Water Quality
Gary Faw and Linda Rowe
Malheur County Soil and Water Conservation District
Students learn about the different ways river water gets polluted.
- Soil Erosion
- Fertilizer Loss
- Washing debris off the land
- Oil
- Trash
- Factory Waste
- Wastewater treatment plant overflow
- Toxic waste leakage
Students
also test drain water along the Owyhee River to see how much
contamination the river has. Sediment, oxygen, and other factors are
important. Pollutants take away oxygen, so fish don't live in dirty
water.
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The Owyhee Watershed Council's
educational activities are supported by the
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board.
For further
information please
contact:
Adena
Green
Owyhee
Watershed Coordinator
(541)
372-5782
agreenowc@qwestoffice.net
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For additional
information about the Malheur Agricultural Experiment Station, please
send
an e-mail request to:
Dr. Clinton C.
Shock
Clinton.Shock@oregonstate.edu
Malheur
Agricultural Experiment
Station
595 Onion Avenue
Ontario, OR 97914
(541) 889-2174
FAX
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Last
updated
Tuesday July 12, 2005.
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