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 * By Nia, Alex B, Alex K, Colin, and Luke.**

=__Mission 7__=

__1) an underground network of pipes normally delivers drinking water to our homes__ = = = = =__**MISSION 6**__= http://prezi.com/kw9ayqj4z4j5/copy-of-naacls-h2o-heros-mission-6/

1. __//Where is groundwater located? ( Alex K.)//__ Beneath the earth's surface there is water. It is called groundwater. Groundwater is found in spaces in soil and cracks in rocks. It is located in the saturated zone. The saturated zone is all the spaces and fractures of rocks are filled with water.

2. //__Why should we care about groundwater? (Colin)__// Groundwater makes up nearly 70% of all the world’s accessible freshwater. It provides water to areas with little freshwater from lakes or other bodies of water. Ground water only requires a water-well and a deep whole resulting in a lower fee for water. Rainfall slowly increases groundwater so it will provide water during droughts and when bodies of freshwater have dried up.

3. __//How can groundwater become polluted? (Alex B.)//__ Groundwater can become polluted from an excessive use of pesticides and fertilizer or a landfill that is badly managed.Also, groundwater can become contaminated by the drainage of household chemicals. Lastly, chemical and/or fuel tanks that leak will contaminate groundwater.

4. //__How can groundwater contamination be prevented (Nia)__// Ground water contamination is when man made products seep into ground water and becomes unsafe for humans, animals, and plants to drink or absorb. We can prevent groundwater contamination by not pouring substance that cause pollution or contamination like motor oil, gas, fertilizer, etc. Another way to prevent groundwater contamination is to reduce pesticide use. the less pesticides, the less contamination in ground water.

5. __//How can contaminated groundwater be cleaned up? (Luke)//__ Sometimes polluted groundwater is pumped from the soil or bedrock, treated to remove the contamination, and then pumped back into the ground. till other types of contamination can be left in the ground without active pumping and treatment. In these cases, contaminants are reduced to non-toxic concentrations. You can also add bacteria and oxygen to make the bacteria live.

=**Mission 5**=


 * Unpoint pollution from industrial and sewage treatment plants. It comes from many diffuse sources. It is also caused by rainfall or snowmelt moving over also through the ground.**
 * The EPA says "Point source is pollution as any single identifiable from which pullout plants are discharged", such as pipe, ditch, or factory smokestacks factories and sewage plants, are two kinds of point sources**


 * The differences are: unpoint pollution is caused by more natural sources like rain, or snowmelt. Unpoint moves through the ground. They are the same because they both somewhat develop from industrial and sewage plants. Point pollution is identifiable from wich pullout plants are discharged**


 * some potential polotion sources in my community are detriot sewer system ,local people the live near . animals because of there waste. And fertilizer on stormy Days some of it will run into the river if it is at a house next to the river. Finally industrial compinies.**


 * We have agencies that protects the River Rouge. The agencies are listed in the following, EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), River Rouge Civic Center, and The City of River Rouge. These angencies help our** **community. They take care of the River Rouge water.**


 * make sure animals away from the river do not plant things near a river or put furtilizer near a river. Try to take out invaders or not native species from the watershed. Also, do not put chemicals such as weed killer on your lawn by the drainage because that flows right into the bodies of water closest to us. Lastly, you can stop water pollution by not littering into water.media type="youtube" key="fxX8ZI5rNME" width="560" height="315"**

1.What is a watershed? Answer: an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.

2.Key features of a watershed are water flows to a local watershed watersheds then transfer the water to lakes and oceans.

3. almost 450 billion dollars in food fiber manufacturing goods and tourism depend on a healthy watershed

4. The watershed we live in is the rouge river watershed.

helpful tip of mission 4: we should take care of our water shed because we want healthy water and and great environment! =Mission 2=

1) the average family uses at least 400 gallons of water per day.

2) The average person of the USA uses about 80-100 gallons per day. this comapres to other countries that don't have accses to a lot of fresh water.

3) Some examples of things that use direct water in a household can be a shower uses 16.8% of the water per day, faucets use 15.7%, leaks use 13.7%, toilets use 26.7, washing machine uses 21.7%, and other things use 5.3%.

4) direct water is water that is directly used like a faucet. when you know you are using water it is direct water use

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1.What is a watershed? Answer: an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.

2.Key features of a watershed are water flows to a local watershed watersheds then transfer the water to lakes and oceans.

3. almost 450 billion dollars in food fiber manufacturing goods and tourism depend on a healthy watershed

4. The watershed we live in is the rouge river watershed.

helpful tip of mission 4: we should take care of our water shed because we want healthy water and and great environment!

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