Ch 16 Water Pollution Flashcards
Water from precipitation that flows over surface of land
Stormwater runoff
Addition of anything that might degrade quality of water
Water pollution
Eutrophication
Excess nutrients in aquatic ecosystem feed biological productivity, lowering oxygen content in the water
Amount of oxygen in the water
Dissolved oxygen (DO)
Level of oxygen in water inadequate to support life
Hypoxia
Biological oxygen demand (BOD)
Amount of oxygen used by microbes living in body of water
Eroded soil washed into water thru runoff
Sediment pollution
Body of water where freshwater rivers meet the sea
Estuary
Pollution from discharge pipes, smoke stacks: wastewater treatment plants or industrial sites
Point source pollution
Runoff from overland flow, can come from any area
Nonpoint source pollution
Land surrounding body of water over which Water (rain) could flow & enter body of water
Watershed
Underground, permeable region of soil or rock, saturated with water
Aquifer
Algal blooms snuff out all underwater life creating
Dead zones
Cloudiness of water
Turbidity
Sampling area for what lives there to determine health of area
Biological assessment