Water Pollution

The leading cause of water pollution

It occurs when the number of algae in freshwater or marine water systems increases quickly or accumulates. The darkening of the water caused by the pigments in the algae is commonly used to identify it. It might be dangerous for both people and animals.

Keep a safe distance from ditches, drinking water sources, and any other watercourse when handling or applying chemicals, pesticides, fertilizers, or organic waste.

• disallow discharge

• water direction

• pollution by livestock

• avoid chemicals

When water is contaminated, it means that chemicals or microbes are present, making it dangerous.

Which of the following is NOT a sewage related debris (SRD)?

• tissue paper
• sewage solids

• wipes

• sanitary products

A practice of separating the combined, single pipe system into separate sewers for sanitary and storm water flows

• waste water treatment plants

• green infrastructure

• sewage separation

• sewage pollution

What chemical is added to water to treat it of disease-causing organisms?

What nonmetallic chemical is used in the absorption process to treat wastewater of harmful substances?

It usually occurs in the form of a thin film of oil on the sea surface (oil slick), or oil droplets and/or oily bubbles dispersed within the water column, or both.

• oil pollution

• sewage pollution

• agricultural pollution

• water pollution

An oil pollution solution that uses microorganisms to degrade organic contaminants in soil, groundwater, sludge, and solids. The microorganisms break down contaminants by using them as an energy source or cometabolizing them with an energy source.

• chemical awareness

• vessel maintenance

• bioremediation

• natural recovery