Water Pollution by David Schouweiler https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp Add an example to each of the three water pollution categories below. en-us 2016-04-06 15:09:13 UTC 2024-11-18 14:17:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/champagne.jpg schouweilerd https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/104380814 2016-04-06 15:10:46 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/104380814 schouweilerd https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/104380880 2016-04-06 15:10:56 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/104380880 schouweilerd https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/104380928 2016-04-06 15:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/104380928 Schou: BP Oil Spill schouweilerd https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/104381206 In 2001, the BP oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, gushing oil into the Gulf for 87 days.  This resulted in massive wildlife casualties, which adversely affected people living on the coast (e.g fishermen).]]> 2016-04-06 15:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/104381206 Annika: Tap Water Contamination in Lanzhou https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/105398839 In 2014 a chemical called benzene, which is a carcinogen and is used in the production of plastic, leaked into the water supply because of an oil leak. The water was allowed to circulate for 18 hours after harmful levels were detected. ]]> 2016-04-12 18:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/105398839 Annika: Dead pigs found in Huangpu river https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/105404589 In March of 2013 around 10,000 dead pigs were found in the Huangpu river. Citizens were told that the water was safe to drink, but a later investigation found that the water contained porcine circovirus, which affects pigs and not humans.]]> 2016-04-12 18:37:33 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/105404589 Annika: Sakubva River in Mutare https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/105409289 The Sakubva river is full of trash, along with many chemical pollutants. It has virtually no life in it, and because of the pollution people cannot safely drink it or use it for irrigation purposes.]]> 2016-04-12 18:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/105409289 Michael: Elk River Spill https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/106175009 In 2014, a chemical called 4-Methylcyclohexanemethanol (MCHM) was released from a Freedom Industries facility into the Elk River. Following the spill, up to 300,000 residents within nine counties of West Virginia were without access to usable water for five days. 169 people were hospitalized from the Elk River Spill.]]> 2016-04-17 14:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/106175009 Michael: Jdeideh River in Lebanon https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/106175441 The Jdeideh River in Lebanon is nicknamed "The River of Trash" due to the large amounts of trash and garbage floating on the river because of the overflowing dump located upstream of the Jdeideh River. Due to the extensive amounts of trash on the  Jdeideh River, the water coming from the Jdeideh River is at risk for flowing into clean water sources, thus contaminating them and causing widespread health issues. This issue has sparked many violent protests in Beirut. ]]> 2016-04-17 14:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/106175441 Michael: The Cholera Epidemic of 1832 https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/106176053 The cholera epidemic of 1832 killed thousands of people in Europe and North America and created wide spread panic across the two continents. The epidemic first started in New York City, which convinced thousands of people to flee to the countryside. Many years later, it was discovered that the epidemic was caused by a bacillus carried in water and that proper sanitation could prevent the spread of the deadly disease.]]> 2016-04-17 14:30:16 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/106176053 Ross: The Huston River trash/polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)  https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/107849187 In the Hudson River the pollution is unimaginable. The Compile GE has dumped thousands of gallons of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) into the Hudson River. This makes the water undrinkable and makes it very hard for plants and animals to live in the river. 

