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FINAL STATEMENT:
O.K., I admit that we weren't completely honest with the chlorine test, and I'm sorry for that. When we were forced to re-test on different days, we did find too much chlorine in the water. But the fish autopsies only showed chlorine in some of the dead fish. Something else is killing off the rest of the fish. We're too important to this community, and I will not let you shut down the water slide. The water slide is worth a few dead fish, It's the other fish killers you need to worry about!
WATER SLIDE SCHEDULE:Test done on tuesday and water poored in river Wednesday
Monday
8 am - 7 pm: Open to Public
7 pm: Bacteria Tests
Tuesday
8 am - 7 pm: Open to Public
7 pm: Bacteria Tests
8 pm: Pump new water from river into holding tanks and add chlorine
Wednesday
CLOSED TO PUBLIC
6 am: Release used water into river
10 am: Pump water from holding tanks into pools
1 pm: Bacteria Tests
Thursday
8 am - 7 pm: Open to Public
7 pm: Bacteria Tests
Friday
8 am - 7 pm: Open to Public
7 pm: Bacteria Tests
Saturday
8 am - 7 pm: Open to Public
7 pm: Bacteria Tests
Sunday
8 am - 7 pm: Open to Public
7 pm: Bacteria Tests
EMAILS:
Mime-Version: 1.0
To: gungadin@slide
From: kenunball@slide (Ken Unballe)
Subject: Chlorine Tests
The Board of Supervisors is going to have a meeting about whether we should be shut down. We’ve got to keep the public on our side, and make this chlorine thing go away. Before the board meeting, I’m ordering the water downstream from our dump pipes to be tested for chlorine by a chemist, but check out the Water Slide Schedule, and I think you’ll see why I think the chemist should only collect samples on Tuesday night!
Ken
Mime-Version: 1.0
To: gungadin@slide
From: kenunball@slide (Ken Unballe)
Subject: more on chlorine tests
I thought we were done with this after the chlorine test the chemist did--guess not. Now I hear that some mixed up kid thinks he is going to save the water slide by doing a different kind of test. He’s going to test the water in the Fo River where we dump our water slide water, by counting water fleas. I guess the idea is that if there are water fleas, then there’s not too much chlorine, because they’re really sensitive to it, or something. Any ideas about what to do? This is getting serious!
Ken
Mime-Version: 1.0
To: gungadin@slide
From: kenunball@slide (Ken Unballe)
Subject: re: re: more on chlorine tests
I like your idea of buying a bunch of water fleas and dumping them in the water just before the kid does the test. Can you be in charge of ordering them and taking care of what needs to happen? Of course this should all be kept confidential.
Ken
P.S.--let’s talk about a raise for you soon!
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:
A6 Lawrence Hall Gazette Friday, January 19, 2001
E.Coli Outbreak
E.Coli from Water Park in Neighboring State Kills One Child
By Jacquey Cort
FULL COURT PRESS
One of the twenty-six children who got sick with E.Coli bacteria in Shady Park wading pool died yesterday. She is the only child in the nation known to have died this way. The children were probably contaminated by an infected child who was in the pool, scientists said. Normally bacteria are killed by chlorine in the pool, but in this case, bacteria survived long enough to spread to other children. Investigation continues into the pool’s chlorine content.
SCIENCE
Fo River Passes Chlorine Test
Chemist tests river water and announces it’s chlorine free
By Felicia Barakos
THE OLIVE PRESS
A local water slide park voluntarily collected samples from the Fo River downstream from where they release their used water. Chemists tested the river water and announced that there is no chlorine in it, and that it is safe for wildlife. “I knew we weren’t killing the fish,” said Ken Unballe, owner of the park. “That’s why I volunteered to collect the samples to be tested.”
Chlorine Spill
Hundreds of fish and wildlife dead
By Carolyn Tong
BENCH PRESS
At Waving Waters water slide park, located 800 miles north of Gray Bay, workers accidentally spilled 250 gallons of chlorine yesterday, killing hundreds of fish and many other wildlife in Fiasco Creek. When used safely, chlorine cleans our water, and prevents diseases. The World Health Organization estimates that 25,000 children die from waterborne diseases each day in parts of the world where chlorinated water is not used.
BIOINDICATORS AND BIOLOGICAL TESTING:
What are Bioindicators?
Bioindicators are animals and plants that are sensitive to changes in their environment--they indicate or show that changes are taking place. Different bioindicators are sensitive to different types of changes. Scientists study changes in the populations of animal and plant bioindicators to see if an environment is healthy.
Using Water Fleas as Bioindicators
Water fleas, also called daphnia, are tiny animals in the same family as shrimp. There are water fleas in almost every body of water. They eat algae and microscopic animals by sweeping them into their mouths with their waving legs. Many kinds of fish eat water fleas.
Because water fleas are very sensitive, we can use them as bioindicators to tell if there is a problem in the water. Small amounts of chlorine can kill water fleas, so a drop in their numbers tells us there may be chlorine pollution. A lack of water fleas could also mean:
Not enough dissolved oxygen in the water for them to breathe.
Water is too acidic or too basic.
Unhealthy amounts of a chemical other than chlorine.

