I chose this topic because I wanted to find out what people flush down the toilet other than body waste.
Water Pollution, Sewage and Wastewater
By Elizabeth Amos
Imagine your pet fish is dead. Your mom tells you to flush it down the toilet. So you do what she says and flush it down the toilet. That is bad! People are flushing bad stuff like bras, golf balls, mayonnaise, chemicals, and even poison. The water gets cleaned and pipes are leading to the ocean and the bad stuff is affecting the animals and they are getting hurt and sometimes dying.
Those are a few things that cause problems with sewage and wastewater. Did you know when water gets too polluted it can catch on fire? One time a river caught on fire thirteen times because there were so many chemicals that got dumped in it! Also when cities combine sewer lines sometimes they overflow and pollute water with sewage.
One way we could help keep our water clean is following the Clean Water Act, a law that protects water. In addition, don’t pour chemicals down the drain. Don’t flush oil down the toilet. Keep bad things like this out of our water. Those are just a few things we can do to help keep our water clean. So remember, don’t flush bad stuff down the toilet.
By Elizabeth Amos
Imagine your pet fish is dead. Your mom tells you to flush it down the toilet. So you do what she says and flush it down the toilet. That is bad! People are flushing bad stuff like bras, golf balls, mayonnaise, chemicals, and even poison. The water gets cleaned and pipes are leading to the ocean and the bad stuff is affecting the animals and they are getting hurt and sometimes dying.
Those are a few things that cause problems with sewage and wastewater. Did you know when water gets too polluted it can catch on fire? One time a river caught on fire thirteen times because there were so many chemicals that got dumped in it! Also when cities combine sewer lines sometimes they overflow and pollute water with sewage.
One way we could help keep our water clean is following the Clean Water Act, a law that protects water. In addition, don’t pour chemicals down the drain. Don’t flush oil down the toilet. Keep bad things like this out of our water. Those are just a few things we can do to help keep our water clean. So remember, don’t flush bad stuff down the toilet.
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