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Water Pollution and Underground Storage Leaks
By:Anna Charen
Imagine your friend went to a well to get a sip of water. When they come back,they fell on the ground, dead! There has been an underground storage leak! When this happens, anyone who drinks the contaminated water can get very sick or possibly die .
Underground storage leaks can happen when gasoline leaks from under a gas station, when tanks become full and it leaks out, and when pipes get old and break. Also sometimes pipes aren’t constructed correctly.
Underground storage leaks can affect everyone! Gas lines leaking can cause fires and explosions. Leaking tanks can travel through sewer lines into buildings. Did you know a ten gallon gasoline leak can contaminate about 12 million gallons of water? Did you know that Dekalb County has leaking pipes? Dekalb County has been sued because of it!
To have fewer underground storage leaks here are some things you can do. Make laws about it like the Clean Water Act. Replace old pipes with new ones. Make signs where pipes are so people don’t accidentally rupture them . Build a barrier around the leaking pipe so it doesn’t spread. Using less gas can lead to fewer underground storage leaks. As kids you can use less gasoline by walking more and doing carpool more. If you do these things, the world will last a little longer. I hope you take my advice. So do these things and have less underground storage leaks!
By:Anna Charen
Imagine your friend went to a well to get a sip of water. When they come back,they fell on the ground, dead! There has been an underground storage leak! When this happens, anyone who drinks the contaminated water can get very sick or possibly die .
Underground storage leaks can happen when gasoline leaks from under a gas station, when tanks become full and it leaks out, and when pipes get old and break. Also sometimes pipes aren’t constructed correctly.
Underground storage leaks can affect everyone! Gas lines leaking can cause fires and explosions. Leaking tanks can travel through sewer lines into buildings. Did you know a ten gallon gasoline leak can contaminate about 12 million gallons of water? Did you know that Dekalb County has leaking pipes? Dekalb County has been sued because of it!
To have fewer underground storage leaks here are some things you can do. Make laws about it like the Clean Water Act. Replace old pipes with new ones. Make signs where pipes are so people don’t accidentally rupture them . Build a barrier around the leaking pipe so it doesn’t spread. Using less gas can lead to fewer underground storage leaks. As kids you can use less gasoline by walking more and doing carpool more. If you do these things, the world will last a little longer. I hope you take my advice. So do these things and have less underground storage leaks!
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