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Water Pollution Mini-Case Studies. Topics Group 1: Exxon Valdez oil spill Group 2: BP Gulf oil spill Group 3: India’s Ganges River Group 4: Great Pacific.

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1 Water Pollution Mini-Case Studies

2 Topics Group 1: Exxon Valdez oil spill Group 2: BP Gulf oil spill Group 3: India’s Ganges River Group 4: Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also described as the Pacific Trash Vortex Group 5:Minamata Disaster/Disease Group 6: Chesapeake Bay Group 7: Gulf of Mexico “Dead Zone” Group 8: 1993 Cryptosporidium outbreak in Milwaukee, WI

3 Mini-Presentation Requirements 1)Location and major type of water pollution 2)Solutions and what has been done 3)Current state of body of water 4)Digital component – pictures in power point or even better, mini movie clip (no more than 2-3 minutes) 5)Presentation no more than 4 minutes (including video clip)

4 Topics Group 1:Exxon Valdez oil spill Group 2: BP Gulf oil spill Group 3: India’s Ganges River

5 Group 4: Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also described as the Pacific Trash Vortex Group 5:Minamata Disaster/Disease Group 6: Major waterborne illnesses around the world, including Cholera outbreak in Haiti

6 Group 7: Gulf of Mexico “Dead Zone” Group 8: 1993 Cryptosporidium outbreak in Milwaukee, WI

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