Types Of Water Pollution
What is point-source/direct pollution?
Pollution that comes from one clear place, like a factory pipe or sewage drain.
When people use too much of ____ in their yards, it can wash into streams.
What is fertilizer?
When water is heavily polluted what animals can get sick?
Fish and other Sea Creatures
What should you never pour this into a sink or outside drain, because it can pollute water.
Oils and or chemicals
In 2021, The city of Newburgh conducted an exposure tests to determine the traces of PFAS chemicals found in the blood of residents. Guess the percentage of people who found high levels of PFHxS in their blood.
95% of people found high levels of PFHxS in their blood
What is non-point source pollution?
Pollution that comes from many small sources, like streets, farms, or yards.
What is a type of farm, with lots of animals and chemicals and can pollute nearby water called ?
What is a factory farm?
What happens when too much algae grows?
It blocks sunlight from reaching underwater plants.
These things help soak up rainwater and keep pollution out of streams.
What are plants or trees?
What is the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)?
A federal government agency dedicated to protecting enviromental health.
What is thermal pollution?
When hot water from factories or power plants is dumped into rivers or lakes.
These items, often used once and thrown away, are a big part of ocean pollution.
What is plastic?
What is a dead zone?
A place in the ocean where nothing can live because the water has no oxygen.
What is a water treatment plant?
A place where dirty water is cleaned before it goes back into nature.
About how many people in the world don’t have clean water to drink?
Over 2 BILLION
What is nutrient pollution?
When too much fertilizer gets into water and causes too many plants (like algae) to grow.
What is it called when rain picks up trash and oil from roads and carries it into rivers.
Stormwater Runoff
Polluted water carries ____ which makes most people sick?
Bacteria
What is the U.S. law that helps keep our lakes and rivers clean from pollution.
What is the Clean Water Act?
Name one way polluted water can affect human health.
It can cause diseases like cholera or lead poisoning
What is chemical pollution?
When harmful stuff like oil, trash, or chemicals pollutes the water.
When sewers overflow during big rainstorms and dirty water ends up in lakes or rivers.
What is sewer overflow?
What is this dangerous metal, found in old pipes and can make water unsafe to drink.
Lead
What are cover crops?
farmers plant these in winter to protect soil and stop pollution.
Guess the average amount of gallons per day that communities and institutions in Ulster, Orange, Putnam and Westchester counties draw water from New York City's water system
110 million gallons per day