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Surface water
is fresh water on earths land surface
River system
As streams and rivers move across the land they form a flowing network
Wasteshed
The area of land that is drained by river
groundwater
Water that is found beneath Earth surface in the spaces in sediment and rock formation
aquifer
an underground formation that contains ground water
prosity
is the percentage of total volume of a rock that has spaces
Permeability
The ability of rock or soild to allow water to flow through
recharge zone
Earth surface from which water percolates down into a aquifer
Potable
Drinking water
pathogens
which are organism that causes illness disease
Dams
are built across rivers to control the river flow
reservoir
a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
Desalination
is the process of removing salt from salt water
waste water
is water that contains waste from homes of induestry
artificial eutrophication
Fertilizer from farms, lawns, and gardens
Thermal pollution
can occur when power plants and ither industries use to cool systen down