I submitted two questions to be asked to 1st through 4th period language arts classes on my team. The first one was on a scale of 1-5, how important is it to care about water pollution (5 being the most.) The results shocked me a bit. More people said 5. The one that got the least amount of votes was 1.
The second question I asked was on average, how many minutes do you spend taking a shower? Most people said they take showers longer than 30 minutes. This proves my point. People care about water pollution but never really apply that to their every day life. Also, this shows that not only does water pollution need to stop, we also need to better ourselves at conserving water as well.
(Right: Pie chart of sources of loading phosphates to waterways)
