Surface runoff

Some algae can produce harmful chemicals that will harm plants or animals that are in the water,so it would not be a good idea to swim in water with algae or high phosphorus levels.(Oram) There are simple ways to manage phosphorus like: control the runoff, use grassed waterways, maintain a healthy riparian area, reduce the number of acres in summer fallow, have a manure management plan, prevent livestock from entering water sources, and apply manure to meet crop nutrient ways. These are the best…

Each year 1.2 trillion gallons of untreated sewage, storm water, and industrial waste are dumped into U.S. waters. Stormwater, according to United States Environmental Protection Agency, is runoff that flowed through any surface modified by humans. With the addition of more urbanized areas, the increasing damages of stormwater which has been revealed as a danger to life. Storm water damages all life, including mankind. More specifically, stormwater damages the aquatic life due to the water…

If we change the material the water goes through, how will it affect the quality of the water after it passes? To make the water quality better, an experiment can be done to see if a certain material can be placed in runoff areas. The independent variable would be the different material; rock, sand, and soil. The dependent variable would be the water quality. To test the water quality, test the pH level, the amount of dissolved oxygen, and the level of nitrogen and phosphorus…

My Opinion: • Road salt may be an effective way to melt ice on roads, but it comes with many drawbacks, that can especially harm the environment, and even damage infrastructure. Argument #1: Salt contaminates many bodies of water, which affects aquatic animals in a negative way. • Salt in ponds and lakes prevents aquatic plants and animals from getting their nutrients. • High concentrations of salt in freshwater has harmful effects on the growth, reproduction, and survival of invertebrates,…

considerably as the tide recedes. Even where there is air in the sand its humidity is high, and burrowing creatures are not in appreciable danger of desiccation (J.M. Baker and W.J. Wolff, 2009). The deeper-dwelling forms are also well insulated from surface fluctuations of temperature and salinity, which seldom produce much effect below a depth of a few inches. However, many burrowing animals descend deeper in the sand during winter than in summer within temperate areas (Marinebio.net,…

Any kind of leak that you find in your home is serious, but a slab leak in your Collin County, TX home can be particularly devastating, as most homeowners do not discover the leak until it has become truly catastrophic. A slab leak in your Collin County, TX home is often the result of damaged pipes beneath your foundation, which is the primary reason why these types of leaks are so hard to detect. Things to look for include unusually high water bills, water spots and damp areas showing up on…

Many people don’t know what a Watershed is. Some people may know and others may be completely clueless. Well, since you are wondering now, a Watershed is an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas. With that knowledge, our Environmental Scientist have discovered pollution inside the Watershed, caused by human interactions, located around the Mobile River in Southern Alabama. The pollution found in the river is affecting the wildlife that are in…

Freshwater management has been of major concern in New Zealand, particularly during the last two decades. There has been consistent decline in water quality and quantity in Canterbury during this time. Consequently, work has been made to improving the way water resources are managed. This report will discuss the consent conditions for the Lincoln University Dairy and Research Farms, consent number CRC143396, and how the consent is monitored. The Resource Management Act (1991), the Dairying Clean…

and the new measures to be developed are meant to control causative factors like uncontrolled urban sprawl, loss of natural drainage, the inadequacy of the storm water drainage system, lack of maintenance of existing systems, increase in impervious surfaces and lack of coordination between stakeholders involved in implementing the measures. The measures could be broadly classified into structural and nonstructural measures. These measures include institutional, physical, socio- economic and…

THE DIMENSIONS OF POLLUTIONS AND RESOURCES DEPLETION. ABSTRACT In this topic we will look at the dimensions of pollution and resources depletion. For pollution we will get to know the definition of pollution. Rather than that, we will know each types of pollution and each definition of this. Then we will look further into the cause, effect and solution for each pollution in this topic. Lastly we will discuss about the resources depletion effect occur by human activity. INTRODUCTION Environmental…