Oceans & Waters
Surface runoff is the water that makes its way to water collection sites, streams, rivers, lakes and ultimately to the oceans when the ground itself is beyond the capacity to hold it. If this water works its way through places where many people live, it can pick up various chemical, materials and pollutants, which is what is often referred to as well as urban runoff. Surveys suggest that the public believes industry is mostly responsible for the damaging effects of this process, when in fact it is individual activities that make up the greatest concern (CA EPA 2001).
CONTROL OF PET WASTE: People tend to be misinformed about where the water goes that enters street drains. It does not go to treatment facilities, but usually gets diverted to local water holdings or into ground waters (CA EPA 2001). In waste plants, the waters are cleaned and given time for nature to help filer or to remove chemicals. The sites themselves are protected from runoff so that the chemicals and pollutions that are captured do not work their way into usable holdings or drinking water. Waters not treated in drains can pick up bacteria, viruses and even parasites from common elements like pet and animal droppings. This can introduce agents that kill or destroy native plants and animals, or that can actually over encourage the growth of plants and make the waters uninhabitable. Humans can also catch diseases from these occurrences when they swim in or drink untreated water.
OIL AND PRODUCTION POLLUTION: We have seen repeatedly in recent years that oil does not mix well with ocean or other natural waterways. Though media coverage sensationalizes these events, the fact is that oil spills and such make up only about 12% of the reasons why processed petroleum like this get into waters. The remainder comes from urban runoff, ship cleaning and maintenance, and outright dumping (The Guides Network, 2012). Many people still believe that because oil itself comes from the ground, pouring it into drains presents no problem. But the chemical nature of these products is different than ground leakage. Processed petroleum products can stay together as pools of sludge which can kills fish or mammals. They can also destroy or enhance photosynthesis, which brings about imbalances of greenery or biological agents, thus making the waters unlivable for the cycles of creatures that keep the earth's water naturally healthy.
CONTROLLING: In a world filled with significant numbers of people and incredible urban development, controlling for pollutions is very challenging. Still, there are important ways that people can help. The California EPA has provided a list of options (CA EPA 3). Whenever possible, pet waste can be put into toilets or into landfills. Other animal waste should be cleansed to the greatest possibility before it is put into the ground where direct runoff can happen. Extreme care and vigilance must be continued to monitor companies that dump pollutions or clean shipping equipment. Similarly, incentives should be created to allow for home water collection and filtration. Both of these activities might inspire innovative designs that could reduce the need for water or waste treatment facilities, just as electric vehicles could help reduce oil and chemical street contaminations.
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FOOD CHAINS: Food chains are not just important they are pervasive and potentially irreplaceable. Most people are unaware that one of the basic building blocks of the earth's greenery is phytoplankton. And they are in danger because of what global warming pollutants are doing to the marine waterways. Here is what one recent site said of this first level of the planet's cycle of consumption: "Phytoplankton provide food -- by capturing energy from the sun -- and recycle nutrients, and because they account for approximately half of all organic matter on earth they are hugely important as a means of absorbing carbon" (LKBlog, 2010). Estimates say that this rung of energy production is being reduced at a rate of about 1% annually, which will likely have tremendous ramifications for other life forms and for the speed with which the planet is able to recover from warming caused by...
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