Why is the water so cloudy??
Cloudy Waters
The water in the Chesapeake bay is cloudy because of the sediment and the nutrient pollution!
Sediment is a major pollutant. sediment makes it so not very much light can go through the water which is why you can't see very far down in the water. This is a problem because aquatic plants and habitat health is decreasing. Where is this sediment coming from?. If the sediment were to come from farms we would take action to help farmers practice conservation. If we were to find out it was the banks we could look into stream restoration. nutrients cause the growth of water clouding algae blooms. When there is a big storm all the dirt runs into the bay and the dirt floats in the water clouding the clarity.
The water in the Chesapeake bay is cloudy because of the sediment and the nutrient pollution!
Sediment is a major pollutant. sediment makes it so not very much light can go through the water which is why you can't see very far down in the water. This is a problem because aquatic plants and habitat health is decreasing. Where is this sediment coming from?. If the sediment were to come from farms we would take action to help farmers practice conservation. If we were to find out it was the banks we could look into stream restoration. nutrients cause the growth of water clouding algae blooms. When there is a big storm all the dirt runs into the bay and the dirt floats in the water clouding the clarity.
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