The Water Quality Of South Creek

Introduction: The purpose of this research is to determine whether there has been a change in the overall water quality of the Lake Tarpon Basin, and if so, whether the quality has improved or worsened. The variables that will determine whether the quality has changed are: nutrients (phosphates and nitrates) and dissolved oxygen (DO). The expected changes are lower dissolved oxygen levels (from the already low levels), higher nitrogen levels (from the already high nitrogen levels), and the state qualifications still are not met for nutrients and dissolved oxygen (Levy, Flock, Burnes, Myers, Weed, River 2010). This topic relates to environmental management because the changes in water quality would be due to pollution, which relates to the question “How does human activity lead to the pollution of water stores?” The hypothesis that will be tested is that Lake Tarpon’s water quality will have worsened since the last measurements by Levy, Flock, Burnes, Myers, Weed, and Rivera in 2010.

To investigate the various impacts of Water pollution on Prospect Creek in particularly if recreational activities affect the creek and how rubbish is managed.

Our class has concluded that the conodoguinet creek is not polluted. If we test the Conodoguinet Creek for signs of pollution, then the creek will be polluted. That was my hypothesis for the creek, but it was wrong. There are many creatures that are pollution sensitive, which means they can’t survive in pollution. We found many of these creatures in the stream. Also, we have tested the creek for pollutants and other chemicals. Lastly, acid rain is a problem, so we tested the rocks for neutralizing acid. Here are some reasons why we think the creek is not polluted.

Today, this briefing note is put to you the 'National Taskforce on Environmental Science and Sustainable Development' in response to Urbanisation and its effects on Australias’ waterways. This is fast becoming a critical environmental issue affecting Australia.

Task 2 Investigate an environmental issue of significance in Australia Global Warming and climate Change

Let’s start out with the pollutants in this water. There was a surprising amount of pollution found downriver of Sioux Falls, the largest city in South Dakota. It makes sense that more pollutants would be coming from more heavily populated areas, but it doesn’t change the fact that it is harming all those around it. It is thought that a lot of this pollution is coming from the city waste

Newtown creek is a 3.8-mile waterway located on the border of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City and was once a busy center for industrial activity. More than 50 factories were located along its banks, including oil refineries, petrochemical plants, sawmills, and lumber and coal yards. The Creek was also the site of one of the largest oil spill in the U.S. (EPA, 2007). As a consequence, the soil surrounding the area became polluted with toxic heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and was declared a Superfund site. The Superfund Program requires responsible parties to perform cleanups or reimburse the government for cleanups led by EPA. Superfund sites are hazardous to human health and to the environment. benz[a]anthracene,

Richard Smith, Richard Alexander, and M.Gordon Wolman, Water Quality Trends in the Nation's Rivers. 235 Science 1607, 1987.

Background (1 ¶): What is the Duck Creek Watershed? What problems is it facing? What is being done so far to remedy these problems? Who is working on this problem?

The big question of this study is, Does Sawmill Creek have a good water quality, and a healthy ecosystem? We made a hypothesis stating that Sawmill Creek has a healthy ecosystem, and a good water quality. The findings were quite liked amongst people, with the pH right around 7, making it nearly neutral. The DO was a little different with getting two very different answers for both tests, but making it appear as though it has a good level, right around 10 ppm. The ecosystem is decently diverse, with the findings of different trees and plants around the stream, and the different macroinvertebrates, with only 1 aquatic plant found, which was algae. With all the plants, and macroinvertebrates, none of them seem to be polluting, or causing poor

I believe that Conodoguinet creek is polluted, but only very slightly. In 3 different experiments, my group tested the quality of the water. Below are the results.

The water quality of the U-High creek was excellent, but not all bodies of water have excellent water quality. Humans can pollute water by farmers putting pesticides and fertilizers on their crops. Putting fertilizers on the crops pollutes water, because when it rains the pesticides and fertilizers get washed off and carried into the water, and this adds nitrates and phosphates to the water which is called eutrophication, and it increases the amount of algae in the water. When there is an excess amount of algae in water, there is an excess amount of bacteria the uses up most of the oxygen which kills plants and animals. (River Quality and Pollution,2016) The second way humans pollute water is when it rains there is runoff, and all of the pollution on the ground get carried into the water. Runoff is when it rains the soil and other things get carried to other places. An example of runoff is when there is a heavy rain, the soil sitting on the sides of a hill loosen and slide down the hill toward the bottom causing a buildup at the bottom of the hill.

The water quality was excellent at the UHS creek, but not all creeks or streams have a great water quality. The current water quality index for the UHS creek is 42. Some human impacts to keep this water clean consists of a clean environment by not littering, picking up any garbage by/in the creek, or making sure only pure water is flowing through the stream and not any sewer water. To prove the point that some creeks don’t have a great quality, but actually end up have an excellent water quality like the UHS creek. Some observations looking at the UHS creek for the first time were; the plants appeared dead, garbage on the banks of the rivers and in the water, and the creek smelled bad. Even though these seem like bad observations not all observations

The water quality of the U-High creek was determined to be excellent. However, not all areas of water have an excellent water quality. One way humans can negatively impact the water quality of an area of water can include using large amounts of fertilizers for the farming purpose of growing crops. These fertilizers end up draining into rivers and increasing the concentration of chemicals like nitrates and phosphates, thus causing the buildup of algae and blocking sunlight from providing energy to the organisms and plants in the water. Another way humans can impact the water quality negatively involves using chemical waste products in factories because chemicals like cyanide, zinc, copper, lead, and mercury in these products can get into rivers and kill off animals living in the water. Additionally, these chemicals can invade rivers so much that they affect the food cycle to the point where the tertiary and quaternary consumers

Turbidity is the degree to which water has clarity which is also related to secchi depth. Each of these parameters, like many of those parameters discussed in this assessment, are based on the individual water body’s conditions and require continuous monitoring to relay information on pollution. Banita Creek had lower overall turbidity and secchi depth and a trend increasing from North to South. This could be due to increase in erosion and or discharge. La Nana, meanwhile, did not have a relationship between discharge and turbidity and secchi depth. The highest turbidity measurement for La Nana creek was found at the northern most point nearest to industrial activities. Perhaps this area was subjected to high erosion from the inputs of urban stormwater runoff. Each parameter, turbidity and secchi depth, is important to understanding stream health. Excessive turbidity can clog the gills and other orifices of aquatic organisms. Concurrently, secchi depth describes the light compensation point of a stream, in other words, the depth to which light can penetrate the water to 1% to that of the light at the surface.