https://padlet.com/mallory_steverson2/42xh7ilicph1 Made with an aura of mystery en-us 2017-04-24 17:41:48 UTC 2025-10-13 06:37:08 UTC hello@padlet.com mallory_steverson2 https://padlet.com/mallory_steverson2/42xh7ilicph1/wish/167918402 The main issues with our problem it is killing off some of the types of fish in the water. Also the trophic cascade is falling apart because the plants around the Ohio river are being polluted. The birds are feeding of of the polluted things because they cant tell what is food and what is not. Ecosystem services are being affected because when the humans go down there they don't have a clean environment. This just proves to us that the animals have to breath dirty air everyday. This is affecting public health because if humans breathe to much of this then it can make them sick. These things need to be solved. 
It has been on the top 3 nationally polluted areas for the past couple of years. ]]> 2017-04-24 17:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mallory_steverson2/42xh7ilicph1/wish/167918402 mallory_moses https://padlet.com/mallory_steverson2/42xh7ilicph1/wish/167919762 Clean water act of 1972
https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/history-clean-water-act
This was the first thing that structured laws for dumping stuff in the river

Strengths: The law stopped some people from polluting the area.

Weaknesses: Not everyone listened to this law, some people didn't even know about it. This was unsuccessful because people didn't obey it and there wasn't people who wanted to make sure people were obeying this law. ]]> 2017-04-24 17:49:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mallory_steverson2/42xh7ilicph1/wish/167919762 mallory_moses https://padlet.com/mallory_steverson2/42xh7ilicph1/wish/167922157 They are testing and tracking nutrient pollution so that they can reduce the harmful runoff from royal and urban sources.
http://elpc.org/issues/clean-water/ohio-river/

Strengths: They now where part of the pollution is coming from.

Weaknesses: There's nothing they can do to stop this pollution from coming from areas because they don't have control over those areas. ]]> 2017-04-24 17:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mallory_steverson2/42xh7ilicph1/wish/167922157 mallory_moses https://padlet.com/mallory_steverson2/42xh7ilicph1/wish/167923867 http://epa.ohio.gov/dsw/wqs/NutrientReduction.aspx#146064466-nutrient-strategy
"Department of Agriculture and Department of Natural Resources have developed a statewide Nutrient Reduction Strategy. " They are fining certain places where they now some of the pollution is coming from.

Strengths:  Some people are sacred of polluting because they are scared to get fined. 

Weaknesses: Other people don't get caught because there is mot a lot pf people who are out looking to fine people for polluting and area, and other people just don't care if they get fined. ]]> 2017-04-24 18:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mallory_steverson2/42xh7ilicph1/wish/167923867 mallory_steverson2 https://padlet.com/mallory_steverson2/42xh7ilicph1/wish/167924115 "Mercury is a potent neurotoxin that impairs fetal brain development and harms children. ELPC and our allies are asking ORSANCO to uphold its ban on industrial mercury “mixing zones.” The ban was passed in 2003 and expected to go into effect in 2013, but the Commission has been delaying implementation and granting exemptions to many companies." This is a ban that dosent let mixing companies put there waste into the river.
http://elpc.org/issues/clean-water/ohio-river/

Strengths:  Less pollution is getting into the water and harming people

Weaknesses: Some mixing companies don't care about the ban, its more then just them polluting the water, outside people are polluting it more than mixing companies are. 

]]> 2017-04-24 18:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mallory_steverson2/42xh7ilicph1/wish/167924115 mallory_steverson2 https://padlet.com/mallory_steverson2/42xh7ilicph1/wish/168210303 Make dromes that scan the water for trash and then they will signal other robots to come pick the garbage up. And another type of drome will scan the water for chemicals and then they will drain the chemicals out of the water.
We would place a filter where the companies are directly draining the water. The dromes would send notifications to the company telling them about there fines for polluting the water. `]]> 2017-04-25 18:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mallory_steverson2/42xh7ilicph1/wish/168210303 mallory_steverson2 https://padlet.com/mallory_steverson2/42xh7ilicph1/wish/169521730 Next year I think that the students should present there presentation because people will understand the slides more if you presented it. ]]> 2017-05-02 18:56:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mallory_steverson2/42xh7ilicph1/wish/169521730