Water Pollution

Introduction

What are the sources of water pollution?

What are the effects of water pollution?

What can we do to decrease water pollution?

Introduction

Sources of Water Pollution

Direct Contaminant Sources

Fluids emitted from factories, refineries,waste treatment plants, etc. that go directly into urban water supplies.

Indirect Contaminant Sources

Enter the water supply from soil/groundwater systems and from the atmosphere by way of rain water.

Ways to Decrease Water Pollution

Enrichment Activities

Students will use newspapers or magazines to locate pictures of pollution or potential pollution problems. They will write sentences about the pollution represented in their picture. Mount the pictures on construction paper and relate this to our neighborhood.

Enrichment Activities Part II

Now, take action to help clean up your environment

Join forces with local clean up operations

Adopt areas in our school ( cafeteria, school yard )

Sponsor a pollution awareness in our school

Organize a stream or neighborhood clean up

Internet and other Resources

Http://www.epa.gov/gmpo/edresources/water_5.html

Http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/water/whatyou.shtml

Http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/water/index.shtml

Http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/fish_Boat/jf2001/wpollbas.htm

Http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/5161/water1.htm

Dr. Suess The Lorax

Living in The Environment: An Introduction to Environmental Science by G. Tyler Miller


	Introduction
	What are the sources of water pollution?
	What are the effects of water pollution?
	What can we do to decrease water pollution?


	Direct Contaminant Sources
	Fluids emitted from factories, refineries,waste treatment plants, etc. that go directly into urban water supplies.
	Indirect Contaminant Sources
	Enter the water supply from soil/groundwater systems and from the atmosphere by way of rain water.


	Students will use newspapers or magazines to locate pictures of pollution or potential pollution problems. They will write sentences about the pollution represented in their picture. Mount the pictures on construction paper and relate this to our neighborhood.


	Now, take action to help clean up your environment
	Join forces with local clean up operations
	Adopt areas in our school ( cafeteria, school yard )
	Sponsor a pollution awareness in our school
	Organize a stream or neighborhood clean up


	Http://www.epa.gov/gmpo/edresources/water_5.html
	Http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/water/whatyou.shtml
	Http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/water/index.shtml
	Http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/fish_Boat/jf2001/wpollbas.htm
	Http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/5161/water1.htm

	Dr. Suess The Lorax
	Living in The Environment: An Introduction to Environmental Science by G. Tyler Miller