This type of water is found in lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands.
What is surface water?
100
Per person, this is how water is used the most per day. About 95 liters per day.
What is Lawn watering and pools.
100
This type of pollution comes from many types of sources that are often difficult to identify.
What is nonpoint -source pollution?
100
This is the second largest energy expense in your home, accounting for nearly 18% of your utility bill.
What is water heating?
100
Pollution discharges from a single source. Example: gasoline tank.
What is point source pollution?
200
This is a flowing network of water.
What is a river system?
200
This includes both physical and chemical treatment methods that include filtration, chlorination, and aeration.
What is drinking-water treatment?
200
This is a type of pollution that consists of disease-causing organisms such as bacteria or parasitic worms.
What is a pathogen?
200
This is a logo found on all energy efficient appliances which are better for the environment because they use less energy.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
What is energy star logo?
200
Land that drains into a river.
What is a watershed?
300
An example would be gravel that allows the flow of water.
What is permeable?
300
These are huge canals that bring water from the mountains to dry areas.
DOUBLE-JEOPARDY!
What are aqueducts?
300
This is a product of wastewater treatment which is solid and contains dangerous concentrations of toxic chemicals.
What is sewage sludge or sludge?
300
This compound is commonly found in filters to reduce cloudiness and odors.
What is carbon or activated carbon?
300
Phosphates in laundry detergent contribute to this process that increases the amount of nutrients in a body of water.
What is eutrophication or artificial eutrophication?
400
An example is fresh water, because there is a very small percentage that is distributed globally. Most of the surface water on Earth contains salt.
What is a limited resource?
400
This type of system offers a promising step toward conserving water from evaporation, seepage, and runoff; by delivering small amounts of water directly to the plants root.
What is a drip irrigation system?
400
This act helps to clean up polluted runoff and also funds new wastewater treatment plants and creates programs to protects major estuaries.
What is the Water quality act?
400
This is a method to clean up oil spills which is usually very costly, yet effective at separating oil globules.
What is dispersement or detergents?
400
This is an area above an aquifer where water will percolate.
What is a recharge zone?
500
Ohio is a part of this watershed, along with much of the United States.
What is the Mississippid river watershed?
500
This is a type of landscaping that requires minimal water use, this is most commonly seen in aerid climates like Arizona.
What is xeriscaping?
500
This process has alarming consequences which allows pollutants to build up at high levels in the food chain.
What is biomagnification?
500
This is an appliance that uses 6 gallons on average.