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U NDERGROUND W ATER & C ONSERVATION Katrina Jackson.

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1 U NDERGROUND W ATER & C ONSERVATION Katrina Jackson

2 L OCATION OF G ROUNDWATER The underground area is divided into 2 zones The upper zone is the zone of aeration The lower zone is the zone of saturation The zones meet at the water table

3 VOCABULARY Porous- has holes in it Permeable- water can pass through a rock Aquifer- a rock layer that stores and allows the flow of groundwater Spring- water flowing from the ground Well- man-made hole you get water out of

4 CAVES Caves are formed by limestone Stalagmites are deposition on the bottom of a cave Stalactites are deposition on the top of a cave

5 SINKHOLES Depression from limestone

6 POLLUTION Point source- comes from one thing Nonpoint source pollution- comes from many places

7 P URIFYING WATER Water goes through a water treatment plant and gets chlorine added to it which gives it its nasty flavor in cities

8 R ENEWABLE RESOURCES Can be replaced soon after use

9 N ONRENEWABLE RESOURCES Cannot be replaced until millions of years

10 The End


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