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surface water
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is frest water on earth land surface
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groundwater
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water beneath the earth surface in sidiment and rock formations
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porosity
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is the percentage of the total volume of a rock that has space
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permeability
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the ability of rock or soil to allow water to flow thought
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potable
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safe to drick
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dam
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is a structure built arcoss a river to control the river flow
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reservoir
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an artificial lake
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point- source pollution
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is pollution discharges from a single souce
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nonpoint source pollution
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come from mary differnet sources that are hard to identife
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wastewater
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is water that contains waste from homes or industry
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thermal pollution
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temperature of a body of water, lake or streme
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biomagnification
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buildup of pollutants at higher leverls of the food chain
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