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Question 1

________ would have the largest capacity to naturally remove sewage pollutants.
◦ Limestone with solution channels and caverns
◦ Fractured granite
◦ Slightly clayey sand
◦ Well-sorted, coarse gravel

Question 2

Much of the city of New Orleans is below sea level, yet it was not an ocean when the city was first settled. How did it get below sea level?
◦ Sea level is just rising.
◦ The area was dredged to build levees, and so it was left below sea level.
◦ Oil production withdrew oil and produced land subsidence.
◦ Drainage canals and groundwater withdrawal produced subsidence that dropped the land below sea level.
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