🚫SLJP W2D5 - Wasting Away - Activity 2: The Black Drain🚫
Aloha and welcome to my blog! New Zealand is a very beautiful country surrounded by a lot of nature and water! Most of this water is clean and good to swim in but did you know, some of New Zealand's lakes and rivers are wayyy too dirty to swim in? Let's investigate!
According to an article (LINK) and some information from the Summer Learning Journey website (LINK), I have found out that 2/3 of the rivers in New Zealand and 1/2 of the lakes in NZ are too polluted to swim in! This is really interesting and kind of sad. The most polluted river here in NZ is the Tarawera River in the Bay Of Plenty region! This is really sad because some underwater animals live in our rivers and lakes and our pollution is killing them. It is also killing our opportunity for fresh and clean water!
Tarawera (Bay Of Plenty) and Waitaiki (Auckland), are two of the dirtiest rivers in New Zealand! Tarawera River is actually the most polluted river in New Zealand and is called the Black Drain because below its surface it is brown, polluted and dirty! In 2017, it was announced by the government that they would be funding $400 million dollars to help improve and clean 100 rivers in NZ including Waitaiki and Tarawera! (LINK)
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To avoid polluted water, re-use all reusable plastic objects and recycle! Also, put your rubbish in the bin and don't litter!
The question of the blog: How do you think polluted water is avoiding us?
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Kia ora Lydia,
ReplyDeleteIt's really sad that the number of rivers and lakes that are too polluted to swim in is so high, isn't it? You would think for a country that promotes itself as being 'clean' and 'green', we would have cleaner waterways. It's great to hear that the government is putting so much money into getting them cleaned up though. Have you been to either of the rivers you've talked about?
Blog ya later!
Mikey :)