My group chose to have nitrates as our topic.
   For our action project we are planning to find out the effects of mcdonalds pop, chicken nuggets, and plastic have on our enviroment. If we find that these are dangerous and harmful to the eviroment then we find out why it bad for the enviroment. What the long term and short term concicunces are and how we can solve the problem. Some ways to solve the problem could be by advicating a receycling program, proper disposal, or reduction.
   We will be testing our bio-bottles by comparing our findings to the constant bottle which is to reflect a perfect ecosystem.

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   Nitrates are very dangerous for the enviroment because they can cause dead zones in the water (Little to no oxygen) also nitrates are very harmful to infnts in drinking water.  Nitrates have been the greatest realesed polutant in the terms of volume.

http://www.environmentwashington.org/reports/water/water-reports/wasting-our-waterways-industrial-toxic-pollution-and-the-unfulfilled-promise-of-the-clean-water-act

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WATER TREATMENT PLANT

WHAT LEARNED:

Yesterday I learned that our water pressure comes from the water towers which hold together i million gallons of water. I also learned that our city gets its water from a well under the grand river, but its 300 ft under the river in rock. Other wells our city draws water from are around 60 ft deep and are moniterd heavily for contaminents. Our city not only filters  our water but it also adds chemicals to promote better health. Floride for your teeth and bones. Chlorine to kill different bacteria, and phospurose to coat the pipes toprotect us from led, and iron. Our city has about 32 miles of water main. Also, I learned that our city has about 5-6 water main breaks a year, mostly in the winter.

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Water Filtration

1. Explain how water is filtered and cleaned in a city for drinking.

Reverse Osmosis removes many types of large molecules and ions from solutions by applying pressure to the solution when it is on one side of a selective membrane

2. Explain how sewer water is treated and returned to the river or lake.
Process remove waste from water and turn it into solid form (Sludge) and return water to lake. Process includes physical, chemical, and biological, processs.
3. 2 good questions to ask tomorrow
 
1) How much sewer runoff escape to GR?
2) Hw much will escape with new filtration system?

how to reduce my footprint

me
1 unplug cords when not in use
2 dont leave computer on when not in use
3 use less electronics

family
1 carpool
2 less waste
3 more energy efficent lights

community
1 city bus system
2 more recycle opportunites
3 incentives to be green

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