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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
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What is Flint?
This Michigan city suffered catastrophic lead contamination of its water.
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What is 40 percent?
This percentage of watersheds in the Western U.S. are contaminated by mining pollution.
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What is a sewage overflow?
When a sewage system or a wastewater treatment plant is overwhelmed by stormwater, THIS yucky thing can happen.
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What are synthetic fertilizers and manure?
These are the TWO main sources of agricultural nutrient pollution.
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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.
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What is acid mine drainage?
This is a major source of water pollution from mines.
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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.
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What is Toledo?
Agricultural pollution contaminated the drinking water supply for THIS city, forcing it to warn residents not to drink the tap water.
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What is 9,000?
This many lead service lines are still in use in the U.S.
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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.
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What are limiting sprawl, or encouraging dense development?
These residential development strategies can reduce runoff pollution.
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What are . . . buffer zones? Cover crops? Rotational pasture? Reducing manure application to cropland?
Name one practice that can reduce pollution from agriculture.
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What is firefighting foam, furniture, rugs, food packaging, landfills, sewage sludge?
This is one of many potential sources of PFAS contamination of groundwater.
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What is spills or leaks or underground transport of toxic water?
This is one way that fracking can create water pollution.
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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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