Between the companies and  New workers dumping there trash in the river  the river has become super dirty over the years. 
]]> 2016-04-26 17:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/107849187 Ross: The Dirty Great Lakes  https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/107851008 The great lakes are facing a huge problem, biological Pollination or the innovation of other species. Thousands of invasive species are invading the great lakes forcing  the native species out of the land that they called home. 
]]> 2016-04-26 17:24:17 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/107851008 Colleen: Love Canal https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/108142759 Love Canal, a neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, was an incident in the 1970s where people came in to contact with toxic waste People came in contact with these substances and had indications of leukemia and high red blood cell counts. Some says it's the  "national symbol of a failure to exercise a sense of concern for future generations." This toxic waste was around schools and got into the water.]]> 2016-04-27 22:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/108142759 Colleen: Chernobyl   https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/108143681 Chernobyl  is in the Ukraine and the accident happened in 1986. This accident happened when the nuclear power plant in that area exploded and released tons of radiation. So much that it spread to Russia, Belarus, and other parts of Europe. This was one of the worst nuclear power plant incidents in history, The International Nuclear Event Scale classified it as a 7, the highest, and is one of two to have happened. It killed tons of people, damaged the environment around it pretty much permenatly, disfigured many, and was horrible.]]> 2016-04-27 22:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/108143681 Colleen: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/108144773 Also called, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, occurred win 2010. Pipes from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig ruptured underwater which released oil into the ocean. The environment was severely affected by this. Animals, birds and marine animals, fell victim to this oil spill some died and some where just covered and oil. It also messed with beaches, wetlands, etc. along the gulf. Businesses created around fishing and tourism were affected by the spill.]]> 2016-04-27 23:00:09 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/108144773 Adam: Algal Blooms adam_wilson1 https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/109533470 Harmful algal blooms are overgrowths of algae. They can be any color, and look like paint on the water's surface. They are highly toxic, and can even kill people. In both life and death, they suck up nearby oxygen, and even more when dying.
]]> 2016-05-05 22:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/109533470 Adam: Nuclear Reactors adam_wilson1 https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/109533509 Any nuclear reactor is at risk of meltdown, even the ones near the water supplies for millions of people. Upon meltdown, it spew out nuclear waste both in the water and into the air. "What does the waste do?", you ask. It can give you cancer, kill cells and DNA, and cause radiation sickness. Radiation sickness can cause bleeding and shedding of your stomach lining.
]]> 2016-05-05 22:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/109533509 Adam: Great Pacific Garbage Patch adam_wilson1 https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/109533583 The Great Pacific Garbage Patch that isn't that great. It is an accumulation of garbage that has been clumped up due to ocean currents constantly channeling waste into a point where all three meet.]]> 2016-05-05 22:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/109533583 Devyion: Bhopal Gas Leak https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/110394894 The world’s worst ever industrial accident happened on the night of December 2-3, 1984, when toxic gases leaked from the Union Carbide (now Dow Chemical) pesticide plant in Bhopal, India. The deadly fumes drifted into the sleeping city and people woke with burning eyes and lungs.]]> 2016-05-11 17:51:56 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/110394894 Devyion: Synthetic Pesticides https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/110396362 Synthetic pesticides like DDT swept the globe after the Second World War. DDT helped combat typhus and malaria, but accumulated in the environment. In 1962, scientist Rachel Carson’s book ‘Silent Spring’ showed that the pesticide was decimating bird populations. DDT later turned up in human breast milk and was linked with premature births.]]> 2016-05-11 17:56:04 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/110396362 Devyion: Australia Colonization https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/110397884 A prime example of biotic pollution is in Australia. Being an island, Australia is home to some very unique species found no where else in the world. Also, it didn't originally have some of the common animals found in Europe or America. When Europeans colonized Australia 200 years ago, the brought over some of these animals, including rabbits and foxes to hunt, and cats to keep their fields free from rats. Unfortunately, the animals weren't contained, and their population exploded and they spread out all over the country. The current rabbit population is 500 million and they have become a major pest because they cause soil erosion, they destroy the habitat of many native species, and they cause huge commercial production losses. Cats and foxes have no natural predators in Australia, and have feasted on the defenseless native marsupials since they were introduced. ]]> 2016-05-11 18:01:09 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/110397884 Colton: Cholera https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/110569721 The Broad Street cholera outbreak was a severe outbreak of cholera that occurred near Broad Street in the Soho district of London, England in 1854 (in the area now known as Carnaby Street). This outbreak is best known for the physician John Snow's study of the outbreak and his hypothesis that contaminated water, not air, spread cholera. This disease spreads through unclean water and still ravages third world countries.

