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Field Trip 4 Write-up

Write-up for the reclamation plant. Must be typed. Due 3/23.

Assignment

Read the following three articles (1, 2, 3) dealing with sewage, sanitation, and water pollution in developing countries. (See below for some photos specific to the Bagmati River.) Briefly summarize what you learned in the reclamation plant field trip. How does this compare to how wastewater is dealt with in many developing countries? What concerns might residents of the Middle Rio Grande have about how we deal with our wastewater? What types of issues arise from wastewater in many developing countries?

 

Photos of the Bagmati River

 

Bagmati before entering the city
Clean river

 

 

Bagmati River (2)
River and the valley

 

Water pollution

 

 

 

 

Kathmandu slum and polluted river Bagmati

 

 sacred river
The Bagmati river is a sacred river

 

 Pashupatinath  and the Bagmati River
The holiest place in Nepal the Pashupatinath (Hindu) Temple along the shores of the sacred Bagmati River

 

Washing vegetables in the Bagmati river
Washing vegetables in the Bagmati river

Photos from our trip

Ready to see the reclamation plant!
A subset of 203 students who toured Albuquerque's reclamation plant.

 

 

 

 

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