watershed DuPage River -> Des Plaines -> Illinois -> Miss. Need to manage LAND and AIR(CO₂) - water LOWEST point.
Continental divide Lake Michigan watershed - Chicago River; Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
Cleveland, Milwaukee, Detroit, Toledo, Green Bay
riparian Quiz: slower wate: less oxygen - hypoxia; warm water kitchen demo.
Litter: stems habitat for Eastern Forktail.
pollutants Metals: lead, arsenic, ALU.
PolyChlorinated Biphenyl banned 1979, Stockholm Convention 2001 cancer electric equipt.
Human waste is treated: E. coli, Salmonella+drugs, BPA hormone mimics (endocrine disruptor).
Dead zone photo shows turbidity. DuPage River thorium cleanup.
Did Gulf Spill Boost "Dead Zone"? (National Geographic)
deepwater horizon 2010; methane hydrocarbon bacteria do not use up O₂.
eutrophication Cyanobacteria=pond scum; BIOFUEL Water Pollution from Nitrates Cyanobacteria: "algal" blooms Algae to produce hydrogen fuel 20:15-25:00 (Hydrogen Hopes)
riparian_use Upland vs flood plain, but humans like water: CHICAGO! This is watershed!
Illinois RiverWatch Citizen Scientist stream monitoring Izaak Walton League of America
pavers 1969 Cuyahoga River fire -> Clean Water Act. Nitrogen oxide=NO, NO₂
infiltration City Hall 2001 nearly 100 degrees lower? $100K LEED Platinum House (HouseSmarts)
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Chesapeake Bay largest estuary; microbial ecologist Peter Groffman sampling: N, P, sediment: macroinvertebrates.
Point source=sewage plant; runoff=non. Oysters decline -> oystercatchers, filter feed sediment/nutrient.