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.
(NEED TO REVIEW PACKET WAS ABSENT)
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
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
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.
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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