A Brief Note On Beach Pollution Prevention And The National Resource Defense Council

One of the most poorly understood causes ocean pollution is urban runoff. Urban runoff is also one of the leading causes of ocean pollution, Surfrider agrees, “Urban runoff is often the primary source of ocean pollution. The Ocean Friendly Gardens (OFG) Program educates and assists people in creating landscapes that utilize native plants, permeable ground covers and water retention features to prevent urban runoff, create wildlife habitats and design beautiful spaces” (Surfrider). Surfrider has a program called The Ocean Friendly Gardens where Surfrider

Ocean pollution is such a broad topic, and one that has many facets to it. As a group, we found it to be a very intriguing topic that it relevant to our everyday lives. As New Jersey residents, we have all spent time at the Jersey shore. We have all enjoyed the small and big beach towns, the sand, and of course

It was surely a proud day when your child went off to college. One can only imagine the concern and disappointment you felt when you discovered they were dealing with an addiction. Many people will immediately point to and place the blame on the party environment typically found on college campuses. The reality is your child may be dealing with some deep-rooted personal problems that often leads to excessive drinking and using. At this point, you might be coming to the realization that alcohol rehab in Florida is something you need to start considering.

The ocean is a vast and beautiful body of water. It seems as if nothing could ever take away from that beauty. Sadly that is not the reality, the ocean takes on more than 8 million metric tons of plastic waste every year (weforum.org). This causes many marine animals to die and ecosystems to vanish. This plastic and contamination can lead into the lovely state of Florida. Contamination, over fishing and farming can cause Florida marine life to die off and can cause red tides to last longer and be more harmful.

Just imagine for a moment, strolling barefoot through silky sand, the warm sun beating down, and the sound of waves rhythmically rolling in. Picture dolphins dancing in the distance, seagulls whistling their blissful hymn above, and children laughing as they dance through the ocean spray. Sounds like the perfect escape, right? Tragically, the future of such a beautiful scene is in serious jeopardy! The quality of our waters is degrading at an alarming rate; the human race contributes to the problem daily, often without realizing it. Water pollution in Florida is reducing pure water sources at a drastic rate, destroying natural beauty, and severely impacting the survival of local wildlife. Human actions are a major contribution to this issue, therefore citizen awareness is the highest workable solution to diminish the threat and improve the degradation of our waterways. Florida cities near major waterways should establish annual community events to raise awareness and positively impact this problem.

Los Angeles County Beaches have a dangerous amount of water pollutants. The influx of water pollutants has caused water quality in county beaches to significantly decrease, especially with excess storm runoff during the wet weather season. This has contributed to a high incidence of bacteria, like fecal bacteria, which leads to more gastrointestinal illnesses and causes an annual economic loss between $21 to $51 million in public health. Poor water quality in LA County beaches also discourages the public from visiting beaches, putting in jeopardy the estimated $90 billion beach visitors contribute to coastal tourism economy. Therefore, I propose disconnecting the direct link between impervious areas, like roofs or paved surfaces, and the storm or combined sewer system. As this policy is cost-effective, the remaining funds should be utilized to maintain water quality testing facilities and water treatment facilities. This should be done within a year of implementation in order to improve water quality during the wet weather season.

Water pollution is a leading culprit in the environmental problems facing the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Poor water quality is blamed for declines in coral recruitment, fish kills, and seagrass die-offs, among other ills. Pesticides, herbicides, heavy metals, and hydrocarbons from farms, suburban yards, and highways eventually end up in sanctuary waters, as does a huge infusion of nutrients from wastewater and fertilizer. Commercial shipping operations release hazardous materials and dump trash of all descriptions. Adding to the degradation are small daily doses of oil from thousands of motor boats.

Imagine a peaceful paradise, where the heavenly ocean breeze and the glorious blue waves set the mood for delighted sensations. This beautiful fantasy of a beach will perish, if humans continue to let ocean pollution conquer Earth’s alluring waters. Terrible things are deposited in our ocean including, garbage, toxic waste, oil, sewage spills, and plastic waste. Every hour, 1.5 million pounds of garbage are dumped into the ocean, killing 100,000 marine creatures due to plastic entanglement, poisoning, etc. (All-Recycling-Facts.com). If we continue to be incautious, we could be dealing with a mass extinction of marine life! Humans could lose a food source soon if we can’t consume fish because of the intoxicated waters. Something must

In 2004 The US Ocean Commission proposed several critical recommendations to address the health and management of our oceans. These recommendations range from better organization of current management offices to education of the public on issues pertaining to oceans and coastal areas. The importance of healthy oceans, waterways, and coastal areas cannot be denied. As humans we rely on these areas for food, fuel, materials for various products, and recreation just to name a few. Aside from the human aspect the health of the earth’s oceans is also bound to the air and land. Many other creatures throughout the world depend on a harmonious balance of the human species with the waters that surrounds us. The sooner we can find equilibrium with

On Earth day, I attended the beach cleanup held at Point Gratiot, which is part of the Adopt a Beach program for the Great Lakes. The clean up involved picking up any and all trash that was found among the shore, which included microplastics that may be buried amongst the driftwood and the more visible items. Many of the participants and faculty made the observation that the beach was littered with less large items unlike previous years, such as tires and refrigerators, but the number of microplastics and small plastic items persist. Therefore, the cleanups are necessary because they are effective in cleaning up the waste that washes up on the shore, or litter that is left behind by people who visit the beach. After a two hour

There are many coastal protection programs in place at the Gold Coast and around the World. Coastal Protection programs are projects and infrastructures that help to prevent coastal hazards. The Gold Coast has many Coastal Hazard Protection Programs currently in place. Some Coastal Hazards that the Gold Coast Seaway face can include:

Cities are having to close more and more beaches. Why you might ask it is because of harmful marine organisms. There are tools that make sure the seafood people eat is not

Bathers and others coming in interaction with dirty water at beaches and other recreational sites can become extremely ill. Beach closures caused by urban runoff have a adverse impact on the quality of life, and can obstruct economic development as well. Similarly, the bacterial contamination of shellfish beds poses a public health threat to consumers, and shellfish bed closures undesirably impact the fishing industry and local economies (Jacobs, J. and Ellis, J. B. , 1991) .Additionally other literature supports the above idea, The US EPA (1999a) thus, ‘’the significant real impacts of urban area and highway storm water runoff is caused by the high concentrations of faecal indicator organisms in the runoff waters. These organisms are a threat to the use of the receiving waters for domestic water supply and for contact recreation, such as swimming, wading, etc.’’. As part of its “beaches” program, is devoting significant attention to handling the sanitary quality

Every summer, when parents take off work and kids are out of school, families plan a summer vacation. 42% of those vacations take place on sandy beaches underneath the summer sun. Americans splash in the waves, sip refreshing drinks under their oversized umbrellas, build sandcastles, and revel in a beach tan that will hopefully last them all summer. While eating seafood and enjoying the beach can be viewed as the ultimate summer vacation, humans impact our oceans more than we think, and it’s much more catastrophic than spending our summer vacations at our favorite beaches.

The city of Long Beach has approximately 7 miles of public beaches all through out the city. Due to the mild climate thousands of residents and tourists visit the beaches and bays. The beaches are one of the cities most popular attractions; so this raises the concern of what the water quality is like at the beaches and bays. Roughly every week the Health Department’s Environmental Health Water Quality Monitoring Program collects samples of water and analyzes them to determine the quality of the water. Many different factors effect the water quality in Long Beach, the geographical location of the city, the man made structures, the urban runoff, and the Port of Long Beach. All of these things change and or make the water quality worse in Long Beach but there are ways in which it can be improved.