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Around 1850 people who inhabit towns in North America and Europe was introduced to running water and lasted until 1920 Running water had disadvantages o Human excrements gets disposed into the waterways instead of the ground, which lead to water pollution Water pollution is harmful for the aquatic environment Dead fish and malodorous sludges ruined beaches because they are got pushed back to the land by waves Around 1880 and 1940 wastewater-treatment technologies were used to remove visible debris and pathogenic organisms in sewer effluent Began to remove organic matter in 1960 Those technologies were unable to remove nitrogen and phosphorus Nitrogen and phosphorus = main ingredients/nutrients in fertilizers Less nutrients = less phytoplankton = clearer water More blooms = supply of organic matter increases (eutrophication) 270 grams of oxygen per cubic meter contain in the air 5-10 grams of oxygen per cubic meter contain in water Phytoplankton stays near the surface to receive sunlight that is required for photosynthesis When phytoplankton dies, they sink into the deeper parts of the water o Organisms that lives in the deeper parts, then bacteria that digest the dead organisms receive oxygen and other nutrients Isolated bodies of water are more at risk of eutrophication because there is not much movement for the water to get mixed People believed ocean were immune to nutrient enrichment and oxygen depletion, until 40 years ago Eutrophication also affects humans o Oxygen depletion kills fish o Contaminate shellfish Nitrogen supply increased because of pollution

Running water gave humans more advantages and made their life more time efficient. It is beneficial to humans, but not to the ocean or organisms who inhabits it. Ever since humans excrements had been disposed into the water instead of the ground, it caused water pollution to increase. Not only was the water polluted, it also caused more land pollution because as the fish dies, they get washed back to the land by waves along with other trashes that got disposed into the water. As humans are polluting the water, they are also contributing nutrients into it because human waste products contain nitrogen and phosphorus. Too much contribution is also a problem because too much nutrients can lead to blooms. Blooms occur because of eutrophication, when primary producer that lives in water receives more nutrients than what is required by them to go through photosynthesis. When there is a high amount of phytoplankton, then the oxygen level will deplete causing marine organisms to die; therefore it is not beneficial to marine organisms when there is too much amount of nutrients in their habitat. Human excrements were not originally disposed in the water; therefore it should not be continue to get disposed into the ocean. Oceans do need nutrients, but the ecosystem needs to be balance; therefore too much amount or too little amount of nutrients can affect the organisms that are in the ecosystem, which eventually triggers a chain of reaction and affects the rest of the ecosystem. I think to keep the food chain balance and not have too much amount of nutrients in the ocean; humans should dispose their waste products in an isolated area. That would prevent eutrophication, but that might result of other harmful events to the environment. As for now, humans do not have the technology or intelligence to completely dispose things without waiting for it to decompose, but hopefully some day in the future, we would be able to prevent eutrophication and other environmental problems.