A | B |
Freshwater is renewable but it is ______ since it is cycled | limited |
Freshwater is uses: | agricultural industrial and personal |
Watershed | includes all of the land that's supplying freshwater to a specific area |
We get our freshwater from groundwater which moves through? | Aquifers or permeable layers of rock and soil that hold water |
Best way to reduce groundwater pollution is ? | prevent it from happening in the first place |
What can we do in a freshwater crisis? | increase supply by desalination or decrease demand ex water conservation |
Drip-irrigation | A way to decrease demand of fresh water in agriculture |
Recycling waste water can be used to _______ in industry. | cool machinery |
Point-Source Pollution | can be traced to a general source ex: a factory |
Nonpoint - source pollution | cannot be traced back to a specific place since it comes from runoff picking up pollutants along its path |
The Clean Water Act | -set water pollution standards, require permits to release point-source pollution and fund wastewater treatment plant construction |