Name: _________________-
Water Pollution Chapter 14
The Chesapeake Bay ( the book only)
1. The Chesapeake Bay Issue
a. The watershed:
b. It is located:
c. The problems:
d. The solutions:
2. Pollution can come from specific sites or broad areas (figure 14.1)
a. Water pollutionb. Point sources-
c. Nonpoint sources-
Human wastes water is common pollution (figure 14.2)
3. Waste Water is produced by human activities such as
4. Three reasons scientists are concerned about human wastewater (figure 14.3)
a. Oxygen b. Nutrients -
c. Wastewater –
5. Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)
a. BOD b. Lower BOD 6. Eutrophication
a. Eutrophication is
b. Eutrophication is
c. Eutrophication can cause
7. Common Diseases from Human Wastewater
a. Types of diseases from water pollution include:
b. Notes on the consequences of each disease
c. Fecal Coliform Bacteria (E.Coli)
We have technologies to treat wastewater from humans and livestock
8. Treatments for Human and Animal Wastewater
a. Septic systems (figure 14.5) b. Sewage Treatment Plants-
c. Steps in a sewage treatment plant (figure 14.6) –
9. Treatments for Human and Animal Wastewater (figure 14.7)
a. Manure lagoons-
Heavy Metals and other substances can pose serious threats to human health and the
environment (figures 14.8, 14.9, 14.10, 14.11, 14.12, 14.13)
10. Types of heavy metals include:
11. Notes on the consequences of each of the metals:
12. Types of synthetic organic compounds include:
13. Notes on the consequences of each synthetic compounds:
14. Types of pharmaceuticals and hormones:
15. Notes on the consequences of each pharmaceutical and hormone:
16. Types of military compounds include:
17. Notes on the consequences of military compounds:
18. Types of industrial compounds include:
19. Notes on the consequences of industrial compounds:
Oil pollution can have catastrophic environmental impacts (figure 14.4, 14.5, 14.6)
20. Types of oil spills that have made the news:
The Gulf spill:
Exxon Valdez:
21. Ways to Remediate Oil Pollution (3 ways to stop oil from spreading after a spill)
Not all water pollutants are chemicals (figure 14.17, 14.14.8, 14.19)
22. Other types of water pollution include:
23. Notes on other water pollutants:
A nation’s water quality is a reflection of the nation’s water laws and their enforcement
24. Water Laws
The Clean Water Act 1972:
Safe Drinking Water Act 1974,1986,1996 Table 14.1 table 14.2
Legislation in the developing world
Working Toward sustainability (book only)
25. Describe a “green” wastewater treatment plant (figure 14.21)