Water Pollution is the addition of harmful chemicals to natural water.

Examples of Water Pollution:

     -Oil Spills

     -Littering on beaches

     -Industrial toxic filtered and dumped into water supply

6 major effects of water pollution are:

    -The food chain is damaged

    -Disease can be spread via polluted water

    -Acid rain

    -Pollutants in the water will alter the overall chemistry of the water

    -Marine food source are contaminated

    -Altered water temperature (due to human actions) can kill the marine life

Ways to prevent water pollution:

   -Put trash into trashcans

   -When not using water turn off

   -Avoid buying packaged water

   -Re-use automobile oil as much as possible

The Roanoke River Basin is located in the northern part of North Carolina and is in Virginia too.

Domestic Pollutions:

Nutrient

Bacteria

Mercury

Storm water

Ways to prevent domestic pollution:

Upgrade sewage treatment plants

Projects to stop storm water

Agricultural Pollutions:

Runoff

Pesticide

Herbicide

Sedimentation

Ways to prevent agricultural pollutions:

Make sure that the soil is enough to where the water will not flood.

Clean out pesticides after using them to farm

Industrial Pollutions:

Polluted storm water runoff from factories

Ways to prevent industrial pollutions:

Try not to use the factories as much

Environment Pollutants:

Runoff

Sediment

Fish(Bass and Carp)

Ways to Prevent environmental pollutants:

Don't fish as much as you have

Don't throw trash and other things into the river to pollute the streams and rivers