Geography 2011A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Chicago River, Sewage Treatment, Saginaw River
19 Nov 2017
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The film begins with a look a beluga whales in the st. lawrence river. Besides, it takes 350 years for water to get from lake superior to the ocean (about the same amount of time since european settlement began and also 7 generations). Lake superior: there is a shot of a native fisherman fishing from a boat. He takes a drink of water directly from the lake: hydroelectricity generated from rivers flowing into l. superior allowed to development and growth to take place there. Once example is pulp and paper an industry which uses water to make its product, along with bleach, inorganic chemicals, and other compounds, many of which are regulated. The mother earth water walk: we are introduced to a first nations woman participating in the mother earth water. Now some areas have turned to tourism for an economic base: people moved to chicago because of the lake.
