Duwamish Pollution Problems

There are numerous regulations in place to protect the Delta Smelt. These regulations basically give the state government and the environmentalists the power to do whatever they see fit to protect the Delta Smelt. And a large portion of what they feel needs to be done comes down to where the water will go. The biggest law they use to support their policies is the Endangered Species Act, under which the Delta Smelt have protected status. They use the clout from these laws to do things like, pump 1.4 trillion gallons of water from the Delta out into the San Francisco Bay for reproductive proposes for the Delta Smelt. While they have put these laws in place and used them to their fullest extent, it is not working. All this trouble has not come even close to saving, or even protecting, the Delta Smelt. Biologists recently caught the lowest number of Delta Smelt ever recorded in a count. They caught six. Not even five years ago, they were catching hundreds in one netting. While the actual population size isn’t known, it is safe to assume the Delta Smelt are on the verge of extinction, and that’s with over-barring, unconstitutional restrictions to prevent exactly this outcome.

Imagine an Earth devoid of clean rivers with no inland marine life or readily available freshwater. This situation may arise if humanity does not volunteer to end its polluting tendencies. Initially, each individual should focus on taking steps towards decontaminating his or her nearest water body. For those living in Delaware, this is the Delaware River, which is in need of drastic reform. “The Delaware River . . . is the fifth most-polluted river in the country, according to a report released . . . by Environment New Jersey” (Augenstein). However, this obstacle did not arise spontaneously. A recognized problem by the early eighteenth century, Delaware River pollution remained a serious issue for the next 300 years and mostly stemmed from rapid population growth and booming industrial activities (“Delaware River Water Quality”). As the years progressed, Delawareans continuously disregarded the Delaware River, and it is now immensely besmirched as a result of accumulating neglect for the river. Because of this, Delaware waters continued to befoul past the threshold of safety. Delaware waterways are currently unsafe for commercial use due to the presence of pollutants and parasites like Giardia and Cryptosporidium in the river that can cause significant health problems, especially in individuals with weakened immune systems (“Delaware”). The polluted Delaware River, sullied by companies despite the Clean Water Act, may cause a decline in Delaware’s’ marine life, human

This situation may arise if humanity does not take steps to mend its polluting tendencies. To begin with, each individual should focus on decontaminating his or her nearest water body. For those living in Delaware, the nearest major water body is the Delaware River, which is in dire need of reform. “The Delaware River, . . . is the fifth most-polluted river in the country, according to a report released . . . by Environment New Jersey” (Augenstein). However, this issue did not arise spontaneously. A recognized problem by the early eighteenth century, Delaware River pollution remained a serious issue for the next 300 years. This mostly originated from rapid population growth and booming industrial activities (“Delaware River Water Quality”). As the years progressed, Delawareans continuously disregarded the Delaware River, and now it is immensely polluted due to an accumulation of neglect for the river. Residents polluted the river without repercussions until the river’s deterioration began to adversely affect them. Because of this, Delaware waters continued to befoul past the line of safety. “Severe pollution was most evident by the prevalence of waterborne illnesses and in the sharp decline of migratory fish populations” (“Delaware River Water Quality”). Delaware waterways are currently unsafe for commercial use due to the presence of pollutants and parasites like Giardia and Cryptosporidium in the water. These can cause significant health problems, especially in

The Potomac Conservancy has served as the leading clean water advocate in the DC Metro area for over twenty-five years, fighting to improve the health of the Potomac River through local action. During that time, we have inspired thousands of local volunteers and activists to join us in our fight to preserve the Nation’s River and protect the water we drink. Many of these friends were first introduced to the Conservancy through our Community Conservation program. This program is split into two focus areas that introduce people to the lands and waters in their community: stewardship and recreation. Currently the more robust of our two focus areas, the Conservancy’s stewardship activities encourage residents of the DC Metro area to take action

To start off Alaska is very cold, and during the colder season many fish tend to stay there, because they hunger for food, just like us people. That seems to be the best place to find food, because during this season, Alaskans use fishing to help keep survival, and that’s why fish stay where they are. Today Alaska Salmon is near the Kenai River, the Cooper River, and Bristol Bay. As you may know, improper fishing techniques are very damaging to the environment. But luckily the Atlantic Ocean, isn’t near any polluted rivers emptying into the ocean, nor any cities flushing sewage into Bering Sea and other Alaskan waters. I have a personal opinion about this, because I think that its very selfish the way our oceans, and rivers are so polluted, it’s disgusting, and very unhealthy. This ocean covers most of the planet but, isn’t in contact with much other than the underwater wildlife. Alaska’s vast and beautiful waters are home to some of the most productive commercial fisheries in the world. The seafood and fishing industry contributes to nearly 78,000 jobs to the Alaskan economy and are managed based on careful monitoring and scientific assessment, and are also regarded as a model of successful natural resources. I believe the fish, especially the Salmon, will remain uncontaminated due to the lack of people surrounding them, other larger fish or underwater animals. The relatively untouched ecosystem, as comp Ared to the other bodies of water on the planet, has fallen into tough

