WebQuest- Water
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Click on http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/cycle/index.htm. Answer the following questions.
1. Define "water cycle".
2. What fraction of the earth’s surface is covered in water?
3. What percentage of all the Earth’s water is in a form that is useable to humans and land animals?
Enchanted Learning: Click on http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/
1. Where is most of the earth’s water supply located? How much?
What is Ground Water and where does it come from? http://www.groundwater.org/gi/gi.html
1. What is groundwater?
2. Where does groundwater come from?
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3. How does the water get into the ground?
4. What is the area called that is filled with water?
5. Define aquifer. (you can draw a picture)
6. How much water does the average American use each day (in gallons)?
7. What percentage of the Earth’s useable water is groundwater?
8. How many gallons of water does it take to make one hamburger?
9. Groundwater contamination by what five things can result in serious human health problems?
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10. How is groundwater contaminated?
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11. List 7 easy ways to conserve water
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12 What is a well?
13 Name the three types of wells
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SAFE DRINKING WATER! How do we get it? What process does water go through to become safe enough to drink? Read the following websites to find out. Use this diagram and the one on the second website to help you learn about this process. (All links are found on my website!)
Go to: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/watertreatmentplant/
http://www.freedrinkingwater.com/images-water-quality/public-water-treatment.gif
Water enters the treatment plant from a river, reservoir or well and is first screened to remove leaves, twigs and other large objects.
1. Write 2-3 sentences describing what happens in the next steps
of the water treatment.
A. Coagulation:
B. Sedimentation:
C. Filtration:
D. Disinfection: (Sometimes other treatments such as fluoridation
or pH adjustment may occur at the end of this stage.)
E. Storage (After storage, water travels via pipelines to homes and businesses.)
Now let’s look where you get your drinking water .Aurora City Water http://www.auroraoh.com/index.aspx?nid=536
1. Where does Aurora purchase its water from?
2. What city does the water actually come from?
3. What fresh water bodies does Aurora get its water from?
4. What does the Aurora facility test for?
Go to the Consumer Confidence Report 2013 http://www.auroraoh.com/DocumentCenter/View/775
5. What is the purpose of the Consumer Confidence Report?
6. How does the Shalersville plant soften the water?
7. What Aquifer supplies the well?
8. Are there any known pollutants to the water?
9. Where does Ravenna get its fresh water from?
10. Whose responsibility is it to make sure no pollutants get into the aquifer?
11. The CWD uses surface water drawn from the 4 intakes in Lake Erie as source of our drinking water. What watershed is Lake Erie a part of?
12. Where does most of the water entering Lake Erie come from? (95%) Where does the other 5% come from?
13. Why potential contaminations from rivers and streams are greatly minimized? When was it built?
14. Can the treatment facility address all possible contaminants? What do they do as a result?
15. Is it reasonable to expect that there may small amounts of contaminants in both drinking and bottle water?
16. Who should take extra safety precautions? Why?
17. The city of Aurora conducts routine bacteria sampling monthy? How many were taken in 2013? ______How many were positive? ______Negative? _____
18. How often do they test for chlorine ? ______How many test were done in 2013? ______How many met EPA standards? ______Why do we add chlorine to the water?
19. What was Aurora Asbestose Level?
20. What was the results of lead and copper?
21. On the last page is the Public Notice. What is its importance? What is being done?
22. If you have a question who do you contact? How?
23. How can you get more involved?
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