Ground Water & Water Pollution

What is non-point source pollution, and why is this kind of pollution hard to monitor and control?

• there is so much from one source

• there is one source so it is easy to locate.

• it comes from more than one source

• none of these.

The Clean Water Act is a law that was designed to help protect water resources. More specifically, what is the purpose of this law?

• regulates the discharge of pollutants into the nation's surface waters, including lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, and coastal areas.

• regulates the discharge of nutrients into the nation's surface waters, including lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, and coastal areas.

• regulates the discharge of food into the nation's surface waters, including lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, and coastal areas.

Choose each of the following that would be an example of a pollution situation that would contribute to non-point source pollution.

• improper use of fertilizers on lawns

• disposal of chemicals on roadways

• leaky oil pans on automobiles

All of the rivers in the United States are closely monitored for pollution levels.

• true

• false

The leading source of pollutants found in rivers surveyed for the 1998 report that you read, was______

• agriculture

• industry

• golf courses

• city governments

Water found underground in the cracks and spaces in the soil, sand, and rock.

• groundwater

• limestone

• spring

• potable

A type of fractured rock contained in aquifers.

• groundwater

• limestone

• spring

• potable

A _________ can bring water “naturally” to the surface.

• groundwater

• limestone

• spring

• potable

Water that is suitable for drinking.

• groundwater

• limestone

• spring

• potable

Groundwater used faster than it is naturally replenished can cause a ____________.

• recharge

• irrigation

• saturation

• shortage