MSB Photo Essay Ctitique

GAS STATION

During a rainstorm runoff can cause most of the pollution that winds up at our beaches. A prime factor of the pollution is gas and oil which is contributed by the gas stations and oil leaks from cars and accidents. The oil and gas when it is fresh combines with the rain and flows into the sewage drains that lead to the beach.

SEWAGE THAT GETS DUMPED INTO THE OCEAN

Particles from trash cans and from people who litter get caught in the runoff during a rainstorm and flow to these sewer drains and what most people don't understand is that their trash that they throw on the ground and leave everywhere ends up on the beaches and then pollutes the waters and in turns hurts the animals and people that go into the water.


OCEAN PICTURE


The oil and the trash that gets caught in the runoff and flows into the sewage winds up here in beaches like La Jolla Children's Pool. The water at the La Jolla Children's Pool is contaminated not only because of the runoff and the trash that gets left everywhere but also because of its location. People are not allowed to swim here because of the contamination but yet the seals are still allowed to stay there because they keep coming back and are already contaminated. Beach-goers and concerned by-standers try to make it so that people do not enter the water or bother the seals.





Animals that can possibly get hurt by the sewage dump

The trash and oil that gets caught in the runoff and flows to the sewage and gets dumped onto the beaches in turn hurts these animals as well as the seals. The pollution that winds up in beaches like the la Jolla Children's Pool contaminate the seals and the fish in the water. Then the seagulls and other birds eat those fishes or take them somewhere else where people are exposed the contaminated bird or fish.



Ways that it can be reduced

The ways that we can reduce the effects of pollution in the water and help those animals who are getting contaminated is to pick up after ourselves. We can get people to do beach clean up, not to litter, and to make sure that particles get caught in the runoff and flow into the sewers are picked up before it even happens. If more people knew the effects of the things they do (like littering) is hurting the water and the animals and people who swim in there, they would probably understand and want to help to do something to help.