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The Pros And Cons Of Puget Sound

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Polluted runoff has been considered a problem almost invisible to the policy makers of Puget Sound. It has thus not attracted any media attention like the more famous environmental issues like emissions by greenhouse gases or the pungent smell of the raw sewage outfalls that occurs regularly or even the negative imagery for the eye by air pollution. Polluted runoff does not have any apparent or obvious symptoms which indicate its disastrous impacts to ruin the life quality. However, in reality the symbols are present and unfortunately there a quite a lot of these available signs. Yet it seems that these many symbols are not related to each other and thus the method of solving them is more systematic while instead they should be treated as a …show more content…

Even though there are still a lot of picturesque views available but it’s not even a portion of how beautiful it used to be previously. Ever since the Europeans started settling in this region the land has been utilized in very different manner and there has been a dramatic consequence of it too. From 30% to even 100% of the wetlands have been lost in a few of the urban areas development. The saltwater marshes of Puget Sound have faced a destruction of around 75% of their total area. These were the rain water drainage systems formed by nature but which have now been converted to roads, houses, parking lots and shopping malls and …show more content…

It would make the maintenance of cars a legal act in the law of the Puget Sound region. Also making the washing of cars at commercial car washes a more favorable option instead of at home. Awareness should also be created to take care of animal wastage and make it necessary that every house a rain barrel. The use of natural options for the lawn should be endorsed as a volunteer step initially but later made a part of the law as well. These are big steps which need to be taken one little step a time (Sightline Institute, 2014). The stoppage of the use of fertilizers would be a policy accepted by all environmentalists whether endorsing greenhouse gas emissions or raw sewage outfalls as it has disastrous effects on the environment. The maintenance of cars should also be incorporated in the traffic laws and civil law as it would result in reduction of not just polluted runoff due to lack of oil, grease etc available to mix with the rainwater but also a reduction in air and noise pollution thus can gather the support of other major environmentalists as well. However the necessity of a rain barrel is a step which needs to be taken by the environmentalists tackling polluted runoffs only as it would majorly take off a burden by the already overly burdened sewage

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“Carried by snow melt, rain water, and groundwater, NPS pollution contributes sediments, nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus), toxic substances, and pathogens to water bodies” (Maine Rivers 2005, ijc 2008). The Non Point Pollution generally due to stormwater in the downstream portion of the river; which are the most populated areas situated near the estuary;With the stormwater large amounts of pollutants are washed off to the river because of the impenetrable surfaces of that area which does not allow water to seep into the ground.  Other sources of  Nonpoint pollution are  seepage from broken sewage and  septic tanks, runoff from construction sites ,nutrients,sediments and chemicals from agricultural farms and roads. According to the report of International Joint Commission in 2008; “This untreated runoff may contain litter, dust, soil, oil and grease from roads, garden waste, chemicals, and nutrients and pathogens from animal feces and fertilizers” (IJC

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CIV 5884 Assignment 1 34165703 Hefan Wang 1Explanation of legislation framework for urban storm water management and guidelines in NSW The management of urban storm water in NSW has begun several decades ago. The state already had some storm water practice (for example detention and conveyance systems) to manage storm water even before 1970.However people in 1970 were only aware of the increasing runoff caused by urbanization,they did not put too much attention on the damage to environment caused by growing urbanization. New regulations and guidelines soon were introduced to supervise and control pollutants in urban stream during 1970 to 1990.Around 2000s,storm water management had been adopted into environmental

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The Puget Sound, home to wildlife and some of the business of this region, is dirty. Specifically, it is dirty with the toxins in people’s lives. The Puget Sound may be recovering, but it is still polluted. With people polluting the Puget Sound, people, businesses, and marine life may be harmed. The Puget Sound is polluted, largely because of people’s actions.

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Unlike the Everglades, Sydney Olympic Park Wetlands, have massive developments built in the area. This is a positive long-term impact as it will attract more tourism to the area, positively increasing the wetlands reputation. However, this does have a downside to it. The increase of urbanisation means more developments and infrastructure which may demolish the Sydney Olympic Park wetland. There is also a chance that the pollution may not stop.

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Three problems stated in "Texas Politics", is one, build more roads, make cars cleaner and safer, create alternatives to transportation by auto mobile, and persuade people to use them. The pros for building more roads or at least expanding current ones would be better flow of traffic to different locations. The cons for this means waiting out construction but also that means tax dollars spent on the road rather than to something else that might need the attention instead. Pros to making cars cleaner and safer, it would make less pollution for the atmosphere and also cut down on the use of natural resources. The cons would be higher price tag on the vehicles as we have already seen with the current smart cars.

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Overall, these problems are having a huge effect on the earth. Personal Thoughts/Reaction and Response: The article Stormwater Runoff is about unfiltered water that can harm the earth. I believe what the article had stated was correct and that this “runoff” can be very harmful and destructive in many ways. This article discussed something that is relevant to society.

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When comparing and contrast the Petaluma watershed and the Monroe County watershed three important aspects are pollution, location, and uses. Pollution is very harmful to nature and can damage the health of a watershed. The Petaluma watersheds aren’t the healthiest compared to the Monroe County watershed, because even though many people try to protect it a lot of people throw trash into the watershed. The Monroe County watershed goes through everglades and protected park and people keep it clean. These things happen, because

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Ask anyone in Oregon, especially the Portland metro area, and anyone could tell you that there is a noticeable population increase. “From 2010 to 2016, Oregon’s population increased from 3.83 million people to 4,028,977” and, “ [In] taking a look at the population of Portland from the year 2012-16, it has been noticed that there has been an increase of 21,504 in the past 5 years. Therefore, it has been seen that every year the population increases by 4300…the population of Portland in the year 2017 [is estimated to be] 628,830.” This population increase comes with pros and cons, and with people who support the increase and those who oppose it. Regardless, it’s obvious that it is critical that the state of Oregon revise the road systems to

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