The Impact Of Puget Sound Storm-Water Pollution

MA# 3: Is Storm Water Damaging the Puget Sound? Today, storm water runoff is the number one cause of pollution in the Puget Sound. The pollutants contained in storm water runoff are mainly caused by urban runoff, factory farming, and chemicals. Urban runoff can produce pollutants such as gasoline, grease, ammonia, manure, toxic chemicals, and pesticides. In factory farming, the main problem is the production of manure which is extremely bad for the Puget Sound because of the high levels of nitrates

Solutions to Plastic Pollution in our Oceans The Basics We 're treating the oceans like a trash bin: around 80 percent of marine litter originates on land, and most of that is plastic. Plastic that pollutes our oceans and waterways has severe impacts on our environment and our economy. Seabirds, whales, sea turtles and other marine life are eating marine plastic pollution and dying from choking, intestinal blockage and starvation. Scientists are investigating the long-term impacts of toxic pollutants

vital to our survival on Earth and we all destroying it through our pollution and waste of society. Most of the trash being washed in the ocean is plastic, and the problem with plastic is it isn't biodegradable. So all the plastic that's in the ocean doesn't just disappear, it continues to float around and harm marine life. In the ocean, plastic debris injures and kills fish, seabirds and marine mammals. “Marine plastic pollution has impacted at least 267 species worldwide, including 86% of all sea

Climate Change and Stormwater Infrastructure in Coastal Communities, Northeastern United States Colin Cotter URBP 73400 11/11/2014   The impacts of increased weather extremes due to climate change are of great interest to environmental planners and designers. Recent weather extremes have revealed the fundamental weaknesses in the design of gray infrastructure features. Existing separate municipal stormwater sewer systems (MS4’s) were designed based on the belief that precipitation extremes are “statistically

feats, some which may benefit the lives of our communities, our industry, and our understanding of the world as we know it. Others can bring great harm to ourselves or to the planet that we live on. There comes a time when we must recognize how we impact our surroundings, and to ask ourselves how far we are willing to go. Choices that we have made as a species have put the lives of some of Earth 's most ancient and diverse communities in danger. While only a small fraction of the creatures living

has been part of human society since ancient times (Elliff and Kikuchi, 2015). The Millennium Ecosystem (MEA) in 2005, advanced the concept of ecosystem services. According to the MEA, these services can be provisioning services, such as food or water, regulating services, such as purification or waste management, habitat services, such as maintaining a species, or cultural services, which would be things such as aesthetic value. This assessment’s goal was to create a foundation of economist and

it’s SCAP addresses several issues including socioeconomic issues, environmental hazards, pollution, and commuting (Hertsgaard, 2011). Globally, the impacts of climate change continue to be felt and King County is no exception. As a result of climate change, King County has continued to experience hotter summers and overall warmer temperatures all year around, increased flooding, rising sea levels, water acidification,