The protection of rivers and reservoirs is perhaps the most urgent task that people have today. To save rivers, it is necessary to minimize pollution from the soil, from other bodies of water flowing into the river, and pollution from the air.
It is necessary
- Map of your area with the designation of rivers and various industrial and agricultural facilities.
- Sterile sample collection container.
- Directory of Maximum Permissible Concentrations of Substances (MPC).
- Contacts of state and independent environmental laboratories.
Instructions
Step 1
If you are determined and really want to go from words to deeds, becoming an ecologist of rivers and reservoirs, you should start by carefully studying the map of your area. See what industrial facilities - factories and factories are located along the river, what agricultural facilities - farms, collective farms are nearby. To make sure your map is correct, you may have to take a short walk and examine which industrial and agricultural facilities are pouring their effluent into the river. Make your own, alternative drain map, with the designation of enterprises engaged in such an unseemly business.
Step 2
Take sterile sample collection jars and fill them with river water as you move downstream. Be sure to mark on the jar where the sample was taken. Check the map. Be sure to also include the date and time of sample collection. Water samples should also be taken where other rivers or streams flow into your river.
Step 3
Take your samples to the state environmental laboratory (as a rule, they are located at the Sanitary and Epidemiological Stations). If the results obtained seem doubtful to you, and the values of the concentrations of harmful substances are clearly underestimated, contact an independent environmental laboratory. You can check all the data obtained from the laboratory using the reference book MPC - Maximum Allowable Concentrations of Harmful Substances. If the concentrations obtained in the laboratory exceed the MPC value, then this is a reason to contact the city or district inspection of natural resources and environmental protection.
