Properties of Water
Potable water means?
Water that is safe to use or drink
Point and non point source pollution
What is Water conservation? ( what does it mean)
The practice of using water efficiently, reducing unnecessary waste, and managing this finite natural resource responsibly to ensure it remains available for people, animals, and ecosystems now and in the future
What is Water Contamination
the presence of harmful substances, microbes, or foreign materials in water that make it unsafe for drinking, cooking, swimming, or harming the surrounding ecosystem.
What is Water Quality
Water quality is how clean and safe water is for living things and human use.
Give two examples of how we test to see if a water sources is healthy?
Observe the turbidity, Test for nitrates and phosphate levels, test Ph Levels
which organism is more likely to thrive in an unhealthy water source? Trout or Catfish?
Catfish
What do we call areas of land that are covered by water for at least part of the year, or where the soil is soaked with water.
Wetlands
If we do not monitor water , what might happen to humans
What do we call the place where our cities water gets cleaned?
A waste water treatment plant
What are the 6 properties of water
Bio-indicators, Temperature, Ph, Dissolved Oxygen, Nitrates and Phosphates , Turbidity
What are the four main causes of pollution in Nc
Fertilization, Overbuilding, Factories near water, Runoff
Name three ways to conserve water at home or school
Turn off the water when brushing your teeth, take shorter showers, Use less water when washing clothes, fix leaky faucets, use water efficient shower heads, Store and filter your own water, Make sure the faucet stops running to the sink ...
Name the three ways we regulate the water quality in North Carolina.
Through the Environmental Protection Agency, Clean water act of 1972 and Local and State Regulations
Can you name at least 3 processes (steps ) that happen at a waste water treatment plant?
Coagulation → Flocculation → Sedimentation
→ Filtration → Disinfection → Storage.
High temperatures can cause low dissolved oxygen. What is another property in this type of water source that we can assume is high if it is located by a farm. ( you must say the property of water we learned )
Nitrates and Phosphates
Eutrophication is a process which means that there is too much ____________________ in the water.
Nitrates and Phosphates. ( high levels of nutrients and minerals )
Why are water irrigation systems ( sprinklers ) helpful to conserving water?
They are timed and help with the amount of water that is released mean the water is not running all day and a certain amount is used to keep the plants/grass up and healthy.
To protect and manage natural resources (like water, air, and land) means ...
Stewardship
Which process in the waste water treatment steps is when chemicals are added to kill germs and harmful bacteria in the water
Disinfection
Finish the following sentence with AT LEAST two correct answers.
We want a source of water to have low _____________ and high _____________.
High- Dissolved Oxygen
What kind of Farms are most responsible for the pollution of fertilizer in North Carolina?
Poultry and Pig (Hog )Farms
What two types of land are we protecting when we conserve our water?
Watershed and Wetlands
Untreated water could cause diseases. Can you remember one kind of disease mentioned?
Typhoid Fever, Acute diarrheal Infection, Dysentry, E-coli, Hepatitis A, Salmonella
Why did Flint, Michigans Water quality become poor?
The city changed the water source to a lake that was not approved and the pipes became eroded and fed the residents lead which became deadly.