Water Cycle
This includes rain, snow, sleet, hail, etc.
What is Precipition?
Lakes, rivers, streams, etc.
Agriculture, industry personal.
What is the three main global water uses?
Pathogens and pollution.
What is what do you need to make water potable?
Name 4 major global water problems
What are wastewater, thermal pollution, drought, global warming?
97% of the water on earth.
What is marine?
Precipitation followed by run-off.
What is results from snowmelt and what part of water cycle?
69% of global water usage.
What is agriculture?
Aluminum is added to remove mud and bacteria.
What is coagulation?
Example of ways to conserve water
What are avoiding leaks and taking baths instead of showers?
Transpiration
What is when water evaporates from plants?
Infiltration and percolation.
What is acquirers become recharged from?
Irrigation system
What is the system agriculture uses?
During chlorination chlorine is added to kill and prevent _____ growth
What is bacteria?
Watershed
What is land area that channels rainfall and snowmelt to surface water?
3% of water in world
What is fresh water?
Rivers and streams flow sideways to recharge acquifers.
What is lateral recharge?
Lake ok echo de
What is a residential or personal use of lakes?
During Aeration you force air through water to release unwanted _____ and _____ and improves taste.
What is gases and odors?
Examples of solutions for groundwater depletion
What are waste less water, subsidize water conservation, limit number of wells, and do not grow water-intensive crops in dry areas?
Describe how surface water could harm you.
What is flooding?
Describe the difference between natural recharge and lateral recharge.
What is lateral recharge flows sideways through rivers and streams while natural recharge recharges through natural rain.
Toilet 20%
What is the average indoor household water use?
Steps of filtration.
What are First Filtration, Coagulation, Second Filtration, Chlorination, Aeration, Additional Treatment?
Describe how desalination works.
What is converting saltwater to freshwater including the processes of reverse osmosis and distillation?