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Rebecca WiegandRebecca Wiegand

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Jeff HofheinzJeff Hofheinz

About Water PollutionAbout Water Pollution Water takes up two-thirds of Water takes up two-thirds of

the Earths surface. It is very the Earths surface. It is very important to keep it at clean important to keep it at clean at possible. There are many at possible. There are many ways to pollute our water on ways to pollute our water on our Earth. Sometimes we our Earth. Sometimes we don’t even no we are. don’t even no we are. Throwing man made objects Throwing man made objects in to the water is pollution. in to the water is pollution. Bottles, plastic, cans, fishing Bottles, plastic, cans, fishing line, ect. Also throwing line, ect. Also throwing things can be harmful to things can be harmful to animals. They might think its animals. They might think its food, or they might just get food, or they might just get caught in to water ever you caught in to water ever you threw in. Pollution may threw in. Pollution may affect the environment affect the environment hundreds of miles away hundreds of miles away from the source.from the source.

Marine DumpingMarine Dumping Marine dumping is Marine dumping is

something people have a something people have a habit doing. If you out on habit doing. If you out on the boat and your eating the boat and your eating a sandwich, when your a sandwich, when your done you have a plastic done you have a plastic bag left over. Not bag left over. Not knowing you might just knowing you might just throw it over board. That throw it over board. That plastic bag takes 400 plastic bag takes 400 years to degrade. Also, years to degrade. Also, plastic bags are VERY plastic bags are VERY harmful to TURTLES. harmful to TURTLES. TURTLES think the plastic TURTLES think the plastic bags are jellyfish, not bags are jellyfish, not knowing it’s a plastic bag knowing it’s a plastic bag the TURTLES eats it and the TURTLES eats it and it may cause suffocation it may cause suffocation which leads to death. which leads to death.

Cardboard – Takes 2 weeks Cardboard – Takes 2 weeks to degrade.to degrade.

Newspaper – Takes 6 Newspaper – Takes 6 weeks to degrade. weeks to degrade.

Foam – Takes 50 years to Foam – Takes 50 years to degrade. degrade.

Styrofoam – Takes 80 Styrofoam – Takes 80 years to degrade. years to degrade.

Aluminum – Takes 200 Aluminum – Takes 200 years to degrade. years to degrade.

Plastic packaging – Takes Plastic packaging – Takes 400 years to degrade. 400 years to degrade.

Polluting Water By Polluting Water By LiquidsLiquids

Never spill oil, or Never spill oil, or gas in to the ocean, gas in to the ocean, lake, or river. Oil lake, or river. Oil spills make up about spills make up about 12% of the oil that 12% of the oil that enters the ocean. enters the ocean. The rest come from The rest come from shipping travel, shipping travel, drains and dumping. drains and dumping. Oil spills will harm Oil spills will harm marine animals such marine animals such as fish, birds and sea as fish, birds and sea otters and TURTLES.otters and TURTLES.

Nuclear WasteNuclear Waste

Nuclear waste is Nuclear waste is sometimes produced from sometimes produced from industrial, medical and industrial, medical and scientific processes that scientific processes that use radioactive material. use radioactive material.

Nuclear-fuel reprocessing Nuclear-fuel reprocessing plants in northern Europe plants in northern Europe and a big sources of man-and a big sources of man-made nuclear waste in the made nuclear waste in the surrounding ocean.surrounding ocean.

Refining uranium and Refining uranium and thorium are also causes of thorium are also causes of marine nuclear waste.marine nuclear waste.

Waste is also produced in Waste is also produced in the nuclear fuel cycle.the nuclear fuel cycle.

Sewage and Waste WaterSewage and Waste Water

Sewage disposal is a major problem in Sewage disposal is a major problem in some countries as many people in some countries as many people in these areas don’t have sanitary these areas don’t have sanitary conditions and clean water. conditions and clean water.

Sewage is carried away from the home Sewage is carried away from the home quickly and hygienically through quickly and hygienically through sewage pipes. sewage pipes.

Sewage is treated in water treatment Sewage is treated in water treatment plants and the waste is often disposed plants and the waste is often disposed into the sea. into the sea.

In developed countries, sewage often In developed countries, sewage often causes problems when people flush causes problems when people flush chemical and pharmaceutical chemical and pharmaceutical substances down the toilet. When substances down the toilet. When people are ill, sewage often carries people are ill, sewage often carries harmful viruses and bacteria into the harmful viruses and bacteria into the environment causing health problems environment causing health problems to animals in the ocean. to animals in the ocean.

Fertilizing Your LawnFertilizing Your Lawn You can make water polluted by fertilizing your grass. The fertilizer You can make water polluted by fertilizing your grass. The fertilizer

is not meant to designate quickly so when it rains, the excess is not meant to designate quickly so when it rains, the excess fertilizer can run off in a storm drain. Then be transported to a water fertilizer can run off in a storm drain. Then be transported to a water treatment plant. It is very hard to get all the chemicals out of the treatment plant. It is very hard to get all the chemicals out of the water. water.

Help Prevent Water Help Prevent Water PollutionPollution

There are many things you can do to help prevent There are many things you can do to help prevent water pollution. Here are some ideas.water pollution. Here are some ideas.

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Be careful about what you throw down your sink or Be careful about what you throw down your sink or toilet. Don't throw paints, oils or other forms of litter toilet. Don't throw paints, oils or other forms of litter down the drain. down the drain.

Take great care not to overuse pesticides and Take great care not to overuse pesticides and fertilizers. This will prevent runoffs of the material into fertilizers. This will prevent runoffs of the material into nearby water sources. nearby water sources.

Don't throw litter into rivers, lakes or oceans. Help Don't throw litter into rivers, lakes or oceans. Help

clean up any litter you see on beaches or in rivers and clean up any litter you see on beaches or in rivers and lakes.lakes.

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