The biological test showed there is something killing the water fleas.
Owner of the water slide stated that there is no chlorine in the water upstream.
water testing.
In water flea testing, there were supposed to be at least 12 to be healthy, (or more), and upstream from the water slide was 13. Downstream from the slide, there was only 1
Owner acts suspicious about the water flea testing.
According to the waterslide schedule, they release used water from the slide into the river on Wednesday. As also stated in previous notes, (emails), the owner of the water slide, (Ken), said only to test the river for chlorine on Tuesday, a week since the water has been released into the river.
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WATER SLIDE SCHEDULE:Test done on tuesday and water poored in river Wednesday
Monday
8 am - 7 pm: Open to Public
7 pm: Bacteria Tests
Tuesday
8 am - 7 pm: Open to Public
7 pm: Bacteria Tests
8 pm: Pump new water from river into holding tanks and add chlorine
Wednesday
CLOSED TO PUBLIC
6 am: Release used water into river
10 am: Pump water from holding tanks into pools
1 pm: Bacteria Tests
Thursday
8 am - 7 pm: Open to Public
7 pm: Bacteria Tests
Friday
8 am - 7 pm: Open to Public
7 pm: Bacteria Tests
Saturday
8 am - 7 pm: Open to Public
7 pm: Bacteria Tests
Sunday
8 am - 7 pm: Open to Public
7 pm: Bacteria Tests
EMAILS:
Mime-Version: 1.0
To: gungadin@slide
From: kenunball@slide (Ken Unballe)
Subject: Chlorine Tests
The Board of Supervisors is going to have a meeting about whether we should be shut down. We’ve got to keep the public on our side, and make this chlorine thing go away. Before the board meeting, I’m ordering the water downstream from our dump pipes to be tested for chlorine by a chemist, but check out the Water Slide Schedule, and I think you’ll see why I think the chemist should only collect samples on Tuesday night!
Ken
Mime-Version: 1.0
To: gungadin@slide
From: kenunball@slide (Ken Unballe)
Subject: more on chlorine tests
I thought we were done with this after the chlorine test the chemist did--guess not. Now I hear that some mixed up kid thinks he is going to save the water slide by doing a different kind of test. He’s going to test the water in the Fo River where we dump our water slide water, by counting water fleas. I guess the idea is that if there are water fleas, then there’s not too much chlorine, because they’re really sensitive to it, or something. Any ideas about what to do? This is getting serious!
Ken
Mime-Version: 1.0
To: gungadin@slide
From: kenunball@slide (Ken Unballe)
Subject: re: re: more on chlorine tests
I like your idea of buying a bunch of water fleas and dumping them in the water just before the kid does the test. Can you be in charge of ordering them and taking care of what needs to happen? Of course this should all be kept confidential.
Ken
P.S.--let’s talk about a raise for you soon!
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:
A6 Lawrence Hall Gazette Friday, January 19, 2001
E.Coli Outbreak
E.Coli from Water Park in Neighboring State Kills One Child
By Jacquey Cort
FULL COURT PRESS
One of the twenty-six children who got sick with E.Coli bacteria in Shady Park wading pool died yesterday. She is the only child in the nation known to have died this way. The children were probably contaminated by an infected child who was in the pool, scientists said. Normally bacteria are killed by chlorine in the pool, but in this case, bacteria survived long enough to spread to other children. Investigation continues into the pool’s chlorine content.
SCIENCE
Fo River Passes Chlorine Test
Chemist tests river water and announces it’s chlorine free
By Felicia Barakos
THE OLIVE PRESS
A local water slide park voluntarily collected samples from the Fo River downstream from where they release their used water. Chemists tested the river water and announced that there is no chlorine in it, and that it is safe for wildlife. “I knew we weren’t killing the fish,” said Ken Unballe, owner of the park. “That’s why I volunteered to collect the samples to be tested.”
Chlorine Spill
Hundreds of fish and wildlife dead
By Carolyn Tong
BENCH PRESS
At Waving Waters water slide park, located 800 miles north of Gray Bay, workers accidentally spilled 250 gallons of chlorine yesterday, killing hundreds of fish and many other wildlife in Fiasco Creek. When used safely, chlorine cleans our water, and prevents diseases. The World Health Organization estimates that 25,000 children die from waterborne diseases each day in parts of the world where chlorinated water is not used.
BIOINDICATORS AND BIOLOGICAL TESTING:
What are Bioindicators?
Bioindicators are animals and plants that are sensitive to changes in their environment--they indicate or show that changes are taking place. Different bioindicators are sensitive to different types of changes. Scientists study changes in the populations of animal and plant bioindicators to see if an environment is healthy.
Using Water Fleas as Bioindicators
Water fleas, also called daphnia, are tiny animals in the same family as shrimp. There are water fleas in almost every body of water. They eat algae and microscopic animals by sweeping them into their mouths with their waving legs. Many kinds of fish eat water fleas.
Because water fleas are very sensitive, we can use them as bioindicators to tell if there is a problem in the water. Small amounts of chlorine can kill water fleas, so a drop in their numbers tells us there may be chlorine pollution. A lack of water fleas could also mean:
Not enough dissolved oxygen in the water for them to breathe.
Water is too acidic or too basic.
Unhealthy amounts of a chemical other than chlorine.

