Water Resorce plan

p Running Head : WATER CONTAMINATION

Water contamination

In Lake Erie

Abstract

Contamination of the waters of Lake Erie has been going on since a very long time . Beginning from the year 1969 where legislative measures were taken up to control the pollution of the lake and protect aquatic life in it and ensure that the lake was safe for humans too , the quality of the water has undergone many changes from bad to worse . The reasons that lead to the contamination , their effects on the quality of the water and

the resultant damage have been carefully studied and examined by researchers and ecologists all over the world . Lake Erie today represents one of the worst cases of stratification and environmental pollution associated with human activities , urbanization and agriculture

Water Contamination

Lake Erie is one of the smallest among the five Great Lakes in terms of its measurement . Bounded by Ontario in Canada and New York in the United States , this lake got so polluted that it made it to the headlines of the national news in the month of June 1969 . With an average depth of sixty-two feet and two hundred feet being one of the deepest parts , Lake Erie underwent extreme contamination due to the disposal of sewage and contamination through toxic heavy metals and the usage of pesticides in agriculture . According to Professor Henry Regier of the University of Toronto (1993 , When you die you will be replaced by billions and billions of living microbes . You will be reorganized...