Agricultural pollution Drinking Water Resource Extraction Clean Water Communities
100
What is a dead zone? Or what is an algae bloom?
When too much nitrogen or phosphorous flows into our waters, THIS condition can result, where there is so little oxygen in the water that few fish can survive
100
What is Flint?
This Michigan city suffered catastrophic lead contamination of its water.
100
What is 40 percent?
This percentage of watersheds in the Western U.S. are contaminated by mining pollution.
100
What is a sewage overflow?
When a sewage system or a wastewater treatment plant is overwhelmed by stormwater, THIS yucky thing can happen.
200
What are synthetic fertilizers and manure?
These are the TWO main sources of agricultural nutrient pollution.
200
What are developmental problems, lower IQ, shortened attention spans, reproductive problems, decreased kidney function, higher blood pressure, premature birth?
These are two of the many health problems that can result from exposure to lead.
200
What is acid mine drainage?
This is a major source of water pollution from mines.
200
What are roads, rooftops and other impervious surfaces?
While in nature stormwater percolates down into the soil, THESE types of surfaces funnel stormwater into nearby waterways or our sewage systems.
300
What is Toledo?
Agricultural pollution contaminated the drinking water supply for THIS city, forcing it to warn residents not to drink the tap water.
300
What is 9,000?
This many lead service lines are still in use in the U.S.
300
What is 2,000?
This many miles of streams and headwaters that provide drinking water for millions of Americans have been permanently buried and destroyed as the result of mountain top removal.
300
What are limiting sprawl, or encouraging dense development?
These residential development strategies can reduce runoff pollution.
400
What are . . . buffer zones? Cover crops? Rotational pasture? Reducing manure application to cropland?
Name one practice that can reduce pollution from agriculture.
400
What is firefighting foam, furniture, rugs, food packaging, landfills, sewage sludge?
This is one of many potential sources of PFAS contamination of groundwater.
400
What is spills or leaks or underground transport of toxic water?
This is one way that fracking can create water pollution.
400
What is fish kills, gastrointestinal illness, bad smells, or algal blooms?
This is one of the health or environmental impacts of a sewage overflow.






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