In "Local Farmers May be Overgrazing", it says that farmers are devoting more land to grazing sheep. Environmentalists say that this can damage plant cover.
In the chart in the Sediment Files, it says that the Misterssippi and Fo Rivers,and James Pond had dramatic changes in the temperatures in the past 5 years compared to the other years, (starting at 20 years ago).
selective cutting.
In the letter from Anton Alogue, it's saying that he would like the clear cutting in the Rafta area to be "salvage".
sun's heat.
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{Sediment Files.doc}

The oil that was found was not matched with refinery oil or other kinds of oil.
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{Oil Chromatography Test Data.doc}

The geography of James Pond consists of a lot of limestone. The limestone breaks away easily. This is good and bad. It is able to neutralize the water, but also creates a lot of sediment and holes. It makes underground tunnels, rivers, caverns, caves, and sinkholes that aid to the drainage of phosphates into the pond.
What does the bioindicators test show?
could be considered
considered unhealthy. In under unhealthy.
{James Pond Files.doc}

Mountain lions usually only eat weak, sick, or old deer, leaving the healthy deer behind to keep populating.
When humans hunt deer, they kill a lot more deer that are healthy rather than old, sick, or weak deer.
to support.
The
The carrying capacity taken away.
Limiting Factors are the factors that keep animal and plant populations from going out of control. Some limiting factors are: predators, hunting, parasites, lack of resources, disease, competition, immigration, etc.
Without limiting factors, everything would be overpopulated.
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{Deer Lion Files.doc}