21. Fresh Water And Fresh Water Pollution Web Resources For Students water pollution. What is water pollution There are many causes for water pollution but two general categories exist direct and indirect contaminant sources. http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/water.htm

Elementary Themes Fresh Water Ecology and Pollution General Resources All About Water The Water Cycle Ground Water ... Ecosystems: Wetlands General Resources Earth's Water Earth is the "watery planet". Viewed from space it is predominantly blue, as 74 % of its surface is covered by water. Oceans contain 97 % of the earth's water while the remaining 3 % is classified as freshwater. Seventy-seven percent of this surface freshwater is stored as ice and 22% as groundwater and soil moisture. The remaining freshwater, making up less than 1 % of the world total, is contained in lakes, rivers and wetlands. Q and Answers About Water We've put together a list of questions and answers about water that hopefully you will find interesting and amusing. Things like, "Is salt water used for anything in the U.S.?," and, "How can we have a 100-year flood two years in a row?" Freshwater Ecology Ecology is the study of plants, animals and their environments and how all of these affect each other. Glossary of Water Related Terms Use this glossary to look up words found on the Yarra Valley Water World Wide Web Site. For example, the definition of zooplankton can be found by clicking on the letter Z Click on the letter to return to the top of this glossary. Top of Page The Water Cycle The Water Cycle You may be familiar with how water is always cycling around, through, and above the Earth, continually changing from liquid water to water vapor to ice. One way to envision the water cycle is to follow a drip of water around as it moves on its way. I could really begin this story anywhere along the cycle, but I think the ocean is the best place to start, since that is where most of Earth's water is.

22. Water Pollution 2001 water pollution 2001. Sixth International Conference on Modelling, Measuring and Prediction of water pollution 17 19 September 2001, Rhodes, Greece http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2001/wp01/

Wessex Institute of Technology - Linking Academia with Industry POST CONFERENCE REPORT Conferences Home Water Pollution 2001 Sixth International Conference on Modelling, Measuring and Prediction of Water Pollution 17 - 19 September 2001, Rhodes, Greece Organised by Wessex Institute of Technology, UK Proceedings Information Next Conference Water Pollution 2003 The 6th International Conference on Modelling, Measuring and Prediction of Water Pollution took place recently on the Island of Rhodes with the participation of delegates from more than 20 different countries. The objective of the meeting was to promote a form of discussion for managers, scientists and engineers working in different aspects of water pollution. The sessions of the Conference in Rhodes covered the following topics : There were more than 50 papers on the above topics and the presentations were followed by lively discussions. The programme included a series of invited papers, ie: · "Integrated management of urban water systems to re-use waste water" by O Giustolisi, University of Bari, Italy

23. Water Pollution Search Biographies Bio search tips. encyclopediaEncyclopedia water pollution. Related content from HighBeam Research on water pollution. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0851609.html

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24. BIOHIDRICA®, Biotecnologias Del Agua Ltda. Based in Chile. Provides bioassays for evaluation of water quality and services for treatment and control of water pollution. http://www.biohidrica.cl/BIOHIDRICA_english.htm

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25. US Virgin Islands - Coastal Zone Management Program - Department Of Planning And About the Virgin Islands coastal zone, program objectives, and rules and regulations. Topics include water pollution and coral reefs. http://www.viczmp.com/

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26. NRDC: Clean Water & Oceans: Water Pollution NRDC works to continue reductions in industrial water pollution while pressing for effective pollution controls on agriculture, logging and other pollution http://www.nrdc.org/water/pollution/default.asp