Before the practice of fish farming even came to play, other factors were already contributing to the decrease in salmon species. Overfishing is one major reason to why there is low levels of salmon because of the immense demands of customers and in order to reach the supply for them, individuals and large companies of boats are taking in these fish in vast numbers with certain ways of innovative fishing. These include using longline, where there is an extended line that are made up of hooks, and nets that are spread across an area where fish may be. Not only do these styles of fishing catch hundreds of salmon but they often catch bycatch as well that affect all other populations of fish and even foods of what the salmon eats like shrimp. Two other ways that are affecting salmon involve the loss of its habitat and the uses of water-powered dams which are part of the methods of affecting the environment. The loss of habitat comprises of pollution in and around the area of freshwater, including chemical waste from industrial sites and the change in the flow of rivers due to hydroelectric dams that favor the human population needs. As a result of these obstacles and barriers, flowing waters have a lack of nutrients and can reduce the diversity of the freshwater environment which could lead to low resources of food for the salmon. With all these environmental issues that

This pollution also does harm to the nature resources all around us which affects our daily lives. Having dirty rivers because the death of fish will cause a chain reaction where the seals in the rivers will not have food to eat as well as humans. Not being able to fish causes less food on people’s dinner plate. As well as local business who depend on the river staying clean and providing them business for anglers to come and buy bait. This will also affect restaurants that depend on local fisherman who supply them with their daily seafood which they sell to their customers. Having less seafood will mean the closing down of business as well as not being able to eat fish which consumers will then turn to meat which will deplete thru resources even quicker. Having pollution in the bodies of water on the earth would be the worst situation since humans need water to live and survive. If all of the natural water sources have pollution in them; life on earth would cease to exist. This chain reaction all starts from one person littering and killing one

Thankfully, under the Superfund law, a polluter is liable for cleanup of pollutants, but it took the EPA over a decade of study to conclude that PCB’s posed a serious health risk. The EPA came up with a plan to remove 100,000 pounds of PCB’s from the upper Hudson River and planned on making GE pay approximately $460 million to cover the cost of dredging the river. Dredging consist of removing contaminated sediment. In phase one alone of dredging, 300,000 cubic meters of contaminated sediment was removed and barged to a waste facility in Texas. The Hudson River is important to us as a community and New York State as a whole, because it is a major gateway between upstate and the Atlantic Ocean, as well as a direct link to New York City. It would be very beneficial if the Hudson River was commercially viable again and a centuries-old fishing industry and river-based culture was restored.

The health of the streams and rivers in Missouri is slowly being jeopardized, and it is having a major impact on my life. Two-thirds of Missouri’s river systems are vulnerable to pollution and development. Irresponsible and uncaring polluters dump garbage into streams, not thinking of the effect it has on the environment. Developers destroy wetlands and rivers to build shopping malls, outlet stores, and various other profit-producing chain stores, and there is hardly a thing environmentalists can do about it. The small waterways being polluted and destroyed have an even larger effect, as most of them directly connect and feed the Meramec, Current, and other precious rivers that sustain cherished aquatic life in Missouri.

How can we make a difference in stopping pollution in Dubuque? We can add more trash cans outside so people won’t throw their trash out their window or when they’re walking they won’t throw trash on the ground. Also, Dubuque can make the people in jail, go out and pick up trash around the community. Another idea, we could ban all plastic bags in our city and just make it only paper and cloth bags.

What is Water pollution? Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies. Water pollution occurs when pollutants are directly or indirectly discharged into water bodies without adequate treatment to remove harmful compounds. Water pollution affects plants and other living things. (http://www.nrdc.org/water/). Did you know that around 70% of waste is poured or dumped into many bodies of water and therefore no usable to humans nor animals. Why are we using the waterways as our trash can? In this paper I want to discuss the different ways people pollute our Coastal Waterways and the extreme effects that it has on not only humans by a chain of food supply to other species.

Water pollution has been an issue for decades here on Earth. Wildlife that lives in or near the ocean are being harmed because of all the trash and waste in the water. For Example: 70% of industrial waste are being dumped into water. Because of all this industrial water, 64% of lakes are not clean because of water pollution, 44% of streams are not clean because of pollution, and 30% of bays are not clean because of water pollution. In 1978, the Amoco Cadiz oil platform spilled over 220,000 tons of oil off the coast of France. This resulted in the death of many species of wildlife around the world. When humans make big mistakes causing natural disasters, the wildlife are the ones that usually pay the price. The people of the United States can reduce water pollution by picking up other people’s trash that is left on the ground, stopping people from draining oil from their vehicles into sources of water, and getting rid of the use of pesticides and other fertilizers.

When I arrived, the first thing that piqued my interest was the Washington Monument. This tall obelisk, at the zenith of the district, pierced the sky and the thoughts of every passerby. The destination, however, was a vast, artificial pond that was surrounded by trees. Our task was to clear the algae out of the pond. At first, I didn’t realize why we were doing that. The park rangers told us that the ecosystem relied on the removal of algae that plagued the balance of nature.

The Manawatu river is "among the worst in the west". It is an important issue affecting the Manawatu's surroundings, life and everyone living near or in the Manawatu. If the river isn't clean (and it's not, Using a breakthrough system measuring oxygen changes in water, the Manawatu River certainly has the highest reading, in fact, the pollution level is almost twice as much as the next worst river. The Manawatu measured 107 on the scale. Any number over eight is considered an indicator of an unhealthy river ecosystem. 0–4 is considered healthy) then there are so many reasons why we need to care. People swim in the Manawatu

Over the past four years my studies and experiences have focused on issues surrounding water conservation. During the summer of 2016, I interned with the Department of Natural Resources and Parks (DNRP) in downtown Seattle, WA. I spent ten weeks learning about river and stream hydrology, including methods for measuring discharge and how human activities can change flow patterns. I analyzed multiple years of stream flow data from