44% of lakes, 37% of rivers, 32% estuaries = unsafe for recreational activities 75% of h 2 o...
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Less- developed countries dump ~95% of all sewage into waterways –Lack of $ –Rapid urbanization –Explosive population –More-developed countries shift industry for cheap laborTRANSCRIPT
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• 44% of lakes, 37% of rivers, 32% estuaries = unsafe for recreational activities
• 75% of H2O pollution in US comes from – Soil erosion– Atmospheric deposition– Surface runoff
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• Less- developed countries dump ~95% of all sewage into waterways– Lack of $– Rapid urbanization– Explosive population– More-developed countries shift industry for
cheap labor
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• 50% of US depends on GW• 43% of US agriculture water• 100,000 LUSTs (Leaking Underground
Storage Tanks) leak chemicals into GW• 60% of most hazardous liquid waste injected
into GW wells– Remains for average of 1400 years– Cleanup of 300,000 sites could cost $1 trillion
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• Biological• Physical• Chemical
• Physical, or chemical change that has a negative impact on human health or the environment
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• Consists of pathogens (disease-causing agents)• Come from sewage• Diseases include;
– Typhoid, cholera, dysentery, polio, infectious hepatitis, salmonella, E-Coli bateria
• 1993 Milwaukee Wisconsin – 370,000 developed diarrhea from water-borne pathogen in public drinking water supply
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Fish need oxygen to breath – DISSOLVED OXYGEN – or DO. When the DO is low the
fish may suffocate – result = fishkill. Likewise – if the DO is too high, DO in the fish’s blood begins to bubble causing Gas Bubble Disease.
Many factors effect the DO in aquatic environments – temperature, water movement,
aquatic plant life – Pollutants in the water may indirectly effect these three important
factors – temperature, water movement and aquatic plant life, resulting in low water
quality
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• DO gets into the water by:– 1) moving water (riffles, rapids, water falls,
etc.)– 2) photosynthesis of aquatic plants
• Gases do not readily dissolve in liquids with high temperatures.
↑T → ↓ DO
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• BOD – Biological Oxygen Demand• The amount of oxygen needed for microorganisms to
break down waste material• High BOD indicates high levels of organic
contaminants in the water• Sewage = organic wastes; decomposers work to break
down the waste – which takes oxygen; • ↑ BOD → ↓ DO• Sewage also contains many pathogens – fecal
coliform test performed on water samples
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• Referred to as Thermal Pollution• Gases do not readily dissolve in liquids with high
temperatures.↑T → ↓ DO
Power plants sometimes use waterways to cool their equipment. Replaced waters are warmer than they were before causing DO ↓
Cooling towers can be build to cool the water before they are discharged back into the water body.
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• Excessive amounts of suspended solids in water.
• Come from soil erosion• Increases turbidity which reduces the
amount of sunlight that penetrates the water →
• ↓ photosynthesis → ↓ DO
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• Carries toxic pollutants, disease-causing agents
• Filling in waterways (reduces depth)• Slows water flow → ↓DO• Disrupts food chain• Clogs gills• a turbidity test is performed to determine
the amount of suspended solids in water
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• pH• plant nutrients• heavy metals• radioactive substances
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• 3.0 – 3.5 = toxic to most life• 3.5 – 4.0 = lethal to trout and other fish• 4.0 – 4.5 = fish eggs; dead lake• 5.0 – 6.0 = changes ecology (biodiversity,
#, decline is fish species, high aluminum, slow decomposition, nutrients trapped at bottom, algae disappears, crystal clear,
• 6.5 – 9.0 mostly harmless• 9.0+ harmful to lethal as pH goes up to
11.5
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• Nitrites/nitrates; phosphorous– increases plant growth; – sources: fertilizers, sewage– causes algal bloom; eutrophication
• ↑ plant life → blocks sunlight → ↓ photosynthesis → plants die → ↑BOD → ↓DO → fish kill
– cultural eutrophication = same as above caused by human sewage
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• Sources– leaching of soil due to acid rain, burning coal,
industrial, household and mining wastes.• Health Concerns
– damages nervous system, kidneys, vision, Minimata• 1932 – 1968 – Co dumped 27 tons mercury
compounds into Minimata Bay – Hg converted to methyl mercury – ingested by eating fish – 43 people died
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• Sources:– paint, mining, incinerator ash, lead pipes and
solder (contaminate water), auto exhaust• Health Concerns
– damage to kidneys, nervous system (brain), ability to learn, depressed biosynthesis of proteins, nerves, red blood cells; anemia, irritability
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• Sources:– electroplating, mining, plastic industries,
sewage• Health Concerns
– kidney disease
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• Sources:– herbicides, wood preservatives, mining industry
• Health Concerns– Damage to eyes, skin, GI tract, liver; cancer
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• Sources:– leaching due to acid rain
• Health Concerns– anemia, loss of bone strength; possible role in
dementia, and Alzheimer’s
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• oceans become contaminated by nuclear waste from illegal dumping, bomb tests, and nuclear accidents