Bio Lab 9 Flashcards
Water quality standards are set by who
United States environmental protection agency
Surface water examples and groundwater examples
Streams Rivers lakes
Aquifer
What two thinks are monitored
Surface water and ground water
What does Tallahassee have many of and what do they do
Storm water retention ponds
Accumulate street runoff
What has made storm water retention ponds necessary
Increase in paved impervious surfaces
How do plants and trees help to reduce runoff pollutants
Providing areas for attatchment of microorganisms that can neutralize them
Where is drinking water pumped from in tally
Florida aquifer system
Vast natural underground reservoir where water is stored
What is added to water in aquifer
Chlorine to disinfect and fluoride for dental health
What is used water called and where is it sent
Grey water
Spring Hill road for treatment then southeast spray field an actual farm that is watered by treated wastewater
What was found in 1990s
Tetrachloroethylene
Seven wells
What happens now that tetrachlorothylene was found
Filtered though granulated activated carbon filter units which extract solvent
What can toxins cause
Waterborne diseases
What do low water levels threaten
How do these happen
Saltwater contamination
Over pumping increased pop. Needs canal construction and drought
Pathogenic organisms cause illness and differ in
Life cycle body structure and relatedness and relatedness
What is three domain system
Bacteria archaea and eukarya