]]> 2016-05-12 14:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/110569721 Colton: Lead Battery Recycling https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/110572286 These rechargeable batteries are composed of lead plates and sulphuric acid in a plastic case. The battery recycling business is a very large industry, and although it aims to reduce the number of disposable batteries as solid waste, batteries contain a high number of toxic metals and chemicals like lead oxide that lead to the pollution of our water and contamination of soil.]]> 2016-05-12 14:55:30 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/110572286 Colton:Lionfish https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/110574285 Though they are not the pollutant they cause many problems, in the Caribbean they are hunting down reef fish and causing a loss of biodiversity.]]> 2016-05-12 15:02:39 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/110574285 Rachel: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/112336622 This oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska. This happened when a tanker headed toward Long Beach, California hit Prince William sound's Bligh Reef. This spilled 11 to 38 million US gallons of crude oil over the next few days.

]]> 2016-05-24 14:08:56 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/112336622 Rachel: Fukushima https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/112347555 The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was an energy accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, initiated primarily by the tsunami that was triggered by the Tōhoku earthquake on 11 March 2011.]]> 2016-05-24 14:51:04 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/112347555 Rachel: Flint Water Crisis https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/112350623 This crisis started in April 2014 and is still present. After Flint changed their water source from treated Detroit Water and Sewage Department water to the Flint water. Its drinking water had a series of problems that culminated with lead contamination, which caused a serious health problem.]]> 2016-05-24 15:03:35 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/112350623 Allison and Eli https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/112370461
Biological pollution event- Dysentery. In the 1700s-1800s, dysentery was a disease causing many deaths. In fact, in some areas in Sweden 90 percent of all deaths were due to dysentery during the worst outbreaks. A new doctoral thesis in history from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, presents demographic and medical history of the disease. (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121025095407.htm) 


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Chemical pollution event- Chernobyl plant explosion. “On April 26, 1986, a sudden surge of power during a reactor systems test destroyed Unit 4 of the nuclear power station at Chernobyl, Ukraine, in the former Soviet Union. The accident and the fire that followed released massive amounts of radioactive material into the environment.” (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/chernobyl-bg.html) 





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Physical pollution event- Runoff contaminated by agricultural and urban fertilizers and such, have polluted many of Wisconsin's lakes. This pollution has negatively impacted 90% of the lakes.





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]]> 2016-05-24 16:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/112371247 Maisy : Sandoz Chemical Spill https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/112853263 The Sandoz chemical spill was a major environmental disaster caused by a fire and its subsequent extinguishing at Sandoz agrochemical storehouse on November 1, 1986 which released toxic agrochemicals into the air and resulted in tons of pollutants entering the Rhine river, turning it red. 

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]]> 2016-05-27 14:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/112853263 Maisy: Sydney Tar Ponds https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/112855502 Throughout the 19th century, runoff from coke ovens associated with Sydney Steel Corporation's steel mill filled an estuary with a variety of coal-based contaminants and sludge. Efforts to clean up the waterway were dogged by false starts, delays, and political controversy. 

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]]> 2016-05-27 14:51:08 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/112855502 Maisy: Itai-itai Disease https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/112856177 Itai-itai (It hurts-it hurts) disease was caused by cadmium poisoning due to mining in Toyama Prefecture. Starting in 1910 and continuing through 1945, cadmium was released in significant quantities by mining operations, and the disease first appeared around 1912. The pollution of the Jinzū River and its tributaries also increased, poisoning the fish in the river and contaminating the rice irrigated with river water. 

