ES Unit 2

The total volume of freshwater used to produce the goods and services consumed by an individual or community or produced by a business.

• Well

• Case Study

• Developing countries

• water footprint

A country that is less developed economically than most others, with little industry and little money spent on education and health care

• underdeveloped country

• developed countries

• Contaminant

• pH

A non-industrialized poor country that is seeking to develop its resources by industrialization.

• Coliform

• Developing countries

• Artesian well

• developed countries

A country with a highly developed economy and advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less developed nations.

• Developing countries

• Design Process

• Filtration

• developed countries

A published report about a person, group, or situation that has been studied over time.

• Water footprint

• Case study

• Decision Matrix

• Design Brief

A substance that makes water impure or unsuitable for consumption.

• Biodegrade

• Contaminant

• Hyperaccumulator

• OEM

A deep hole made in the ground through which water can be removed.

• Decision Matrix

• Artesian well

• Phytoremediation

• Well

HA number between 0 and 14 that indicates if a chemical is an acid or a base.

• pH

• Case study

• Well

• Water footprint

Relating to, or being gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria (as E. coli) normally present in the intestine.

• Turbidity

• Coliform

• Filtration

• Design Process

The presence of cloudiness in water caused by impurities.

• Turbidity

• Coliform

• Biodegrade

• OEM