-Millions of Americans have moved to coastal areas, particularly in the Southeast to take advantage of their balmy climate, recreational opportunities and natural beauty
-Rapid and poorly planned development is spoiling the beauty in a shocking way
-Growing number of beaches and shellfish beds along the coast have been contaminated by disease-causing-microorganisms coming from animal and human wastes
-In 2004, coastal states ordered 19.950 days of closures and pollution advisories affecting 1,234 ocean and freshwater beaches, or 1/3 of all the beaches monitored by health officials.
-The reason for 85% of closures and advisories was the detection of excessive counts of fecal bacteria in beach waters
-Waterborne microbes move downstream with animal feces in storm water runoff or human waste in sewage overflows and septic-tank leaks.
-They can cause liver disease, respiratory infections and fatal gastroinestinal disorders.
-These illnesses are common in Third World countries with poor sanitation
-Innovative solutions are available: "Smart Growth" strategies can restore polluted coastlines and provide economic benefits as well
-Adoption of reasonable controls on coastal development would safeguard the shoreline economy as much as it would protect the public's health.
-In 2004, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration noted that 153 million Americans lived in the countries bordering the seacoasts and the Great --Lakes which make up only 17 percent of continental U.S land area.
-Seven million people expected to join the coastal population by 2008. Total is seasonally expanded by hordes of vacationers
-Large areas that used to be forests are being turned into resorts, subdivisions, strip malls, restaurants, office complexes and industrial parks.
-Construction companies are draining wetlands and covering formerly vegetated soils with asphalt, concrete and housing materials
-When it rains, water flows over the surfaces, picking up animal feces and other pollutants and wash them down to drainages ditches or storm drains, leading directly to lakes, creeks or beach areas.
-Storm water runoff isn't treated.
-Areas with sandy soils and high water tables are unsuitable for septic systems, because the soils saturate with water, and bacteria can move along through them. Poor planning allowed their presence in many rapidly growing coastal regions.
-Erin K. Lipp and her colleagues determined that Florida Gulf Coast communities, fecal bacteria counts in bays and tributaries increase with the outgoing tide.
-Driving factor is often waste in livestock farms
-Facilities of livestock dispose of manure by spraying it as a liquid or spreading it as litter on fields.
-When this happens, fecal microbes from waste can enter nearby streams
-Designers must minimize use of impervious surfaces and maximize amount of vegetated areas when planning new places.
-A site with plenty of green spaces will have less runoff.
-Wetlands need to be preserved and enlarge to maintain natural filtering of storm water runoff
-Developers should take advantage of new technologies that can reduce storm water runoff and treat it on site
-America's coasts can be a wonderful destination
-Without careful planning, the gorgeous beaches will become nothing but hazardous receptacles of our waste.
-We must ensure that unchecked development does not ruin the very qualities that brought people to the coast in the first place
In this article the author talks about waterborne diseases/microbes that come from storm water runoff due to animal feces and human waste. Waterborne diseases/microbes can get into our oceans and can harm humans in many different ways. If you get these microbes into your system, you can get liver disease, respiratory infections and fatal gastrointestinal disorders. It also causes conjunctivitis, cellulitis, ear infections, respiratory infections and more serious diseases like hepatitis and paralysis. These microbes have triggered outbreaks in the past, including one in 1999 in New York from E coli and campylobacter and in 2000. The reason for these microbes getting into the water is because of construction of so many homes, roads, shopping centers and parking lots that disrupt natural drainage systems in coastal areas, and wastes that were once filtered by forests or wetlands are regularly fouling marinas and beaches. Solutions include preserving wetlands so that it can maintain a natural filtering of storm water runoff. Another solution is to take advantage of new technologies that can reduce the storm water and prevent microbes to get into our oceans.
After reading this article there should be more warnings to people who do recreational activities in water. If there's more warnings, the people less people can get harmed from these waterborne-diseases. I also think that the places that have the most storm water runoff should have more wetlands. Like it said in the article, there should be more wetlands in order to maintain a natural filtering of the storm water runoff. I think that researchers should find different ways rather than preserving wetlands in order to filter this water. We could find safe ways in order to get rid of all these diseases/microbes.
