Help Stop Water Pollution
By Madison and Maisy
We Challenge you to help Improve water quality in your community
Here are some ways to complete the challenge
- Use fewer chemicals to clean your house
- Don't flush medication or trash
- Dispose Of waste properly
- Avoid using plastic bags
- Contain compost and yard waste
- Clean up litter in water filled areas
Here are some facts on water pollution
- There were 1,152,607 deaths from dirty water and related diseases globally in 2014 the majority of these were children
- Many diseases are in the polluted water and can travel to you through your drinking water
- As of last year the Mississippi river was the most polluted river in the USA with 702,469,748 pounds of direct toxic discharges in the water
- 40% of Americas rivers are too polluted for fishing, swimming, or aquatic life
- Every day 2 million tons of sewage, industrial, and agricultural waste are discharged into the worlds waters