Horberry, M. (2020, August 27). Reopened Schools Find Health Risks in Water After Covid-19 Lockdowns. Retrieved September 11, 2020, from https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/27/health/covid-schools-legionnaires-disease.html?searchResultPosition=4

As a result of reopening Schools in Ohio in Pennsylvania mass eutrophication has been occurring in schools irrigations due to a long time of no use. Allowing bacteria to build up in pipes without being constantly flushed out from children and other faculties use. This causes the disease legionella to spawn oven effect and be a risk of infection. The hazard behind this sickness is great as it can be fatal. another urgency to this matter is that schools generally don’t have a water management plan. Leaving these types of situations prone to not ever being adhered to. Additionally most combat against coven is by turning water off in schools, leaving all taps are used for long periods. The successful combat to the situation would be to put small doses of chlorine routinely in the water system, and keeping it all taps running.

 Eutrophication is in an effect of contaminated rainwater reaching water sources, and other streams. Which then will cause the new bacteria to spawn mass amounts of algae. creating a no longer usable source, or area with healthy vegetation. Making it what we know as a dead zone. This is is similar to the situation of What is happening and recently reopened schools, as bacteria is clotting within pipes making the disease of legionella at a much higher risk of being caught. The legionella is acting as the algae, and the contaminated water is the source. Environmental scientists are constantly working towards more health effective substitutes to fertilizers today, showing that this is a commonly researched subject. That has Extreme roots to environmental science.

2020 North American Wildfire Season. (2020, September 9). Retrieved September 11, 2020, from https://disasterphilanthropy.org/disaster/2020-california-wildfires/

As you may know recently there has been an outbreak of wildfires in the Santa Cruz area of California. It is affected thousands of people who reside near coastlines, and areas of vast vegetation. Although one could argue that wildfires are a natural form of destruction that can be used as our Earths way of purging land to occasionally balance the ecosystem. But it is too large of a threat to human life for relaxed Point of play on the situation. Examples of dangerm we’re shown after 2017 and 2018 fires, that caused many water sources to test with the plethora of toxic and carcinogenic pollutants. With a Side of no possibility to use or treat. A possible solution is to put new building the Codes in place as an update to prevent future widespread contamination of drinking water. Although that is not the only subject of Infection, as evidence and and implores that after the tubs and campfire occurrences that most toxic chemicals in the water originated from a combination of burning vegetation, structures, and plastic materials. Additionally on the cityfront, Metal concrete in plastic pipes can be permanently damaged buy chemicals passing through the water, rendering them useless for irrigation. 

This article is relation to environmental science stems from its focus on California’s current wildfires. Many times natural wildfires, or plans ones at least have great because ecosystemic benefits. Allowing small communities of life to continue what’s coinciding along each other, in a healthy relationship that has constant recycling of resources. By having massive amounts of ash dropped on the ground, it provides lots of nutrients to the soil. Additionally it wipes out any weeds or organisms that were hindering the survival of another’s through its interactions with the environment. Coming back to this articles relation with ES, wild fires are an interaction with the environment just as any mass change of life would be. Which shows the importance of the situation, if so much positive can come from a natural form of destruction. It prompts the question of How negative can this be to our form of living, in contrast to the first statement made. But overall, making us more aware the effects that wildfires have an environmental science. Although more importantly, the articles relation to ES.

How Are Scientists Tackling Difficult Drinking Water Contaminants? (n.d.). Retrieved August 15, 2020, from https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/articles/how-are-scientists-tackling-difficult-drinking-water-contaminants-332303

  In the article how are scientist tackling difficult water contaminants

two potentially successful opportunities for water contamination are found including Cold plasma technology, and nanotechnology. To begin with researcher sales and his team at Drexel University made a machine that could create a rotating electromagnetic field excited present electrons, well breaking down the chemical species in the water, it admits an ultraviolet radiation. The combination of the energy and radiation reaches a state where it can Break the strong fluorocarbons apart. The second method of decontamination Falls under the subject of data technology treatment. A study done at the University of Québec produced a contraption using to light sensitive electrodes, creating a free radicals on its surface. Which are then able to interact with Atrazine molecules (a dangerous substance) and degrade them.

By studying contaminated water sources, and figuring out new ways to make them reusable we are able to extend the Human knowledge of this field in environmental science. To further explain this statement, what is still deeper into the substance that provides life for almost all organisms on this planet. As we develop more ways to make unusable water into a product that allows our planet to continue on it’s course of sustaining life. By doing this we learn how certain artificial chemicals interact with our ecosystems whether it be negative or positive, allowing us to gain more knowledge of human impacts on the environment.