Describe how the pollution source is impacting the environment and human health in your community
Obtain a water quality report from your local municipality within the last two years and discuss what you found in the report?I live in Indiana
Testing of water quality in lakes and rivers by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) show that our most prevalent challenge is high levels of E coli, which are bacteria from animal and human feces.
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Identify a water quality issue happening in your community and where the pollution comes from?
Indiana faces many challenges to water quality: nutrient pollution, manure runoff, excess sediment, inadequate sewage treatment, and industrial contamination. … Our public drinking water systems source their water from Indiana’s rivers, reservoirs, and groundwater so they sensitive to pollution problems.
IDEM estimates that the biggest sources are livestock operations and inadequate treatment of human sewage, including failing septic systems and sewage pipes that go straight to tile drains, ditches or streams.
Manure and sewage also contribute to nutrient pollution, which is an excess of nutrients, primarily nitrogen and phosphorus, in water. Other sources include fertilizers, soil erosion, and urban stormwater. While nitrogen and phosphorus are important components of a healthy ecosystem, there can be “too much of a good thing”. An overabundance of nutrients in rivers and lakes can lead to an overgrowth of algae and loss of other aquatic species. An overabundance in groundwater can lead to high nitrate levels in wells which can cause water-related diseases, like ‘blue baby syndrome’.
Another water quality challenge is Indiana’s long history of industries leaving behind contaminated sites and contaminated groundwater. Smaller businesses like dry cleaners and gas stations have also been a significant source of groundwater contamination. Each site of groundwater contamination reduces what can safely be used for drinking water.
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Describe how the pollution source is impacting the environment and human health in your community and provide two examples of each.
Identify three management practices to minimize water pollution.
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