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Wastewater Crossword Game

        Environmental Science 12   
Barry Castelli     December 13, 2020
Horizontales
____ use water, often as a coolant, as factories make products for humans. (10 lettersI
____ sprayed on crops to keep away bugs may end up being carried away in the water. (10 letters)
One of most valuable liquids in the world as long as it is not contaminated. (6 letters)
The first step in the treatment of wastewater takes out the heavier solids. (7 letters)
____ breaks down rocks to extract minerals and uses water from lakes and rivers in the process. (6 letters)
Tertiary treatment is the last step before ___ is discharged to the seat. (6 letters)
Our Gross Domestic Product ___ (3 letters) means all the things we produce in Canada. We can develop new products and industries that focus on improving our wastewater.
Innovative technology from UBC, called ___ reduces pollution in 23 from 70% to 10% (14 letters)
It too much untreated sewage with high organic content, is released into waterways, ___ (14 letters) results.
Before there was a treatment, liquid waste was carried out to the ___. (5 letters)
Only by ___ (9 letters), will we change our actions to better protect our water supply.
If there are fewer plants, this means fewer primary ____ to become the food for consumers. (9 letters)
We should never ___ paint, grease, dental floss, paper towel or medication down the toilet. (5 letters)
Only 7% of the worlds water is ____ (5 letters) so we are lucky to have so much of it where we live.
Chemicals extracted from water at treatment facilities include phosphorus and ___(8 letters), an important ingredient in fertilizer because plants need it to grow and photosynthesize.
Heavier solids called ___ are trucked to landfills after they fall to the bottom of tanks. (6 letters)
North West Langley, Lulu Island, Annacis Island, Iona Island and ___ (9 letters) are the names of the 5 wastewater treatment plants in our region
As humans cut down trees to build cities, the ____ that results, reduces the amount of water that is captured by plants (13 letters)
There is rigorous testing to ensure that treatment facilities renew the ___ of our water supply.(7 letters) This includes chemical, biological and physical analysis of a body of water.
Verticales
Treatment systems used strategically placed pumping stations to move liquid through pressurized ____. (5 letters)
When wastewater is treated, the state of the water product is called ___ water. (9 letters)
When pollution cannot be traced to one point of origin, it is called ___- (3 letters) point-source pollution. If it can be traced to one point of origin, it is called point-source pollution.
It is carried through pipes to a treatment plant. (6 letters)
A polluted pond of liquid that results from production of ore is called a ___ pond. (7 letters)
Water is used to grow ___ all over the world and is quite inefficient, with a lot of the water evaporating or running away into rivers or lakes. (5 letters)
What breaks down or decomposes the suspended solids at the Secondary Treatment facility (14 letters)?
Nothing here
There are 5 wastewater treatment facilities in the area we live which is called ______ (14 letters)
The treatment facility can be turned off, but it is better to be turned __ (2 letters)
An informal name for organic solid waste is __ (4 letters).
There is energy that can be extracted from wastewater. Bio___ (3 letters) contains green renewable natural gas called biomethane.
Biomethane can be used as a transportation ____.(4 letters)
Treatment systems rely on ___ (7 letters) to help move liquid from areas of high to low elevation.