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The intern helped with a project that examined plastic pollution in the Chollas Creek watershed in San Diego. To understand the sources, pathways, and fates of plastic pollution, the intern: 1) Conducted trash surveys along the creek to identify common plastic items like bags and wrappers. 2) Tagged and tracked plastic bags through the watershed during rain events to see how plastic moves through the system. 3) Dissected fish from San Diego Bay to see if they had ingested microplastics, which were found in two of the three species. The results will help educate the public on plastic pollution and the need for better watershed management.
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1. Hi everyone!Here is the link to my final project film on Wate.docx
1. Hi everyone!
Here is the link to my final project film on Water Pollution in Lake Washington and short essay below: https://vimeo.com/422295003 (Links to an external site.)
Water Pollution in Lake Washington Final Project
Our world has faced major environmental issues, but water pollution was the topic that piqued my interest the most while finding a topic for this project. Water is the most important resource on earth for all living and non-living beings. Water is needed for almost everything in anyone’s life, whether it’s doing household chores, cooking, farming, industrial activities, entertainment activities, etc. Even if we heavily depend and rely on this resource, it doesn’t account for how humans use it carelessly and not thinking about how it causes water pollution and water scarcity. Ever since I began doing household chores and cooking more frequently, I’ve realized that how a lot of people don’t consider the usefulness of water. I often see my mother drinking water bottles but won’t ever refill her bottle after she’s finished using it or she’ll dump half of the water bottle out, or I’ll see my boyfriend brushing his teeth and he’ll leave the water running while he’s not even using or needing it. Not only is water beneficial to humans, but also to living animals and insects. I have two cats and when their water bowls are running low on water, it makes me wonder what they would do without the resource. They would be extremely dehydrated and probably get sick or die. Those are just a couple of examples that inspired me for this project. Considering the fact that water is a major resource, I feel like some people need to cherish it more. My project has developed over the course of the term because I’ve been taking more accountability for my own actions and trying to be more responsible with water resources. I’ve also been trying to educate and help my family limit their water intake. Some solutions to preserving water that I’ve been incorporating into my daily life are taking shorter showers, turning off the water while brushing your teeth, using a broom to clean driveways, sidewalks, and steps instead of water, and more.
The research that I did for the environmental issue that I selected was mainly all online. Professor Cram helped me narrow down my topic to Water Pollution in Lake Washington and linked me to a website that was very useful for this project. I started my research process off by researching more facts about Lake Washington itself. The King County website had great factual information about the lake and more about the water quality, species composition, and changes to the organisms in the lake. I also found a Youtube video that demonstrates and shows the audience what is found at the bottom of Lake Washington which is great to show the audience. I’m surprised that there are a lot of random items such as old cars, trains, and more at the bottom of Lake Washington. The Youtube video will be great for people to see be.
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The Oceano Dunes are minutes away from where I grew up. The sand dunes are the largest remaining dune system south of San Fancisco and the second largest in California. The Dunes are located along a beautiful stretch of land that goes 18 miles along the coastline that extends from southern San Luis Obispo to northern Santa Barbra. Its a very unique environment and because of the giant mounds of sand attracts many visitors. The Dunes are perfect for dirt bikers and people who enjoy off road vehicle use. The dunes also are the only area in California where people can legally drive on the beach. Every year two million people come to the dunes and tens of thousands of trucks and off-highway vehicles are driven on the Dunes. This is horrible for the environment and brings up a lot of controversy. No other location in San Luis Obispo and perhaps no other state park generates as many environmental impacts. The topics of controversy not only includes the delicate ecosystem but air quality and littering.
