Don't Drink the Water!

We learned all about precipitation and how it can pollute the ocean and other bodies of water. We probably think when we pour that last bit of Diet Coke on the driveway, we aren't hurting anything or anyone, or perhaps when we use a hose to do the dirty work rather than picking up after our lovable pet, we (and our students) do not actually realize how our actions affect the environment more than we know!

Here is a really visual experiment that truly reveals the toxins that run off into the ocean due to rain. Our groundwater is polluted by many every day things like caffeine from the extra Diet Coke, the feces from Fido, and other toxins we use in the yard. The blue water represents a body of water next to a hill/mountain side, while the red water is the polluted ground water coming into the ocean.

See the darker blue water....that is the pollutant liquid on the fresh ocean!