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| Chapter 3 Water Treatment/Mirabello |
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| The runoff from fertilizers pollutes ponds & lakes and |
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| A pipe spilling chemicals from a factory into a river is an example of a |
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| Point source of pollution |
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| Preventing water pollution is often |
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| Easier than cleaning up pollution |
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| The pH of water is a measure of its |
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| Hard water contains high levels of |
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| Household wastewater and the wastes in it are called |
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| Many homes that are not connected to public sanitary sewers might dispose of sewage using a |
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| Specific sources of pollution that can be identified are called |
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| Pesticides are most likely to be found in runoff from |
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| A pollutant often found in road runoff is |
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| A common source of drinking water |
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| Pure water is neutral with a pH of |
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| The amount of one substance in a certain volume of another substance is its |
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| Chlorine is added to drinking water because |
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| It kills disease-causing microorganisms |
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| Wetlands are not a source of |
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| The first stage of treating wastewater that involves the removal of solid particles |
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| The first step in treating drinking water that involves passing water through a series of screens |
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| One source of water pollution is |
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| Pesticides which are chemicals used to kill organisms that damage crops |
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| Some people obtain their water from underground layers of rock called |
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