Water Pollution

CONTINUATION OF HIJACKED POWERPOINT

Water PollutionPoint source contaminants can be traced to a point of dischargeContaminants usually spreading in a plumeExamples of point sources?Examples of specific contaminants from point sources?Nonpoint source contaminants found in runoff moving over land or through the groundExamples of nonpoint sources?Examples of specific contaminants from nonpoint sources?

Impervious SurfacesRoads, highways, sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, roofs, compacted soilsCause increased runoff during rain events and prevent groundwater rechargeDry quickly and retain heat Increase nonpoint pollution

Land UseNaturalAgriculturalParklandSuburbanUrbanIndustrialMining

TYPES OF POLLUTION

StormDrainsand Sanitary SewersThey are not the same!More on these later!

Coe Lake Lesson 5th Grade If one liter (1,000 mL) of water represented all the worlds water. . .

A Drop in the Bucket

Land Use LinksGreat Lakes Information Network Map ExplorerLake Erie Commission Linking Land Use and Lake ErieODNR Lake Erie GIS Map ViewerAerials Terra Earth

Rocky River WatershedVarious Watershed MapsKim Royal Website

After the Storm30-minute video co-produced by the EPA and the Weather ChannelPrintable brochure DVD

What do you need to know?What are some possible contaminants of water?What are some possible effects of consuming polluted water?What is point source pollution? provide examples.What is non-point source pollution? provide examples.What are impervious surfaces and why are they bad?What are various ways in which land is used?What are the statistics of A Drop in the Bucket?