Improving Pollution in Cedar Rapids

          Report: Wetlands can curb pollution/Measures needed to control runoff

The Gazette, Thursday, October 31, 2013.

                   I read this article is about Iowa wants to construct wetlands to help Iowa cities and towns will help them manage storm runoff from far field. It will also help “improve aesthetics and expand recreational opportunities” say co- author  E. Arthur Bettis , a University of Iowa student that helped with the report on constructing of wetland in Iowa.  By constructing a wetland it won’t solve the problem say David Osterberg, the Iowa Policy Project’s funding director, but will help it a little bit and stop some of the pollutants in Iowa waters. By constructing these wetlands one in Tipton Iowa and three in Iowa City will manage the runoff. In the end this will stop some of the down streaming from other countries near Iowa.

          The article is local, because it talks about how wetlands will help Iowa pollution of runoff into other waters and then travels to estuaries that will go into the ocean.  This article is very important too, because it is informing you about what planes will be taken to take steps on stopping water pollutants form runoff from farms that contributes nitrogen and phosphorus in Iowa waters. By informing use about this problem it is also helping stop other problems like affecting the recent climate shift that will bring more rainfall and by going through with this project it will help control runoff.      

          The stakeholder in this article is everybody, because this can affect us in Iowa and people that live in other counties. This is not a gain for anyone but a lose, because by polluting the water we may drink and that goes in there lakes and rivers can destroy the organisms living in the water. It will also have an impact on humans because it will be affecting the organisms that give us natural resource and services. The people in this article perceive this as a very important issue and that if we don’t start taking action we will have more environmental problem that will be cause because of use polluting the waters. By use bring a wetland it will help bring more biodiversity and help stop the problem a little. By doing this it will help the enlivenment, which is one thing that will be gain by bring in the wetlands.  

 I like that this article is about a lot of what I learned in class and I could understand that content of what they were talking about. The idea for constructing a wetland I think is a great one, because it will help Iowa pollution and the environment by not destroying organism. The fact that  they people in Iowa taking a step to stop this big problem that happen in many other counties makes me feel good that we care about the environment in Iowa.  By reading this article it made me wonder if others countries trying to stop polluting the water.  Over all I thought that I get a lot out of this article and it makes me want to know what I can do to help out the projects and how the wetlands will turn out when they are all done.