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Water Pollution Project

Water Pollution Project. By: Liam Rodriguez, Marcus Hunter, Kyle Garrabrant, and Stephen Varmon. Topic Questions. How can people today preserve water? How can we decrease the effects of water pollution?. Contacts . Expert Contacts Maria Coler Jerome B. Carr Dan Mueller College Contacts

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Water Pollution Project

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  1. Water Pollution Project By: Liam Rodriguez, Marcus Hunter, Kyle Garrabrant, and Stephen Varmon

  2. Topic Questions • How can people today preserve water? • How can we decrease the effects of water pollution?

  3. Contacts Expert Contacts Maria Coler Jerome B. Carr Dan Mueller College Contacts University of Maryland University of Minnesota University of Michigan High School Contacts Nyack High School; Mr. Perry Jordan-Elbridge High School; Mr. Schermerhorn Monrovia High School; Science Department Community Contacts Nyack Water Treatment Plant Nyack Water Department United Water (West Nyack)

  4. Where will you find us? • Wikispaces.com; Winners322 • SurveyMonkey.com; KyleGarrabrant

  5. BP Oil Spill • Started on April 20th, 2010 • Took place in the Gulf of Mexico • It didn’t only effect the quality of the water, it also effected many companies on the gulf and the plants and animals that called that gulf their home

  6. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill • The oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska on March 24, 1989 • There was 260,000 to 750,000 of crude oil that spilled in this occurrence • The ship originally carried up to 55 million U.S. gallons • That spill in 1989 was the biggest incident to ever happen in U.S. waters

  7. Chernobyl effects on water • Of all the environmental disaster events that humans are capable of causing, nuclear disasters have the greatest damage potential • Chernobyl is one of those environmental disasters caused by nuclear disaster • Water is one thing in the environment that was hugely effected • When people drank the contaminated water there future kids would be mutated from it. • Do you know that the average drinking school water to Chernobyl water is 177 chemicals to 50 tons of chemicals.

  8. Recent Japanese Earthquake effects on water pollution • March 2011 there was an earthquake that occurred in Japan causing a huge Tsunami • The Tsunami caused a explosion in a reactor • After the explosion occurred 150 miles of contamination

  9. University of Minnesota Water Wiser Program • It is a plan to clean, abundant water for today for generations to come • The University of Minnesota’s water resources center provides leadership in freshwater management through cutting edge research, educational opportunities for students and professionals, and community outrage • Authorized by congress

  10. How Much Water Do We Use?

  11. THE END

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