Select the true statement about efforts to address water pollution in the United States. The amendments to the Clean Water Act outlined policy and enforcement strategies.
States set their own water quality standards for the public water supply.
The United States Army Corps of Engineers cannot issue permits that impact wetlands.
Individual states are required to determine what waters are impaired by point source pollution.
A septic tank was not installed properly and waste water has risen above ground and flows toward a nearby lake.
Which of the following is NOT likely to be a result of this occurrence?
The polluted water can break a link in the aquatic food chain.
Drinking the lake water can cause disease.
Algal growth in the water will increase, eventually decreasing the oxygen supply of the lake's fish.
The waste water will be diluted before it reaches the lake.
Which of the following is currently increasing because of human population growth and its associated impacts?
Non-renewable resources
Land available for crops
Freshwater supplies
Sea levels