There is a rapid increase of cottagers as middle class Canadians discover the north. The cottages are generally smaller than the previous decade and pre-fabricated. A new location for cottage rental is built in the north east corner of the lake after the young Melvyn 'Mel' Lorne House (b 1938) buys the land, Oak cottage and other buildings from Blackshaw. House's cottages or “House's House" for some, becomes Rock Garden Camp. Mel is from MacTier south of the lake.…
example occurred Woburn Massachusetts for about 10 years where many children unfortunately contracted leukemia. Other than Leukemia, residents of Woburn Massachusetts, when the contamination was at its worst, also show signs of liver, kidney, prostate and urinary track cancer. Risks of congenital abnormalities and birth defects were also present during that time(all about water filters). The last example was more recently in 2012 in Mutare, Zimbabwe, where where in a village somewhat nearby from the polluted water in Mutare caused children to gain horrible rashes that covered their entire bodies just from exposure to the contaminated water. These were horrible accidents that only took a little bit of tampering of the water source to cause epidemics…
1955 Lake Atitlan surrounding area became a national park. At that time the world of Lake Atitlan is also almost nothing, Guatemala hope to find ways to promote tourism and to promote the local economy. Pan Am is recommended in the lake angler favorite fish farming can achieve this purpose. Thus, non-native species of black bass was introduced in 1958, the lake. Bass soon received their new home, and began to devour the lake locally creatures.…
But, he adds, “That’s something that happens in every industry, so there’s nothing you can do” (qtd in Brown A54). David Brown, a public health toxicologist with the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project stated "We are troubled by people drinking water that [could potentially have] radium-226 in it. When somebody calls us and says 'is it safe to drink our water, ' the answer is 'I don't know’ " (qtd in Brown…
At pine lake, it is a lot of fun. Its loud, slippery, and smells like fish and dirty water. The water there is not dirty and is kinda clean for a normal pond. For this paragraph I am going to be focusing on smell. Now, the smell isn’t the best, but it doesn’t smell horrible.…
Do you know the source of your water and what is in it? Most people don’t understand the importance of knowing where your water comes from. Tap water contains over 140 contaminants. Some of these include chemicals like arsenic, uranium, and dangerous bacteria found in sewage.…
Lake Poopó, Bolivia’s second largest lake disappeared due to the constant drought in Bolivia and global warming. It is now littered with dead fish and abandoned boats. Three years ago, Lake Poopó took up 4000 square miles of space, twice the size of Lake Tahoe. Now, none of that immense lake remains.…
Did you know Lake Erie is called the “burning river” or “dead lake”? Sixth of Lake Erie's water was covered in toxic algae. Since so many algae is in Lake Erie it’s spreading to other rivers such as the Maumee river which now only supplies 5 percent. Algaes has now expand across the western Lake Erie shoreline from Monroe to the Lake Erie islands. Algae bloom has been a growing problem now since the 2000s.…
Lake Erie’s toxic algae blooms are becoming deadly, all of the local residents need our help. Everything started in the 1960’s in Cleveland, Ohio. Many factories/machinery at that time made lots of pollution that was dumped into the lake on purpose. All of this pollution gave Lake Erie many bad vibes, which led to the nicknames Lake On Fire or Dead Lake. Lake on Fire is due to the Lake catching fire many times.…
Water is one of the most essential things in life for all living organisms in order to survive. It covers about three-fourths of the earth’s surface and it also exists underground, in the air, and in organisms. People can rely on aquifers, precipitation, lakes, rivers, and more for a source of drinking water. Regarding the United States, ninety-one percent of public water systems are provided by groundwater.…
In order to make the water completely safe to drink, it would have to be treated with an anti-corrosion agent, costing the state of Michigan $100 per day. Instead of adding the anti-corrosion agent, the City’s mayor along with other city officials drank the water on public television to ensure it was safe to drink. A number of complaints of rashes mainly in children coming from the water began to emerge in May 2014. For a period of time, the town along with state officials…
You have a number of options when it comes to drinking water. However, you should definitely consider choosing filtered water. Below is a list of reasons you should drink filtered water: Dangerous Elements And Compounds Removed From Drinking Water Your tap water may have a number of dangerous elements and compounds in it. Arsenic is an example of something that may be in your drinking water. Arsenic is a carcinogen, and it has been linked to cancer.…
The water in the nuclear power plant has been treated and is being stored in tanks on site. Storing the treated water gets more costly by the day. The main concern is moving the water to a safe place, because not all radioactive contaminants are removed from the water. Plans are in place to get the discharge of the water approved. (Makinin,…
Pitch Lake is located in southwest Trinidad in the village of La Brea. It is the largest pitch lake in the world. It is also the most important lake in the world. It is almost one hundred acres. They say its almost seventy six meters in the center.…
Water contamination was a topic covered throughout the semester in CEE 320. In recent times, the city of Flint, Michigan has faced problems with contaminants in the local water supply. The city of Flint decided to cut ties from Detroit, the former supplier of its fresh water, after it was announced that Detroit was raising their prices (Habicht and Kilty, 2016). Flint created a plan to use water from Lake Huron as its main source of water: however, this plan could not be implemented for another year and a half due to construction. The temporary solution was to take water directly from the Flint River to distribute throughout the city while the lake plan got underway (Sanburn, Gregory, and Sifferlin, 2016).…