I. China’s Third Largest Freshwater lake faces algae threat
China Daily, April 16, 2008 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-04/16/content_6622243.htm
II. China’s Taihu Lake supplies water to about 30 million people. In some parts of the like blue-green algae had been spotted but it’s not near the intake spot.. There was an inspection on April 10 that showed no algae but satellites showed it. The cities that use the lake for drinking water have tried to step up and stop pollution in the lake. Workers from the city Wuxi finally went in and removed 190,000 tons for algae and 1 million cubic meters of silt. The scientists believe that the algae outbreaks are from high levels of phosphorus and nitrogen.
A.This article goes with the AP theme Impact of technology, economics, and demography on people and the environment because China uses the lake, which is part of environment to get its drinking water. But this lake happens to get algae outbreaks but with their new technology they can take the algae out so the people of China can have fresh, clean water.
B. This isn’t the first time this lake had got an algae outbreak. An algae outbreak in May 2007 left 1 million people with undrinkable water for 10 days. China’s scientists say that this algae outbreak is pretty annual.
C. This article is written by someone named Xinhua which sounds Chinese. So, they are an insider.
D. Since the writer is Chinese he could be playing it down so the people that rely on that lake for water don’t get to worried and get anger at the government for the pollution.
E. It would have helped to hear from someone who lived in one of the citied that used the water so see if they get affected by the algae in the water or if there were times when the water was bad.
F. I think that China is getting more and more factories that make pollution and they should stop before all there lakes are filled with algae. Yes, they have the technology to clean it but it would be better if they could just stop it from happening. Sometimes it is natural but they don’t have to add more with pollution.
2 comments:
The factories that China has developed over the years have probably helped to the algae breakouts. I agree. This is an issue considering that the algae are in people's drinking water, which may harm people. I agree with what Katie said in that there has been technology to clean up the mess, but wouldn't the earth be "happier" if the pollution didn’t happen in the first place.
I agree with Katie in Alexis with their factories problems. I think that China should regulate the waste management of these factories. Also, I think increasing the number of organisms that are natural to the environment and eat blue algae (if there are any).
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