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73 Cards in this Set

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Lake Baikal
Owens Valley
Mono Lake
Colorado River
Glen Canyon Dam
Hoover Dam
Three Gorges Dam
California Water Project
confined aquifer
unconfined aquifer
groundwater recharge zone
saltwater intrusion
aqueduct
groundwater
watershed
floodplain
subsidence
water table
infiltration
percolation
overdraft
artesian well
water budget
dessication
water stress
zone of aeration
zone of saturation
desalination
ephemeral stream
perennial stream
cloud seeding
wetland
channelization
fecal coliform
cholera
E. coli
Salmonella
acid mine drainage
BOD (biological oxygen demand)
DO (dissolved oxygen)
oxygen sag curve
organic waste
oxygen-demanding waste
sediment pollution
urban runoff
ocean pollution
pathogens
agricultural/feedlot runoff
center pivot irrigation
gravity flow irrigation
drip irrigation
clean zone
decomposition zone
septic zone
recovery zone
midge larvae
inorganic plant nutrients
oxygen-demanding wastes
eutrophication
cultural eutrophication
oligotrophic
heavy metal
Brownfield
HAB’s/red tides
septic tank
primary wastewater treatment
secondary wastewater treatment
tertiary wastewater treatment
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
Clean Water Act
SUPERFUND
Safe Drinking Water Act
Water Quality Act