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- 1. Responsibilities I helped to collect and categorize trash from four canyons, track pathway plastic bags along Chollas Creek subwatershed, and determine the fate of plastics in fish from San Diego Bay. Preparing to become a leader in science and conservation Helping with this project allowed me to see first hand the extent that San Diego’s watersheds are polluted. As San Diego’s population increases, watershed pollution rates will increase if nothing is done. There will be substantial consequences that will influence not only marine life buthuman life. It is crucial to educate people and start implementing more regulations to help reduce watershed pollution. I learned that without communication between organization,s studies on the impacts of pollution in watersheds would not be possible. Every organization contributes to the study and the application of the results. Interning this semester has made me interested in environmental law. I potentially see myself in the future practicing environmental law and helping implement stricter pollution prevention laws. Internship Summary Watersheds provide over $450 billion in ecosystem services, such as provision of food, materials for manufactured goods, tourism, water for drinking, agriculture and manufacturing, and habitat for birds and wildlife including many species of concern (1,2). Plastic debris contaminates watersheds by breaking down into smaller pieces that are easily ingested and transported downstream, and that more efficiently bind with other contaminants in the environment (3,4). The provision of ecosystem services depends on the watersheds remaining clean and healthy. To find solutions to pollution, we need to better understand the source and behavior of pollutants in our watersheds. I, therefore, helped with a project that examined the sources, pathways and fates of plastics in an urban watershed, the Chollas Creek subwatershed which runs through mid-city San Diego. We investigated the sources of plastics using trash transect surveys; the pathways by tracking the movement of tagged plastic bags, and the fate by analyzing fish guts for plastics. Impacts of research and my internship Source •16% of common plastic packaging items are single-use plastic bags revealing how common these are in San Diego’s watersheds Possibilities why so many plastic bags are pollution watersheds •Near by residential areas not properly disposing trash •Wind blowing trash •Storm drains depositing excess plastics bags Pathway •All plastic bags remained entangled in vegetation and/or trapped in pools after a 0.25” rain event. •All plastic bags remained entangled in Swan Cyn, and 2 of 6 were found in Chollas Creek after a 0.75” rain event. Reasons for not finding some plastic bags •Entanglement in canyon vegetation or buried out of site and begin to breakdown •Animals removing plastic bags •Washed downstream during large rain events Trash reduction strategies •More community trash pick-ups •Lobbying for stricter pollution prevention laws, such as a plastic bag ban •Encourage use of reuseable bags Fate •Micro plastics were found in 2 of the 3 fish species sampled •Plastic originating on land eventually ends up in San Diego Bay •Animals ingest parts of the plastic bags Watershed Trash Assessments By Rachel Stroud Collaborators Ocean Discovery Institute: L. Goodwin, R. Mothokakobo, D. Virden, G. Morales, M. Santos, D. Barajas, K. Kieu San Diego Bay Debris Working Group: Christiana Boerger (U.S. Navy); Ted VonBitner, Terra Miller Cassman, Cara Simonsen (AMEC Consulting) USD: C. Heller, T. Miller, R.Whalen Advisor: Theresa S. Talley, California Sea Grant, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD Literature Cited 1. Nature 2004 2. EPA 2014 3. Rochman. 2013. Environmental Science & Technology 47: 2439-2440 4. Rochman, et al. 2013. Scientific Reports 3: 3263 DOI: 10.1038/srep03263 The results of these efforts will educate the public about the need for an adjustment in how watersheds are managed in urban areas. Trash Transects •Trash along 30 m transects was enumerated and classified by plastic number and human use to lend insight into consumer sources as well as entry location into waterways. •Volumes of major trash categories were taken. Plastic Bag Tracking •Set out 10 labeled biodegradable plastic bags at the head of Swan Canyon and near the I-805 overpass on Chollas Creek. •Each bag contained a TrackR® device to aid in relocation, bags were tracked after each major rain event. Fates •Dissected three species of fish from San Diego Bay. •Looked for plastic in guts Thin, crinkly clear wrappers Mylar wrappers Clear & opaque wrappers Plastic grocery bags Styrofoam pieces Tagged plastic bag along Chollas Creek Spotted sand bass and round sting ray- both species had microplastics in their guts Rachel recording tagged bag locations along Chollas Creek.