Though much has been done to clean up our waters, much work remains. Sewer overflows and runoff from farms and city streets threaten the life-sustaining properties of our waters, endanger human health and wildlife, and result in thousands of beach closings each year. NRDC works to continue reductions in industrial water pollution while pressing for effective pollution controls on agriculture, logging and other sources previously exempt from them. We help develop and promote strong federal laws and regulations to address polluted runoff, raw sewage discharges, and factory farm wastes and we sue polluters when they violate the Clean Water Act. Drinking Water  Water Pollution    Oceans Aging U.S. Sewers a Health Threat NRDC Media Center NRDC report describes an emerging environmental and public health crisis. Urban Stormwater Solutions Water Pollution In Brief Cities, developers and others are finding ways to reduce stormwater pollution. Water Quality at Vacation Beaches Oceans In Brief NRDC report tallies more than 12,000 pollution-related closings and advisories at U.S. beaches in 2003. Mimicking Nature to Solve a Water-Pollution Problem With "low-impact development," communities can reduce water pollution, beautify landscapes, and save money.

27. Water Pollution And Hazardous Waste Quizzes and polls to test a person's knowledge about water pollution. Includes resources about ways to help the situation. http://members.tripod.com/water-pollution

28. Water Pollution water pollution. water pollution occurs when a body of water is adversely affected due to the addition of large amounts of materials to the water. http://mbgnet.mobot.org/fresh/pollute.htm

Introduction Farming Business Homes Water Pollution W ater pollution occurs when a body of water is adversely affected due to the addition of large amounts of materials to the water. The sources of water pollution are categorized as being a point source or a non-source point of pollution. Point sources of pollution occur when the polluting substance is emitted directly into the waterway. A pipe spewing toxic chemicals directly into a river is an example. A non-point source occurs when there is runoff of pollutants into a waterway, for instance when fertilizer from a field is carried into a stream by surface runoff. Types of Water Pollution Toxic Substance A toxic substance is a chemical pollutant that is not a naturally occurring substance in aquatic ecosystems. The greatest contributors to toxic pollution are herbicides, pesticides and industrial compounds. Organic Substance Organic pollution occurs when an excess of organic matter, such as manure or sewage, enters the water. When organic matter increases in a pond, the number of decomposers will increase. These decomposers grow rapidly and use a great deal of oxygen during their growth. This leads to a depletion of oxygen as the decomposition process occurs. A lack of oxygen can kill aquatic organisms. As the aquatic organisms die, they are broken down by decomposers which leads to further depletion of the oxygen levels. A type of organic pollution can occur when inorganic pollutants such as nitrogen and phosphates accumulate in aquatic ecosystems. High levels of these nutrients cause an overgrowth of plants and algae. As the plants and algae die, they become organic material in the water. The enormous decay of this plant matter, in turn, lowers the oxygen level. The process of rapid plant growth followed by increased activity by decomposers and a depletion of the oxygen level is called

29. ThinkQuest : Library : The Environment: A Global Challenge Attention for water pollution exploded in the 1980s. However, even the Exxon Valdez spill barely touched the surface of the problem of water pollution. http://library.thinkquest.org/26026/Environmental_Problems/water_pollution.html

Index Earth Science The Environment: A Global Challenge "The Environment: A Global Challenge" is a comprehensive site providing information on many aspects of the environment. There are 400 articles in twelve content sections [ Current Events, Economics, Environmental Problems, Health Concerns, History, Organizations, Science, Statistics and World Outlook]. Articles are interlinked and multimedia and links to outside information often accompany the text. Integrated into each content section and spread out through various other sections are many interactive features, such as simulations, interviews, streaming multimedia, a scientific experimentation center, and systems for adding links and new content enable visitors to experience what they are learning about. Educators can easily and instantly involve their entire class in the site by creating accounts in our Classroom Connection database. Visit Site 1999 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge Awards Platinum Languages English Students Michael Kantonsschule Pfdffikon/Nuolen, Pfaeffikon, Switzerland

30. ThinkQuest : Library : Water, Water, Everywhere... water pollution. What is it? water pollution is one of the most serious environmental problems we, as a planet, face today. It http://library.thinkquest.org/C0115522/article.php?qs_article_id=18&qs_language=

31. WATER POLLUTION - Urban PREVENTING URBAN water pollution. Thus, storm drains carry large amount of pollution away from urbanized areas mixed with the excess storm water. http://www.cjnetworks.com/~sccdistrict/resubwt.htm