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]]> 2016-05-27 14:55:09 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/112856177 Tucker: Camp Lejeune Water Incident tuckerclark1221 https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/113458481 Starting in 1952 and lasting until 1987, the soldiers and their families were drinking/bathing in water highly contaminated by  various chemicals and carcinogens like Trichloroethylene (or TCE), Tetrachloroethylene (PCE), Benzene and Vinyl Chloride. In that time, over 500,000 people were affected, with symptoms including various life threatening and fatal diseases like cancer (liver, kidney, breast, bladder, ovarian, cervical and lungs), reproductive disorders, birth defects and many other rare conditions.]]> 2016-06-02 12:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/113458481 Tucker: Milwaukee Disease Outbreak tuckerclark1221 https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/113472616 In 1993, something so terrible happened that it was dubbed the largest waterborne outbreak in the history of the United States. The major cause of this outbreak is the bacteria called Cryptosporidium which can give you some serious gastrointestinal illnesses like diarrhea, vomiting and cramps. More than 400,000 were affected and over 100 died.]]> 2016-06-02 13:39:48 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/113472616 Tucker: Pasig River https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/113549649 The Pasig River in the Philippines has been essential for transportation, food, water, and livelihood. 
Many of the people who moved into these post-WWII shanty-towns were from outside the city, coming to Manila to find better jobs and lives. They did not have money and were forced into shanty towns.
These towns have no sewage facilities, garbage collection, running water, or any other such amenities. This is one of the main reasons that the shanty towns were built along the shores of the Pasig. The people would not need to go far to get fresh water, they could simply put their sewage and garbage in the river as the river would carry it away. This is what a timeline of effects looks like. 
  • 1930s: Fish migration from Laguna Lake slowed
  • 1950s: Bathing activities declined
  • 1960s: Washing of clothing was forced to stop and ferry service declined
  • 1970s: The river began to give off a smell
  • 1980s: All fishing activities were forced to stop
  • 1990s: The river was declared biologically dead



]]> 2016-06-03 01:32:57 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/113549649 Christian: Yamuna, India https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/113712879 The rivers in Yamuna, India are some of the most polluted waters in the world, but despite it being so polluted, with millions people are dependent on it, since it's 70 percent of New Delhi's water supplies.]]> 2016-06-05 17:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/113712879 Christian: Flint water crisis https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/113713635 In April of 2014, the water in Flint, Michigan became heavily contaminated with lead, from aging lead piping, which created a very serious health risk for the whole population of the city. It is also theorized to be the cause of a recent outbreak in Legionnaires' disease, which is a form of atypical pneumonia that causes coughing, shortness of breath, high fever, muscle pains, and headaches  ]]> 2016-06-05 17:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/113713635 Christian:  Snakehead Fish https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/113714088 This breed of fish is an invasive species in the wetlands of Florida, brought by Asian tourists, who grew to big, so they released them out into the waters, they eat all of the native fish, crustacean, and amphibians. Locals are trying to stop the fish from removing all animal life from the area, but it has been difficult from the large number of fish they can give birth two at one time.]]> 2016-06-05 18:00:53 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/113714088 Lucas: Crude Oil  https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/113747797 OK look we have a problem with all of the oil that we need to run our world ( sorta) is being sent into the water because of humans not being careful and killing a lot of marine life and non marine as well because anything that eats a poisoned fish will be poisoned as well so we could be killing a lot more than just marine life when we make an accident.   ]]> 2016-06-06 06:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/113747797 Lucas: Plastics  https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/113750704 Yes I am being broad again but this has to be done. So plastics are a man-made product that can take decades to be broken down by nature. So were do the careless people end up putting it, in bodies of water of coarse what else could we do with it. " What does recycle mean"-idiot that just dumped his trash into the river.  ]]> 2016-06-06 07:09:55 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/113750704 https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/113753556 2016-06-06 07:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/113753556 Lucas: Zebra mussles  https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/113754427 These little boogers have somehow been able to get from the USSR to the great lakes and then into the Mississippi river to spread further. Yes they would count as a pollutant because no one here wants them they can mess with boat motors and clog up water pipes that are used for things like irrigation and also are competing with native species for dominance and seem to be winning.  ]]> 2016-06-06 07:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/schouweilerd/p5loafwwmrqp/wish/113754427