Water Pollution

sewer water emptying into our lakes and streams polluting the water.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/w/water_pollution.htm

Major changes in water quality can be caused by volcanoes, storms, earthquakes, etc. they are not responsible for polluting our water. Sewage and farm waste from people are huge problems to why our lakes, rivers, streams, and oceans are so polluted. Industry discharge is also a huge contributer to the pollutants in wastewater such as heavy metals, organic toxins, oils, nutrients, and solids. Also when working on constructions sites runoff can be a major part of why are waters are polluted. We cannot blame nature for pollution. We can only blame ourselves yet again.

Our waters are bad enough as it is and they're still on a decline in sanitary cleanness. Like we've been talking about in school this can easily be preventable just by not throwing a piece of trash on the ground or in the sewer which will eventually end up in the rivers, lakes, and oceans. Dumping oil is also a horrible thing for our environment that's why more auto store need to recycle oil like pep boys does to save money and to save our environment. Pollution is becoming more and more a global problem and we need to help preserve our earth and stay "green" which means just clean up after yourselves, find a trash can, and recycle.

1. Why haven't more stores looked into recycling oil?

2. Why aren't they making the sewers smaller to prevent trash being thrown in them?

3. What are some ideas that communities have come up with to help prevent polluting in their community?

http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/water-canary-pinpoints-water-problems-using-gps-and-crowd-sourcing.html?campaign=th_rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+treehuggersite+%28Treehugger%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
"Water Canary" Pinpoints Water Problems Using GPS and Crowd-Sourcing written by Jaymi Heimbuch from Clean Technology. July 14, 2011.

Summary: The "Water Canary" is a device used to identify clean, or dirty, water. This is a low budget device designed for people to know the quality of water they're drinking. Also, the Water Canary has a GPS which tracks the source of the water. Although it will help communities not drink contaminated water, it is mostly designed to get an accurate reading on which water sources need help the most. It says the device takes little to no training and no education to understand and use. This device could easily help many lives and rivers if used properly in the next few years.

Opinion/Reflection: I think the "Water Canary" was a great invention and it will help so many people. When communities with a lack of clean water are able to test their sources and realize their water isnt clean, it will help them so much. Also, this device will help locate dirty/contaminated water sources so they can be cleaned in the near future. This low-cost invention is such a helpful way to protect the water in the environment, and people's health.

Questions:
1. Once a reading is done and the water source proves contaminated what will be done to clean the water?
2. How will these devices be distributed?
3. How are the results shown? (Does it list contaminents or say how contaminated the water is?)