PREVENTING URBAN WATER POLLUTION TO MAIN MENU Slide Show The majority of people now live in cities. These urban environments are characterized by suburbs that contain many acres of hard surfaces. Natural vegetation such as forests and fields slow rainwater down, allowing it to soak into the surface. In contrast, streets, roofs, parking lots and manicured lawns, all provide hard, impervious, surfaces that prohibit rain from soaking into the ground. Since the excess rain water can not soak into the ground, it accumulates and rushes into storm sewers and waterways. There is a common misconception that water traveling into storm sewers ends up treated at the local wastewater treatment plant. Because of this misunderstanding, many citizens use storm drains and ditches as places to dispose of all kinds of pollutants . Thus, storm drains carry large amount of pollution away from urbanized areas mixed with the excess storm water. Street litter, fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, pet and yard waste, motor oil, anti-freeze, household hazardous wastes, and paint are just a few of the pollutants that find their way into storm drains. This water travels from storm drains into local streams, ponds, and lakes, and ultimately into local streams and rivers. Because storm drains can be a major source of pollution to our waterways, it is important to keep polluting materials out of them.

32. Water Pollution water pollution. The people in the next village will have to drink this polluted water, and will suffer from the diseases that accompany dirty water. http://www.zephryus.demon.co.uk/geography/resources/environ/water.html

Water Pollution Everybody needs fresh water. Without water people, animals and plants cannot live. Although a few plants and animals can make do with saltwater, all humans need a constant supply of fresh water if they are to stay fit and healthy. Of the total supply of water on the Earth, only about 3 percent of it is fresh, and most of that is stored as ice and snow at the poles, or is so deep under the surface of the Earth that we cannot get to it. Despite so much of the water being out of reach, we still have a million cubic miles of it that we can use. That's about 4,300,000 cubic kilometers of fresh water to share out between most of the plants, animals and people on the planet. Whether water is clean enough to use, or too polluted depends on many things such as where it is, whether there is enough for everyone to use, what we do with it, and how we deal with the water we have used before we let it run back to join the rivers and lakes. The Developing World In the developing world the biggest problem is the shortage of water and the lack of clean supplies. When water is very scarce people have to make good use of it. That might mean using the same source of water for drinking and cooking, a place to wash, a place to clean clothing, pots and pans and a place to let the farm animals drink as well. The same water is used by many people for many different purposes, and each time the water becomes a little more polluted.

33. New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission http://www.neiwpcc.org/

34. Rhode Island Chapter Surfrider Foundation Environmental group working on coastal health (including water pollution) and access issues in the state. http://www.edc.uri.edu/surfrider/

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35. Water Pollution water pollution. Sewage is a category encompassing human waste, garbage, and water used for laundering and bathing. About 80% of http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/ES/WS/pollution.html

Water Pollution Sewage is a category encompassing human waste, garbage, and water used for laundering and bathing. About 80% of our sewage goes through treatment plans which remove nitrogenous and phosphorous compounds, as well as other solids. About 10% passes through septic tanks before being filtered and seeping into the ground. The remaining 10% remains untreated and passes directly into the water system. The three basic types of water contaminants are microbes, chemicals, and byproducts of decontamination processes. Microbes include viruses, bacteria, and intestinal parasites. The protozoan Cryptosporidium and the bacteria E. Coli, Giarda, and Salmonella are some common water-contaminating microorganisms. Diarrhea, dysentery, hepatitis, cholera, and typhoid fever, are some common bacterial diseases that can be found in drinking water. Hepatitis A, polio, and tuberculosis are some viral diseases found in drinking water. Recent Cryptosporidium outbreaks in Washington, D.C. and Milwaukee caused over 400,000 illnesses. Biological contaminants in the U.S. alone cause about 900,000 illnesses and kill about 900 people per year. Lead can leak into water from pipes and pipe solder. It can cause brain damage, especially in children. Iron and manganese can cause water to turn rust-colored. They are harmful when ingested in large amounts. Hydrogen sulfide gas gives water a rotten egg odor and is harmful in large concentrations. Radioactive substances, such as radium, can cause cancer, especially bone cancer. Nitrate compounds, which are found in fertilizers, prevent hemoglobin from binding with oxygen. Excess amounts can cause death in infants. Many organic compounds can pollute water. Examples of such chemicals are benzene, dioxin, MTBE (used widely as an anti knocking agent in gasoline), PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), fungicides, pesticides, and industrial chemicals.

