New york State DEC

  • Stormwater pollution number one threat arin storm takes all dirt into oceans and rivers and everywhere
  • Storm water is the number 1 polluter
  • Water is used by plants or
  • Water stored in aquifers
  • Water picks up soil germs and almost everything
  • Contaminants end up in waterways and estuaries
  • Impermeable surfaces  water goes to an estuarine
  • Water gets on surface it travels very quickly
  • Salt products accumulate and leaves behind salt when snow melts
  • Green infrastructure solutions
  • Systems for storing salt
  • Too much of salt is not good
  • 1 pound phosphorous is 500 pound of algae
  • Almost everything you throw out goes into the bay or other waters, like car tires
  • This kills a lot of wildlife
  • Kills salt washes and burns grass
  • These kill turtles 🙁
  • 85% of garbage goes to the ocean
  • Major cities and rural neighborhoods alike are affected by big storms
  • New york suffers from Stormwater
  • Gravity belt thickener
  • Polymer blending nits
  • Operation SPLASH cleans waterways
  • Take dirt and poor water onto the dirt it will go to the beach Anything on a mountain does so
  • Pure rain is good, but it gets polluted and that makes it harmful to the environment
  • The trash is really small usually
  • Raingardens are nature imitations and they direct rain to them so they can put it in plants which clean the water
  • Hydrangeas and Black Eyed Susans are recommended
  • Ferns work well as rain guards
  • Raingardens captures water the water then soaks into the ground
  • If too much water it goes to the dam but just water

 

 

 

These are my note that I took. I proud of this beucase I was really focused when I wrote this and it was fun to do.