{"id":361,"date":"2020-04-10T21:33:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T21:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/earthday2020\/?page_id=361"},"modified":"2020-04-28T15:44:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T19:44:42","slug":"water","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/earthday2020\/water\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Everyday we turn on the tap and get a glass of water, brush our teeth, wash our hands, and cook our food. We need to drink water to survive, but we also use it for everyday things. What would you do if you turned on the tap and there was no clean water for you to drink?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is an example of a beach from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. As you can see, there is so much plastic and debris on the beach it would be hard to walk there 1<\/a><\/sup>Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 2020. \u201cOcean Pollution: Each Year, Billions of Pounds of Trash and Other Pollutants Enter the Ocean.\u201d April 20, 2020. https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/education\/resource-collections\/ocean-coasts-education-resources\/ocean-pollution.<\/span>
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The inability to guarantee clean water, called water security<\/strong>, is a problem that is becoming more and more of a possibility as water pollution<\/strong> increases with every plastic bag or straw we use and every pesticide sprayed on a plant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a quick video to explain the basics of water pollution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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