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I make an effort to conserve water.

I make an effort to conserve water. Yes No Sometimes. Precious Resource. Water Resources. Availability. Access. Use. Types of pollution. Case study: developed and developing. Culture. Scale. Local: creeks and river. Regional: Puget Sound and Mississippi Basin. Global: Pacific Ocean.

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I make an effort to conserve water.

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  1. I make an effort to conserve water. • Yes • No • Sometimes

  2. Precious Resource

  3. Water Resources • Availability. • Access. • Use. • Types of pollution. • Case study: developed and developing. • Culture.

  4. Scale • Local: creeks and river. • Regional: Puget Sound and Mississippi Basin. • Global: Pacific Ocean.

  5. Water Need • 1,000 cubic meters/year. • Growing food. • Drinking. • Hygiene.

  6. Availability

  7. Availability

  8. Percent of access to potable water.

  9. AccessibilityOne billion lack potable water.

  10. Worldwide Water Use

  11. Worldwide Water Use

  12. U.S. Water Use in 2000

  13. U.S. Water Use

  14. U.S. Water Use

  15. U.S. Water Use

  16. (Some) Pollution Types • Sanitation. • Agricultural by-product: pesticides and fertilizers. • Industrial by-product. • Non-point urban runoff: residential and commercial. • Particulates/sediment. • Trash.

  17. What do 700 million people in India not have access to? • Clean drinking water • A toilet • Sufficient irrigation water

  18. Ganges River

  19. Accessibility2.6 billion lack proper sanitation.

  20. Relative Water Quality

  21. Pesticides

  22. Pesticide Use

  23. Pesticide Use

  24. Mississippi Basin Drains 41% of continental United States.

  25. Dead Zone: Gulf of Mexico5,800 square miles

  26. Non-point Source Pollution

  27. Duwamish River

  28. Duwamish Watershed • Capitol Hill to Tukwila to West Seattle. • 32 square miles. • 3-5 billion gallons of stormwater/year. • Sewage enters the river approximately 48 days each year. 250+ million gallons/year.

  29. Superfund Site • 5 mile stretch of the Duwamish River. • Fish and crabs 7x more cancer causing chemicals. • PCBs in nearly all salmon. • River bottom exceeds safe standards for heavy metals by more than 400%.

  30. Duwamish River

  31. PCBs and phthalates • PCBs: group of 200+ industrial chemicals used for insolating and plasticizing • Banned in 1970s

  32. Eastern Garbage Patch • Miles long. • One million pieces/square mile. • 90% plastic trash. • 1 million sea birds choked/ tangled each year. • 10,000 seals, whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals.

  33. Goals of the Puget Sound Partnership include • Control Invasive Species • Water Quantity • Increase recreational use.

  34. Puget Sound Partnership Shared strategy for Puget Sound. Six goals. Where are we? Where do we need to be? How do we get there?

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