Community Service Paper
By Thor, Max and Jesse Raleigh, North Carolina is a very clean city although several of its large recreational areas contain multiple kinds of pollution. A major pollutant in Raleigh is waste and garbage. Waste and garbage is especially bad in communities because it can run down to water sources then making the water dirty and potentially making it unsafe for others. Water pollution can be very dangerous and will affect anyone who drinks it, it can lead to tons of diseases and its bad for the environment. Even if Raleigh is a very clean city we can help to try by cleaning up and getting rid of some of its pollution and in doing so help out the environment and the community. In the U.S. nearly 63 million people have to drink dirty water every day(USA TODAY). That is about a fourth of the population drinking potentially dangerous water. This number is way too high and we don’t want Raleigh to be contributing to the issue. To help prevent this issue becoming worse in our city we can try to help clean up around large bodies of water like Jordan Lake. Pollution is a serious issue around the world and we should make sure it doesn’t become a serious issue in our community. Water in our area has several contaminates. Some contaminates like Chloroform and Bromodichloromethane increase the risk of cancer. The EWG(Environmental Working Group) detected 9 contaminants in our area above health guidelines, meaning these toxins are above healthy standards. This problem has been an issue for at least 10 years and hasn’t gotten better. These toxins form during treatment processes using chlorine and other cleaning products(EWG). Anyone who drinks this water has an increased risk of cancer. Some of these toxins are very close to the legal limit which could lead to more complications. These pollutants may increase problems during pregnancy, if this is not taken care of our population would decrease due to the increase of cancer and problematic births. Trash has chemicals in it that intoxicates the water. Trash like six pack rings can choke and kill aquatic life as well as pollute the water. The Conservation Trust of North Carolina is helping preserve the Neuse River by protecting the land around it. “Land trusts work with landowners, state and local governments, and other conservation organizations to protect drinking water sources across North Carolina.” (CTNC) Wetlands, forests, and fields filter the pollutants out of the water through the soil. Our community still needs help because this problem is very complicated to fix. To fix problem this you have to cut off all waste which is impossible. Even if we cut off all trash there will still be after effects of pollution like lead poisoning. Wakegov says join a stream clean up. A stream clean up helps fish and other animals that rely on that water source. What we will be doing to help the community and the environment is that we are going to go to Jordan lake. Where we will have a group of volunteers split into groups going around on the trails or the picnic areas and picking up the trash. We were thinking about bringing around 25 students that are able to work together, we would later in the afternoon take a lunch break and then get back to work. Since we are under age we would need parental permission to go to Jordan Lake. To get there and from we would need a school bus. We would leave at 8 o’clock and leave Jordan lake at 12:45. It takes around 30-35 minutes to get there depending on traffic. Once we get there we would start to pick up trash. We would bring our lunch and have it at 11:00, if you don’t bring a lunch you can order a bagged lunch from the cafeteria. The information on how to do that will be on the permission slip. It would be provided before the trip. Lunch would take 30 minutes then we would start collecting trash again at 11:30 and then leave at 12:45 to get back to Martin at around 1:15. Our goal will be to collect 10 bags of trash or more. We will know we’ve reached this goal when we have over 10 bags of trash full or close to full. Bibliography Conservation Trust For North Carolina, ”Upper Neuse Clean Water Initiative.” Conservation Trust For North Carolina. 2017. January 23,2017.<https://www.ctnc.org/assist/upper-neuse-clean-water-initiative/>. EWG,”EWG’s Tap Water Database. ”EWG. 2017.January 23,2017. <https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=NC0392010#.Wm8-NGkbPIV> Fedinick, Kristi Pullen, et.al.“Threats on tap.” Natural Resources defense council. May 2017. January 23,2017.<https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/ threats-on-tap-water-infrastructure-protections-appendices.pdf > Agnel, Philip, et.al. ”63 million americans exposed to unsafe drinking water.” Usa Today. August 15, 2017. January 31,2018. <https://www.usatoday.com/story/news 2017/08/14/63-million-americans-exposed-unsafe-drinking-water/564278001/> Photo http://elipalteco.com/water-pollution-lesson-plans/water-quality-critical-thinking-in-science-pollution-lesson-plans-high-school-d/
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Raleigh North Carolina has had a growing water pollution issue and has especially taken off over the recent years. The pollutants in streams, lakes, and rivers in Raleigh have been growing over years. The #1 pollutant in bodies of water in Raleigh is sediment, the main source of the sediment pollution is illegal dumping into stormwater drains. This is a pressing issue because with the pollution in waters it will eventually start to affect drinking water. In conclusion this growing concern needs to be looked into more by the community because if the problem continues to grow it will affect everybody. |
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