Water Pollution

Water Pollution

Asynchronous Day Slides and Notes

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT an example of point-source pollution

• oil that is escaping from a damaged tanker

• heavy metals that are leaching out of an underground mine

• water runoff from residential lawns

• untreated sewage that is accidentally released from a wastewater treatment plant

Open Ended

Explain why point-source pollution is easier to control than nonpoint-source pollution

Multiple Choice

Thermal pollution has a harmful effect on aquatic environments because

• water has been circulated around power-plant generators

• it increases the number of disease-causing organisms in aquatic environments

• it reduces the amount of dissolved oxygen in aquatic environments

• it decreases the nutrient levels in aquatic environments

Open Ended

Describe the unique problems of cleaning up groundwater pollution.

Open Ended

Research the Clean Water Act (you can use google). Has this act been updated since 1972? If it has, describe new regulations. If it has not, do you think it should be?