(c) Describe how housing contaminates groundwater.
(d) Describe how waste disposal sites contaminate groundwater.
Answer the questions below in a microsoft Word document, and e-mail
them to your teacher.
1. What is a well?
(a) Visit http://www.groundwater.com/groundwater_wells.html
. In your own words describe the following:
(i) Well
(ii) Cone of depression
(iii) Drawdown
Groundwater provides environmental concern in two ways. It can be depleted (in quantity), and it can be contaminated (affecting quality).
2. How is ground water depleted?
(a) How does the concept of a cone
of depression affect depletion?
(b) Describe how housing
depletes groundwater.
3. How is ground water contaminated?
(a) Pollution sources can be classified as either point,
or non-point sources. Make 2 lists, showing the Point sources
and Non-point sources shown in the diagram below.
(b) Write a paragraph describing what the picture below shows.
(c) Describe how housing
contaminates groundwater.
(d) Describe how waste
disposal sites contaminate groundwater.
4. Why is groundwater contamination such a serious problem?
(a) Read about groundwater
and wetlands and summarize their significance in two sentences.
(b) Visit http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/en/nature/grdwtr/e_a5f5.htm
. and http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/en/nature/grdwtr/e_safeg.htm
Write two sentences explaining the significance of the problem, and
two sentences suggesting how to address it.
