August is
National Water Quality Month, which means it’s the
perfect time to celebrate what water does for us, where it comes
from and why it’s so important to our survival. After all, more
than 70% of our planets’ surface is covered in H2O.
#DYK that
in 1972, the Clean Water Act was passed to federally regulate the
discharge of pollutants into lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands,
coastal areas and other waterways? But even with this federal law
in place, pollution throughout each is on the rise.
Here at Mystic
Aquarium, we take the quality and purity of our water very
seriously because it’s more than water to us – it’s
the lifeline for all of the animal ambassadors in our care.
And what we learn from the water throughout the Aquarium and by
testing the quality of local waterways helps us to better
understand the health of animals and the environment as a
whole.
In fact,
we have an entire team dedicated to ensuring the water at every
Aquarium habitat has perfectly balanced levels – temperature,
acidity, salinity, oxygen and more – to maintain a safe and healthy
environment. Plus, we have a SCUBA team who regularly dive most of
our habitats (they even splash in the mono exhibit and with the
sharks!) to clean, vacuum and examine the space and animals closer.
Our dedicated team of research scientists even pulls samples from
Long Island Sound, local beaches and even from Arctic waters to
help in their studies.
So how can
you help to protect our worlds’ oceans and waterways?
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