Study Guide - Exam 3

Chp. 13 - Water Pollution

What is happening to water quality worldwide?

What is the primary source of water pollution worldwide?

Be familiar with the 8 major types of water pollution?

What is concentration vs. loading in regards to water pollution?

Why is measuring water pollution so difficult?

Be familiar with the 2 major types of water pollution and examples of each.

    -Worldwide, what is the primary source of non-point source pollution?

Groundwater pollution - what are the major sources of groundwater pollution?

What is leachate?

What is the primary source of ocean pollution?

What is meant by bioaccumulation?

What is the largest sink of pollutants on the Earth (atmosphere, groundwater, lakes, rivers, oceans...)?

Chapter 14 - Hazardous Waste

What are the 3 basic classes of waste?

Be able to distinguish between solid waste and hazardous waste.

Who produces more waste - developed, or developing countries?

Who is better at managing the waste?

What has become the first form of pollution to be traded on the international market?

What is the #1 type of solid waste in US and Canadian Landfills?

Be familiar with the 6 classes of hazardous waste.

What is the primary way that hazardous waste is distributed?

Be familiar with some basic types of household hazardous waste.

Hazardous Waste Disposal -

What is midnight dumping?

What are some of the primary ways that hazardous waste is disposed of today?

    -What is the primary way that hazardous waste is disposed of in the US?

Geography of Hazardous Waste -

Where are the primary locations for hazardous waste in the US and what is this tied to?

Be familiar with the basics of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

What did the legislation establish?

What are the criteria for hazardous waste?

Be familiar with the basics of the Superfund Program.

Has it been effective?

What is meant by "Polluter Pays" in terms of hazardous waste legislation.