Comments on: EPA Proposes New Water Quality Criteria for Florida http://www.caslab.com/News/florida-water-quality.html Science, chemistry and environmental news from laboratory experts Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:53:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: pharmacy technician http://www.caslab.com/News/florida-water-quality.html#comment-379 pharmacy technician Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:38:03 +0000 http://www.caslab.com/News/?p=89#comment-379 My cousin recommended this blog and she was totally right keep up the fantastic work! My cousin recommended this blog and she was totally right keep up the fantastic work!

]]> By: curtis http://www.caslab.com/News/florida-water-quality.html#comment-282 curtis Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:06:30 +0000 http://www.caslab.com/News/?p=89#comment-282 water quality is virtually self correcting irregardless of man's shortcomings. it does take time although sometimes it can be drastic. take for example that recently televised science channel program reporting giant jellyfish impact on japanese ocean economics stemming from china's excessive nutrient yangtsze effluent, over-fishing, warmer climatic trend and other causations. the plankton bloom is automatically sel-corrected by the giant jellyfish exponential growth, causing havoc for netting fisheries. had the plankton bloom not been curbed by giant jellyfish, eutrophication likely proceeds, a worse outcome (oxygen depletion). one of the hinging reasons for the cwa was man's extremity of polluting the great lakes to the point where navigable (commerce, economic stability) waters caught fire. had the cwa been denied approval, self-correction would likely have resulted, for example, the ignitable pollutants would have burned and consumed itself, likely with some adverse impact on trade and commerce. here in hawaii, the epa penalized a pflueger estate owner for erosive runoff damage to pristine reef habitat. satellite photo's show that same reef fully recovered within a matter of one season. nature is very powerful. it can even stop man in his own tracks. right now, it is the exponential population growth of man and elevated standard of living which nature eventually will curb, by population reduction, irregardless of man's technological countermeasures. water quality is virtually self correcting irregardless of man’s shortcomings. it does take time although sometimes it can be drastic. take for example that recently televised science channel program reporting giant jellyfish impact on japanese ocean economics stemming from china’s excessive nutrient yangtsze effluent, over-fishing, warmer climatic trend and other causations. the plankton bloom is automatically sel-corrected by the giant jellyfish exponential growth, causing havoc for netting fisheries. had the plankton bloom not been curbed by giant jellyfish, eutrophication likely proceeds, a worse outcome (oxygen depletion).

one of the hinging reasons for the cwa was man’s extremity of polluting the great lakes to the point where navigable (commerce, economic stability) waters caught fire. had the cwa been denied approval, self-correction would likely have resulted, for example, the ignitable pollutants would have burned and consumed itself, likely with some adverse impact on trade and commerce.

here in hawaii, the epa penalized a pflueger estate owner for erosive runoff damage to pristine reef habitat. satellite photo’s show that same reef fully recovered within a matter of one season.

nature is very powerful. it can even stop man in his own tracks. right now, it is the exponential population growth of man and elevated standard of living which nature eventually will curb, by population reduction, irregardless of man’s technological countermeasures.

]]> By: Karen http://www.caslab.com/News/florida-water-quality.html#comment-281 Karen Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:26:03 +0000 http://www.caslab.com/News/?p=89#comment-281 In my opinion, a lot of the nutrient issues in the South are due to the narrowing and diking of natural water channels and flood plains. I was born and raised in south Louisiana and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this one out. The Mississippi River is a perfect example of us trying to control mother nature. The river is not meant to go through New Orleans, it is supposed to drain through the Atchafalaya basin. This is the natural way to get nutrients out of the water and to prevent loss of coastal land and to prevent the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. Of course, I realize the Mississippi needs to be navigable, I'm just saying this country needs to think about creative solutions to the nutrient issues instead of just regulating. In my opinion, a lot of the nutrient issues in the South are due to the narrowing and diking of natural water channels and flood plains. I was born and raised in south Louisiana and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure this one out. The Mississippi River is a perfect example of us trying to control mother nature. The river is not meant to go through New Orleans, it is supposed to drain through the Atchafalaya basin. This is the natural way to get nutrients out of the water and to prevent loss of coastal land and to prevent the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. Of course, I realize the Mississippi needs to be navigable, I’m just saying this country needs to think about creative solutions to the nutrient issues instead of just regulating.

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