Why does water quality vary along the Neuse River from Raleigh to New Bern?

Trash trap, Marsh Creek, Neuse River tributary

Phenomenon Description: Variations in water quality in the Neuse River Basin
Location: Wake County, Raleigh  
Grade Level or Course: 8th grade
 


Question: Why does water quality vary along the Neuse River from Raleigh to New Bern? 
Crosscutting Concepts: Energy and Matter: Flows, Cycles and Conservation 
Other related questions about the phenomenon:
How do human activities affect water quality? What are bioindicators? 
Science Domain: Earth and Space Science 

Science Standard: ESS.8.3 Understand the reciprocal relationship between the hydrosphere and humans. 
Objective: ESS.8.3.1 Analyze and interpret data to predict the safety and potability of water supplies in North Carolina based on physical and biological factors, including: temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, nitrates and phosphates, turbidity, and bio indicators.

Additional Resources:
Surf Your Watershed 
https://www.epa.gov/waterdata/surf-your-watershed
Neuse River Water Quality Monitoring 
https://www.deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-resources-data/water-sciences-home-page/estuarine-monitoring-team/lower-neuse-river-data
Problems on the Neuse River - "New Trouble on the Neuse River" - a WRAL Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynFTX8UMATM





 

 

 

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