Article #2: 10/3/12
Universität Koblenz-Landau. "Only healthy groundwater ecosystems provide
clean groundwater." ScienceDaily, 1 Oct. 2012. Web. 3 Oct. 2012.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121001083544.htm
Topic in Environmental Science: Recycling and Waste
The groundwater in Europe has around 2,000 species of bacteria and most of them are rare. These bacteria clean the water in the subsoil, they do this by decomposing the organic materials that fall to the bottom of the water. The bacteria are also considered to be bioindicators because they are able to adapt to the changes in the water, whether it be pollution or temperature changes. According to scientists, these bacteria can be used to detect changes in the water and therefore can help make sure the quality of the groundwater is good. In Germany, two-thirds of the water that people drink comes from groundwater, so safe drinking water is very important. There are other ways to determine the quality of groundwater such as chemical analyzing but with the bacteria, scientists can get results quicker because they can indicate the changes earlier.
I chose to read this article because it's interesting to me to read about where drinking water comes from and how they clean it. It was surprising to read that in Europe, there are bacteria that actually clean the water because when I see the word bacteria I think of dirty and not safe. The most interesting part of the article for me was learning about bioindicators, I did not know what they were prior to reading this article and after they mentioned them I researched what they were. I found out that bioindicators are biological species whose job is determine the status of ecosystems and environments, meaning they can be used to indicate whether a particular ecosystem is healthy or not. Another interesting fact I learned from the article was that bioindicators also have the ability to show the effects of pollution in water.
Topic in Environmental Science: Recycling and Waste
The groundwater in Europe has around 2,000 species of bacteria and most of them are rare. These bacteria clean the water in the subsoil, they do this by decomposing the organic materials that fall to the bottom of the water. The bacteria are also considered to be bioindicators because they are able to adapt to the changes in the water, whether it be pollution or temperature changes. According to scientists, these bacteria can be used to detect changes in the water and therefore can help make sure the quality of the groundwater is good. In Germany, two-thirds of the water that people drink comes from groundwater, so safe drinking water is very important. There are other ways to determine the quality of groundwater such as chemical analyzing but with the bacteria, scientists can get results quicker because they can indicate the changes earlier.
I chose to read this article because it's interesting to me to read about where drinking water comes from and how they clean it. It was surprising to read that in Europe, there are bacteria that actually clean the water because when I see the word bacteria I think of dirty and not safe. The most interesting part of the article for me was learning about bioindicators, I did not know what they were prior to reading this article and after they mentioned them I researched what they were. I found out that bioindicators are biological species whose job is determine the status of ecosystems and environments, meaning they can be used to indicate whether a particular ecosystem is healthy or not. Another interesting fact I learned from the article was that bioindicators also have the ability to show the effects of pollution in water.