https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789 en-us 2020-06-10 21:14:39 UTC 2026-01-17 13:49:07 UTC hello@padlet.com aginnane1231 https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789/wish/622630700 The cause of contamination at Spark hill Creek are failing septic systems, leaky sewers, improper sewage treatment, pump station malfunctions during rain events, and runoff. This causes environmental problems because organic matter and nutrients stimulates plane and algae growth, which in turn reduces oxygen levels in the water, and then fish and other aquatic animals could suffocate. ]]> 2020-06-11 15:08:40 UTC https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789/wish/622630700 aginnane1231 https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789/wish/622661042 This problem of pollution in Sparkill creek has been going on for decades, and there is little sign of the creek getting much cleaner. A 1992 Village of Piermont study describes sewer lines that "periodically stink and overflow". ]]> 2020-06-11 15:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789/wish/622661042 aginnane1231 https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789/wish/622678114 Some changes to the ecosystem that has occurred because of water pollution are more organisms dying which then disturbs the natural food chain in that specific ecosystem. ]]> 2020-06-11 15:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789/wish/622678114 aginnane1231 https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789/wish/622737794 Feeding relationships have changed from water pollution because pollution disrupts the natural food chain. Pollutants such as lead and cadmium are eaten by tiny animals. Later, these animals are consumed by fish and shellfish, and the food chain continues to be disrupted at all higher levels because more and more of these animals are dying. ]]> 2020-06-11 16:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789/wish/622737794 aginnane1231 https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789/wish/622739924 Some things that people could do to fix water pollution is practice responsible use of Fertilizer, Herbicides, and Pesticides, minimize storm water runoff, filter runoff, contain spills, protect curb inlets and drains, capture and dispose of floating pollution in waterway, capture and filter sediment laden water in waterways, and much more!! ]]> 2020-06-11 16:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789/wish/622739924 aginnane1231 https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789/wish/622740899 The solutions listed would decrease water pollution because all of those things contaminate water and can kill the organisms in it, so if they were stopping being put in the water, rivers would become less contaminated and less organisms would die. The reason those organisms would die if those things were put into the river is because they are localized, suffocate fish, caught in birds or mammals, and block light from photosynthetic plants in the water. ]]> 2020-06-11 16:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789/wish/622740899 aginnane1231 https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789/wish/622741380 - It flows through the Sparkill Gap in the Hudson Palisades, which was created by a fault line which provided the only sea-level break in the Palisades
-Sparkill Creek is 8 miles long and drains 11.1 square miles of watershed ]]> 2020-06-11 16:10:31 UTC https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789/wish/622741380 aginnane1231 https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789/wish/622751342 2020-06-11 16:16:23 UTC https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789/wish/622751342 aginnane1231 https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789/wish/622755241 Biodiversity: the number and variety of plant and animal species that exist in a particular environment area or in a world generally, or a problem of preserving and protecting this 
Pollution: damage caused to water, air.... by harmful substances or waste
Biodegradable: able to decay naturally and harmlessly
Recycle waste: to collect and treat rubbish to produce useful materials which can be used again 
Watershed: an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas]]> 2020-06-11 16:18:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789/wish/622755241 aginnane1231 https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789/wish/622757655 2020-06-11 16:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789/wish/622757655 aginnane1231 https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789/wish/622768393 2020-06-11 16:26:16 UTC https://padlet.com/aginnane1231/g2beenijz5evd789/wish/622768393