Not that we needed reminding, but huge storm systems like Hurricane Sandy wreak more havoc in their aftermath than just cleaning up the mess from the flooding. The flood waters bring plenty of contaminants with them. All those pesticides and chemical fertilizers can be swept into rivers, streams, and other water ways.
See the excerpt below from the U.S. Geological Survey via Environmental News Network.
Hurricane Sandy and Potentially Hazardous Waters
From: Roger Greenway, ENN
Published November 2, 2012 08:04 AM
As recovery efforts for those impacted by Hurricane Sandy continue, U.S. Geological Survey crews are sampling water for nutrients, sediment, and pesticides to document water quality in areas affected by the hurricane. This sampling effort is part of the federal government’s broad efforts to ensure public health and to support the state, tribal, and local response to the storm.
"We tend to think of events like Sandy in terms of the ephemeral effect of the wind, rain, waves, and even snow as it swept through our communities, but in fact this superstorm can have a longer-term effect in the large pulse of sediment and associated pollutants swept into our waterways," said USGS Director Marcia McNutt. "It is particularly important to quantify the input of this one unusual event before concluding that certain efforts to reduce pollutant run-off from year to year have or have not been effective."
To read more of this article, click here.
Image courtesy of USGS.gov.
See the excerpt below from the U.S. Geological Survey via Environmental News Network.
Hurricane Sandy and Potentially Hazardous Waters
From: Roger Greenway, ENN
Published November 2, 2012 08:04 AM
"We tend to think of events like Sandy in terms of the ephemeral effect of the wind, rain, waves, and even snow as it swept through our communities, but in fact this superstorm can have a longer-term effect in the large pulse of sediment and associated pollutants swept into our waterways," said USGS Director Marcia McNutt. "It is particularly important to quantify the input of this one unusual event before concluding that certain efforts to reduce pollutant run-off from year to year have or have not been effective."
To read more of this article, click here.
Image courtesy of USGS.gov.
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