water pollution

Which is an example of NPS? Click all that apply

• Specific drain pipe

• Farmland

• Suburbs

• Cities/underground storage tanks

• Construction

Which THREE of the following are major uses for water?

[select 3]

• residential

• agricultural

• industrial

• recreational

Pollution source that cannot be traced to a single point because comes from many sources

• thermal

• toxic

• nonpoint source pollution

• point source pollution

What is one thing a farmer can do to reduce their NPS pollution?

• Keep feedlots away from slopes/flood zones

• Have farms in areas that get lots of rain

• Remove plant buffer zones

• Farmers cannot reduce their NPS pollution

Pollution that comes from a single source

• Point

• Non-Point

Washing your car in your driveway

• Point

• Non-Point

When fertilizers enter surface water, they cause problems in  the watershed by -

• increasing the amount of nutrients available to fish in lakes and streams.

• clogging narrow streams and preventing water from flowing properly.

• raising the water level in nearby rivers to levels leading to flooding.

• causing rapid algal growth that decrease oxygen levels and choke aquatic life.

Untreated sewage is released into the environment. What type of pollution would this cause?

• Chemical

• Biological (pathogens)

• Physical

• Heavy metal

______________________ is water that is beneath the earth’s surface in sediment or rock formation.

• watershed
• water pollution
• wastewater
• groundwater

Farmers increase their use of pesticides and herbicides. What type of pollution would this cause?

• Sediment

• Nutrient

• Toxic

• Bacterial

• Thermal