IDWW Activity
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our Day Without Water Project assesses how nutrient application from
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the Midwest trickles down all the way to communities in
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the Gulf.
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Farmers use herbicides, pesticides and fertilizer to increase crop growth.
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However, these products are nutrient heavy, and when it rains,
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the excess nutrients get swept away to the nearest water
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body. The nutrients that leak into the water.
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Bodies in the Midwest start to follow the path of
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water down towards the Mississippi Delta.
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Large amounts of nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus gather in
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the Mississippi Delta, and they create the hypoxic zone in
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the hypoxic zone.
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This lacks of oxygen makes it hard for organisms to
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survive there, which is why they're sometimes called dead zones.
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Coastline waterways are important to everyone in some way.
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They harbor fisheries and other resource is prevent erosion, protect
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people from floods and storm surges, maintain ocean biodiversity, support
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recreation, tourism and are culturally important toe local heritage.
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The dead zone is affecting a billion dollar fishing industry,
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causing the community to go into an economic downfall.