European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 stars and stripes june 2007 from the my Ptg by or town c 2007 Tow mini publishing company the importance of Rivers life giving Waters All living creatures Are made up of about three fourths humans and animals must have water to most of the earths water is in the but people and most animals cant live by drinking Ocean it is too water that is Good to drink is called about half of the drinking water in the comes from but Freshwater from Rivers and other sources is in Short experts say that if All the water in the world could fit in a gallon milk the available Freshwater would fit in the bottle not All Freshwater May be some is in the form of some is too polluted to Industry and agriculture people have always have relied on River water Powers machinery that grinds wheat into flour or spins Plant fiber into helps make products such As irrigates in the dry about 70 percent of the River water humans use is for irrigating creates about 10 percent of the electrical Power in America is created by dams on makes steam to run Coal and nuclear Power plants and provides water to Cool those the mini Page thanks Andrew vice president for conservation american Rivers and Corita National Park service Rivers and trails for help with this the state of our Rivers experts say Only about half of our Rivers and streams meet the standards set up by our government to keep our water clean and people Are worried about having enough clean All Over the people Are working to protect Rivers and Rivers Are in better shape than they once forty years some of the Rivers in America were so polluted they were catching on fire polluted River this map shows some of the most important Rivers in the Continental United the Missouri is the longest at about the Mississippi is the biggest its watershed covers More than a million Square Sites to see look through your newspaper for stories 1 pictures about these rapids Are part of the big South Fork National River and recreation area in Tennessee and big South Fork is one of Many smaller branches that make up the Cumberland the Little streams and i Springs in your i neighbourhood come 1 together to form big 1 experts say it is just As 1 important to protect these i Small Waterways As it is to i protect big these i smaller branches help keep i the Rivers clean and caring for our Rivers Here Are some ways you can help keep our Rivers flowing cleanly Volunteer to help clean up trash along a save dont leave the faucet running when you do tasks such As brushing your ask your parents to use Safe products for Lawn chemicals flow from your Lawn into organic own fertilizer pick up after your almost everything that goes on the ground ends up in our urge your class to help Monitor the water Quality in your next week the mini Page is All about hot next week All about hot dogs