36. David A. Gillam, Susitna Elementary, Anchorage, AK WATER POLLUTION David A. Gillam, Susitna Elementary, Anchorage, AK water pollution Appropriate for grades K6. OVERVIEW There are a wide variety of pollutants that can affect http://yn.la.ca.us/cec/cecsci/cecsci.26.txt

David A. Gillam, Susitna Elementary, Anchorage, AK WATER POLLUTION Appropriate for grades K-6. OVERVIEW: There are a wide variety of pollutants that can affect water and the plants and animals that live in the water. This pollution can be divided into three groups: chemical pollution, thermal pollution, and ecological pollution. Since not all pollution is human produced students need to understand that there are sometimes "natural" reasons for some pollution. PURPOSE: These activities will help students' understanding of water pollution and its potential effects on human and wildlife habitats. OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to: 1. Identify 2 or more pollutants in a bog, marsh, stream or other wetland area. 2. Relate a pollution prevention message through words and art. 3. Understand that some pollutants can not be seen. ACTIVITIES: 1. Taking student a wetland area helps them become more aware of the water around them. Take with you paper, pencils, clipboards, rubber gloves, plastic garbage bags and extra adults. When you get to your wetland site divide students into groups of 3 or 4. Each group is to look around the wetland area and find as many sources/types of pollution as possible. On their paper a designated recorder for each group will record the different types of pollution found. After 5-7 minutes, come together as a whole group and discuss the pollution that is seen. Since the visible pollution is often in the form of litter, discuss with your students the pollution that may be present, but not seen. When the group discussion is over, pass out gloves and bags. Divide students into groups and assign an adult to each group. Then have the students pick up the litter pollution and take back to school and put in dumpsters. Repeat throughout the year. 2. For this activity you will need paper, crayons, markers, crayon pastels and other art supplies. Review with the students the types of pollution that they know about. Talk about the ways people can help prevent certain kinds of water pollution. List them on the chalk board. Have students draw a picture showing how to prevent pollution of a wetland of other water source. Encourage students to think about the source of the pollution and ways to either prevent or ways to dispose of some pollutants. 3. To help students understand that clear water isn't necessarily free of pollutants, place 5 clear liquids in portion cups. Things to include should have a definite taste that students would recognize. Use sugar water, white vinegar, salt water, water mixed with citric acid, and tap water. Using cotton swabs, have students taste each liquid (dispose of swab after each taste) and record what they taste after each. After students have all had a chance to taste, discuss that some kinds of pollution can't be seen. If you have local creeks, streams, or other water ways that are unsafe for human use, this is a good jumping off point to discuss the problems these bodies of water have. RESOURCES/MATERIALS NEEDED: All resources are available in most areas. TYING IT ALL TOGETHER: Environment concerns can be understood by even the youngest school children. Providing them with a background of information and an opportunity to actively use that information, they will begin to develop a feeling of stewardship for their world. Using activities that develop environmental stewardship in students will hopefully become a basis for action in their future lives.

