water pollution
the standard to which comparisons are made in an experiment
What is the control group
Consists of a bottom liner (plastic and/or clay), a storm water collection system, a leachate collection system, a cap, and a methane collection system
what is municipal sanitary landfill
regulates discharge of pollutants into US waterways. mandates the restoration and maintenance of the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the the nation's water
What is The Clean Water Act
Thermal Pollution causes this chemical to become less abundant for living things in a body of water.
What is oxygen
ozone, UV light, chlorine
this term refers to a single location where pollution enters an aquatic ecosystem
What is point source pollution
these items, which can be left in piles can become breeding grounds for mosquitoes that can spread diseases such as Malaria and the Zika virus
what are tires
this law sets maximum allowable contaminate levels for pollutants in drinking water with an emphasis on ground water regulations
What is Safe Drinking Water Act
waterways that have very low amounts of nutrients, stable algae populations, and high dissolved oxygen
What is oligotrophic
This term refers to any pollution or circumstance that causes a body of water to increase in temperature
What is Thermal pollution
refers to wide scale, landscape area pollution usually associated with run-off from many locations
What is non-point source pollution
these are TWO ways to reduce waste
recycling, composting, or landfill mitigation strategies (or implementing laws)
federal law specifically deals with the cleanup of abandoned hazardous waste sites
Comprehensive Environmental Responsibility and Liability Act or CERCLA
a threat to wetlands
water diversion, dredging, water pollution, habitat destruction mining, resource extracting, invasive species, ...
these chemicals can interfere with hormones in animals such as PCBs and dioxins found in pesticides
What are endocrine disruptors
this term refers to a process that starts with the excess of nutrient compounds in an aquatic ecosystem
What is eutrophication
process where waste is burned at high temperatures, significantly reduces the volume of solid waste, but reduces air pollutants
what is incineration
establishes cradle-to-grave tracking of hazardous waste
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act OR (RCRA)
why it takes many hectares of wetland to support a pair of eagles
less energy is available at each successive trophic level
the dose of a chemical that is lethal to 50% of the population of a particular species
What is lethal dose 50% (LD50)
this term describes the treatment whereby large objects are allowed to settle out of waste water and removed and bacterial life is used to break down other organic molecules and disinfection occurs prior to release
What is (wastewater) or sewage treatment
this is the result of recycling
less resource use
This incident brought national attention to toxic waste, first listed on the CERCLA "superfund" law
What is Love Canal
DDT and PCB are examples of these. These do not break easily in the environment, are synthetic, and carbon-based such as hydrocarbons
persistent organic pollutants or POPs
areas with soil covered/saturated/inundated with water for all or part of the year and plants that have adaptations that allow them to live in these conditions
what are wetlands