4.4 Water Pollution

Significant Ideas:

• Water pollution, both to groundwater and surface water, is a major global problem, the effects of which influence human and other biological systems.

Applications & Skills:

• Analyze water pollution data.

• Explain the process and impacts of eutrophication.

• Evaluate the uses of indicator species and biotic indices in measuring aquatic pollution.

• Evaluate pollution management strategies with respect to water pollution.