37. TEACH: Water Pollution In The Great Lakes water pollution in the Great Lakes water pollution is defined as a change in the chemical, physical and biological health of a waterway due to human activity. http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/pollution/water/water1.html

GO TO.... Areas of Concern Non-native invasive species Urban sprawl TEACH Pollution Home Water pollution in the Great Lakes The pollution of our waterways became a national issue in June of 1969, the day that the Cuyahoga River, flowing through Cleveland, Ohio, on its way to Lake Erie, caught on fire because it was so polluted. Although this was not the first time that the Cuyahoga River had been in flames, the 1969 fire caught the attention of the nation and the fight began for increased water pollution controls, which eventually led to the Great Lakes Water Quality Act and Clean Water Act in the 1970s. Water pollution is defined as a change in the chemical, physical and biological health of a waterway due to human activity. Ways that humans have affected the quality of the Great Lakes water over the centuries include sewage disposal, toxic contamination through heavy metals and pesticides, overdevelopment of the water's edge, runoff from agriculture and urbanization, and air pollution. Table of Contents Introduction Why so polluted?

38. TEACH: Water Pollution In The Great Lakes 3 water pollution in the Great Lakes. Effects of water pollution. water pollution affects the health of the waterway, the health http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/pollution/water/water3.html

GO TO.... Areas of Concern Non-native invasive species Urban sprawl TEACH Pollution Home Effects of water pollution Water pollution affects the health of the waterway, the health of the organisms living in and around the waterway, and, eventually, the health of humans. The effects of water pollution can range from aquatic deformities to contaminated fish to "dead" lakes. Aquatic diseases and deformities As virtual "canaries in a gold mine," the deteriorating health of fish and wildlife speaks volumes about the need to clean up the Great Lakes. Heavy metals such as mercury and lead, and human-made organic chemicals such as pesticides, biomagnify as they move up the food chain, resulting in tumors and death for predatory animals, such as lake trout, herring gulls, and even humans. Toxic pollutants can also alter the genetic makeup of an organism, resulting in either death or extreme deformities. Studies have found cormorants suffering from cross-billed syndrome at rates 42 percent times the natural occurence, while terns exhibit birth defects from dioxin, PCBs and furan exposure at 31 times the normal levels. Other examples of deformities include large fish tumors and three-legged frogs. Human health issues Persistant Organic Pollutants , or POPs, such as dioxin, PCBs and DDT, are chemical substances that persist in the environment and bioaccumulate through the food web; therefore, POPs can also cause sickness and disease in humans, who are at the end of the food chain. People who regularly consume a lot of fish will have larger levels of toxic chemicals in their bodies than those who only eat fish occasionally. While scientists are still studying the effects of high chemical levels in humans, studies have suggested that toxic chemicals can lead to reproductive problems, cancer and neurological disorders.

39. Pollution water pollution Begins on the Land Our activities on the land can affect water quality in our streams, rivers and coastal waterways. water pollution. http://www.eagle.ca/~matink/themes/Environ/pollute.html

Home Page Safety Net Newsletter Teacher Resources Libraries ... Projects Pollution Table of Contents Air Land Noise Water Air Pollution Air quality lesson plans and data This site, designed for teachers of grades K to 12, presents background information, activities and resources for teaching about air quality in the classroom. Air Pollution Control Resources Get news and research on stationary-source air emissions, regulation, and US air-pollution control efforts. Air Pollution - MSN Encarta Read the encyclopedic reference about the lung menace and its possible causes and effects. Air Pollution - Use in Schools Project Students can learn about various kinds of air pollution, such as acid rain, smog, the greenhouse effect, particulates, and ozone depletion. Atmospheric Chemistry Air Quality Glossary Alphabetical index lists scientific terms that are useful in the study of air pollutants and atmospheric chemistry. Atmosphere and Climate Earth can support life because of its fragile but protective atmosphere. But human activities have the potential to affect our atmosphere making it less able to protect us. The atmosphere protects the Earth. We must protect the atmosphere. Clean Air - Environment Canada: The Green Lane Site offers information on air pollution, what it is and why we should be concerned.

40. SAR - FAL Homepage Develops environmentally sound cultivation and production techniques which maintain soil fertility, cause minimal air and water pollution and allow high biodiversity as well as a varied landscape. http://www.admin.ch/sar/fal

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