-Rapid and poorly planned development is spoiling the beauty in a shocking way
-Growing number of beaches and shellfish beds along the coast have been contaminated by disease-causing-microorganisms coming from animal and human wastes
-In 2004, coastal states ordered 19.950 days of closures and pollution advisories affecting 1,234 ocean and freshwater beaches, or 1/3 of all the beaches monitored by health officials.
-The reason for 85% of closures and advisories was the detection of excessive counts of fecal bacteria in beach waters
-Waterborne microbes move downstream with animal feces in storm water runoff or human waste in sewage overflows and septic-tank leaks.
-They can cause liver disease, respiratory infections and fatal gastroinestinal disorders.
-These illnesses are common in Third World countries with poor sanitation
-Innovative solutions are available: "Smart Growth" strategies can restore polluted coastlines and provide economic benefits as well
-Adoption of reasonable controls on coastal development would safeguard the shoreline economy as much as it would protect the public's health.
-In 2004, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration noted that 153 million Americans lived in the countries bordering the seacoasts and the Great --Lakes which make up only 17 percent of continental U.S land area.
-Seven million people expected to join the coastal population by 2008. Total is seasonally expanded by hordes of vacationers
-Large areas that used to be forests are being turned into resorts, subdivisions, strip malls, restaurants, office complexes and industrial parks.
-Construction companies are draining wetlands and covering formerly vegetated soils with asphalt, concrete and housing materials
-When it rains, water flows over the surfaces, picking up animal feces and other pollutants and wash them down to drainages ditches or storm drains, leading directly to lakes, creeks or beach areas.
-Storm water runoff isn't treated.
-Areas with sandy soils and high water tables are unsuitable for septic systems, because the soils saturate with water, and bacteria can move along through them. Poor planning allowed their presence in many rapidly growing coastal regions.
-Erin K. Lipp and her colleagues determined that Florida Gulf Coast communities, fecal bacteria counts in bays and tributaries increase with the outgoing tide.
-Driving factor is often waste in livestock farms
-Facilities of livestock dispose of manure by spraying it as a liquid or spreading it as litter on fields.
-When this happens, fecal microbes from waste can enter nearby streams
-Designers must minimize use of impervious surfaces and maximize amount of vegetated areas when planning new places.
-A site with plenty of green spaces will have less runoff.
-Wetlands need to be preserved and enlarge to maintain natural filtering of storm water runoff
-Developers should take advantage of new technologies that can reduce storm water runoff and treat it on site
-America's coasts can be a wonderful destination
-Without careful planning, the gorgeous beaches will become nothing but hazardous receptacles of our waste.
-We must ensure that unchecked development does not ruin the very qualities that brought people to the coast in the first place
In this article the author talks about waterborne diseases/microbes that come from storm water runoff due to animal feces and human waste. Waterborne diseases/microbes can get into our oceans and can harm humans in many different ways. If you get these microbes into your system, you can get liver disease, respiratory infections and fatal gastrointestinal disorders. It also causes conjunctivitis, cellulitis, ear infections, respiratory infections and more serious diseases like hepatitis and paralysis. These microbes have triggered outbreaks in the past, including one in 1999 in New York from E coli and campylobacter and in 2000. The reason for these microbes getting into the water is because of construction of so many homes, roads, shopping centers and parking lots that disrupt natural drainage systems in coastal areas, and wastes that were once filtered by forests or wetlands are regularly fouling marinas and beaches. Solutions include preserving wetlands so that it can maintain a natural filtering of storm water runoff. Another solution is to take advantage of new technologies that can reduce the storm water and prevent microbes to get into our oceans.
After reading this article there should be more warnings to people who do recreational activities in water. If there's more warnings, the people less people can get harmed from these waterborne-diseases. I also think that the places that have the most storm water runoff should have more wetlands. Like it said in the article, there should be more wetlands in order to maintain a natural filtering of the storm water runoff. I think that researchers should find different ways rather than preserving wetlands in order to filter this water. We could find safe ways in order to get rid of all these diseases/microbes.