Pollution in our runoff: How much science do we really need?
(An article by Jonathan White and Joe Gaydos, from the San Juan Journal)
While driving home from a recent stormwater workshop, a friend asked, “Is runoff from my small property really making its way to the ocean and causing damage?
"My family has lived here 20 years, and we care about the environment as much as anyone. Why is this suddenly becoming a problem?”
It’s a good question, and one that resonates with many of us. When we look to science for the answer, we find that it isn’t always exact enough to show specific effects from specific human behaviors.
While science may not be able to tell us the specific effect of each and every household, it does tell us something unequivocally: that polluted runoff is making its way into our environment in quantities that are measurable and damaging.
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