shifts in the earth's orbit and tilt |
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| began continuous atmospheric CO2 measurements in 1958, located on Mauna Loa, a mountain in Hawaii to get away from pollution |
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| change in 1 degree every year. Permafrost is melting, glaciers are retreating, acidified oceans |
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| defined as the height of the sea with respect to a land benchmark, averaged over a period of time |
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| creates carbonic acid. the pH levels are decreasing hurting shell builders and coral reefs |
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| Global Warming concerning Insects |
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