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WATER POLLUTION SOURCES. Categories of water pollution  Point source -can easily identify the source  Nonpoint can’t identify the source of the pollutant.

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1 WATER POLLUTION SOURCES

2 Categories of water pollution  Point source -can easily identify the source  Nonpoint can’t identify the source of the pollutant. It may have occurred at another location and filtered, moved, to the current location.

3 1.Industry 4 Main Sources  THERMAL Pollution  Leaks into Ground Water  Ocean dumping  Eutrophication

4 1. Thermal Pollution  When temperature in water increases  Power Plants use water from lakes & rivers to cool their equipment down –Released water is warmer, but cleaner. However,…  Warmer water reduces the O 2 in the water  As temperature O 2 decreases  This affects organisms in the water

5 2. GROUND WATER POLLUTION Gasoline, Sewage, Toxins

6 3. Ocean Pollution 88885% of all ocean pollution comes from land – c– c– c– cars leaking, littering, storm drains. CCCCruise Ships –a–a–a–are legally allowed to dump waste & garbage at sea Oil Tanker Spills

7 SPILLS FROM OIL TANKERS Affect Wildlife

8 4.Eutrophication Excess Nutrients in Water

9 Artificial Eutrophication- when humans cause the problem  Over abundance of nutrients in H2O  use of fertilizer nitrogen & detergents with phosphate  Creates an algae bloom  Eventually, the algae die and go to the benthic zone  The bacteria in the benthos metabolize the algae take in O2 and give off CO 2.  This can lead to a fish kill due to depleted O 2 in the water.

10 1. Over abundance of nutrients In the water from Fertilizer or detergents 3. The algae die & sink to the benthic zone in the H2O where bacteria are. 2. Leads to an Algae Bloom 4. Decomposer bacteria eat the Algae. The bacteria take in O2 & release CO2 5. Reduced O2 in H2O May kill fish & other organisms. Steps of Artificial Eutrophication

11 ESTUARIES

12 ESTUARY  AREA WHERE FRESH WATER MIXES WITH SALT WATER  WHERE THE TWO MEET RICH IN SEDIMENT, NUTRIENTS  BECOMES A NUTRIENT TRAP  PLANKTON IS ABUNDANT  SHELL FISH & BIRDS LIVE & BREED IN THEM  REEDS/GRASSES FILTER POLLUTANTS IN THEIR ROOTS  THE PLANTS ALSO PREVENT EROSION OF THE LAND

13 ENDANGERED SPECIES  WHEN an animal is threatened with extinction  HOW do animals become endangered?  HUNTING  DISEASES  HABITAT DESTRUCTION leading cause

14 WHY SAVE ENDANGERED SPECIES?  MEDICINAL USES- TOP 100 drugs from PLANTS  Balance food webs & diversity, –ECOSYSTEM is MAINTAINED  If a KEYSTONE species is lost, example salmon, it could effect many other organisms in the food web.


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