Copper Sediment

So what makes Pigeon House so dirty?  Well, it could be things like copper that may come off of car brake pads.  Think about it.  Pigeon House surfaces in a park near Cameron Village Shopping Center, runs along Capital Boulevard, and dumps into Crabtree Creek.  If you have ever been on Capital Blvd., you know there are a lot of cars, a lot of businesses, and a lot of houses out that way.  Guess what?  All of that causes pollution and affects our water supply.  Whenever a big rain comes, whatever is on the roads gets washed into the storm drains and eventually makes its way into the creeks. Lots of cars and businesses EQUALS lots of pollution in our creeks.

Are you a water Wizard, yet?
True/False
  1. Crabtree Creek is the name of a new store at the mall.
  2. Heavy rains may wash pollutants into the creeks.
  3. Pigeon House Branch is the cleanest creek in Wake County.
  4. Pigeon House flows into Crabtree Creek.

Answers:

1.False  2.True  3.False  4.True



*Home

*Fecal Coliform (a fancy word for human and animal waste)

*Globs of fats and oils (comes from our favorite restaurants)

*Fertilizer (food for the plants)



References

“City has no firm policy on runoff.”  News and Observer  (March 24, 2000):  2pp.  Online.  Internet. 

“Triangle goes after grease in sewers.”  News and Observer (July 23, 1999): 3pp.
Online.  Internet.  4/11/00. 
           
“85,000 menhaden found dead in river.”  News and Observer (July 21, 1999): 1pp.  Online.  Internet.  4/11/00.
Available: http://search.nando.net/plweb-cgi/fastweb

Zike, Dinah.  The Earth Science Book.  John Wiley & Sons, Inc.  Canada: 1993.