Water Pollution Flashcards
4 Fundamentals of Environmental Health
- The Environmental System
- Man-Environmental Relationship - Principles of Environmental Control
- Areas of Environmental Health Concerns
- Emerging Environmental Health Problem
Biggest percentage of water in the world comes from where?
Ocean (97.6%)
Biggest percentage of water use in the Philippines is used where?
Agriculture (85.6%)
Largest river in the Philippines
Cagayan River
Largest lake in the PH
Laguna de bay
Largest lake in mindanao
Lake lanao
How many percentage of the population use groundwater for drinking?
50%
Groundwater extraction is regulated by?
National Water Resources Board
It refers to major river systems that have no fishes and no life except for plants
Biologically dead
Indicate dead materials and increased phosphates in the water, which would increase the number of plants.
Algal blooms
Means whatever is not absorbed by the soil
Runoff
Bacteria that are only present in the GI tract of mammals and birds
Fecal coliform
What are the 3 principles of environmental control?
Isolation
Substitution
Shielding
Separation by distance
Isolation
Use of alternative materials, processes and operations
Substitution