Friday, March 18, 2016

Who killed the fish? WAC


 
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Have you ever seen  dead fish and wonder what killed it? In the Grey area there are lots of fish dying caused by pollution. We do not know what is causing all of the fish to die so we can not fix it yet. I think that Sandy Trapp is causing most of the pollution. Sandy Trapp is the owner of the golf course. People in there homes are also causing the phosphates.

The golf course uses fertilizer. Fertilizer has phosphates that runs into the river. Phosphates are bad for a river because they can harm wildlife. Sandy Trapp said, “We need to add more fertilizer and water to our lawn.” This is showing that she adds lots of fertilizer and water to her golf course’s lawn and she waters the lawn which causes the phosphates to run into the river.

The golf courses drainage has lots of phosphates from the fertilizer. I know this because me and my team did a test on The Cattle ranch drainage, The Golf Course drainage and The Small Town drainage. The golf course drainage was the only drainage that had too many phosphates. I know that the golf course drainage had phosphates because we dropped a liquid in that would change color if the water had phosphates.

The local people are also causing the phosphates with fertilizer. The local people use fertilizer for their grasses. Sometimes the fertilizer will run into the river causing the river to have more phosphates. In the text it says, “At Lake Tohoe, the phosphates are coming from the fertilizer at golf courses and homes.”

I believe that phosphates are causing most of the pollution. The phosphates are coming from the golf course and local homes. The golf course uses fertilizer and fertilizer has phosphates. There are phosphates in the drainage from the golf course. The local homes are also using fertilizer that gets in the river. Next time you look at a river think about all the small things that cause a huge impact on the environment.








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