My water comes from the Catskills/Delaware aqueduct which goes through many stages before it reaches my faucet. For instance the water comes from groundwater and is transferred to a facility in which the water is cleansed. The way this works is chlorine is inputed into the water, just enough to kill any bacteria that may thrive. Also, water goes through UV lights to kill additional bacteria. Then the water travels to the main water pipes and goes to our sink. The excess water goes down the drain into the sewer, then passes through the septic tank then into the river.
If I could explore what was below the streets of New York City, I would not do it. Although, I am interesting in the things that happens, and the history below. I believe that it is an dangerous adventure that should be left to someone with experience.
Steve Duncan, is an urban historian and explorer of the underground. He became interested in the underground history and their tunnels when he need to get into a part of his school and choose to do it from under. He then started to like being underground and discovering new things.
Being an urban explore has a lot of risk. Fist is trying not to to get arrested by the cops doing something that you love, and that isn't really something that bad. Then, there is the trying not to get hurt or sick from anything that is underground. Also, hoping that there are no loss wires, or gas leak.Lastly, there are also trains underground that can run you over.
When underground Steve Duncan has seen many thing such as, trash, rats, other animals, mode people, who live underground, Old water tunnels, and excrement.
What Steve Duncan is an amazing thing, because he does what other people don't dare to do. Thanks to explorers like him is that we discover new things about where we live, which we wouldn't know other wise, if someone didn't dare to look for an answer.
Someday thanks to his extrapolation and others we may find new ways to build our new tunnels by learning from pass tunnels and water ways, because although he is doing isn't "right" he still does it and inform people about the things they would find underground and takes his time to make something that is important to him be important to other.
Although, I am afraid to explore the underground. I have become interested in the history that lays above in my own community. There history about many things all around me, including the history of the New York water. I have started to learn about the history of High bridge and its connection to the history of New York water.
During this week, the class got a visit from Steve Dunkin and he talked about the old Croton system. Before Steve Dunkin’s visit, we have been learning about the Croton system in class. I had no clue an old croton system was located in Washington Heights High Bridge. As a class, we sang a song that related to the opening of the Croton system and got to see the High Bridge with facts about it.
While walking to the high bridge and back, I got to speak to Steve Dunkin about some interesting facts about the Croton water system. He actually inspired me to try to explore what I want, just like he explores what interests him. However, what he explores is dangerous and I don’t want to explore something that is dangerous. I realized Steve Dunkin wasn’t scared to take risk and explore underground no matter how unsafe the conditions were because he told me he was trying to explore the gatehouse on 135st. The rejected him from going down to the basement because it was unsafe.
During the tour down by the trail, I was left curious why the high bridge was closed. Steve Dunkin and I saw a shed underneath the trail and I asked him what that was? He responded it might be connected to the old Croton System and he would check that out. He also told the class if any of us were to have a leadership in the future, to remember him and try to open the High Bridge so he can explore it. Steve Dunkin seems very dedicated to try exploring different type of places. He is probably going to explore the old Croton System next and I would like to also know what he discovers down at the High Bridge if he ever explores it. I would want to learn more about the water system just so I could know where my water comes from and the history behind it. It would also be nice to see how it looks underground.
I was left wondering by the end of the tour different types of questions about the Old Croton System that Steve Dunkin wasn’t able to answer: Why was the High Bridge closed? Why couldn’t people get on the High Bridge at least once a year? Why isn’t the Water tower open as well? Why was the old reservoir converted into a pool? All these questions are left in my mind and I hope to figure them out maybe having my own adventure just like Steve Dunkin.
Katherine Reyes My water comes from ground water then from there it goes to a facility where it cleans out the water and has a bit of chlorine where it eliminates all the bacteria. In other words our water comes from Catskills/Delaware. When I’m done with the water it’s sent to a sewage-treatment plant through a sewer system. The way my actions impact the water of my community is by the way I using it. For example, it can impact the community by me letting the water run and not turning it off. Also by taking advantage of it when is not really needed. It impacts my family because we are so use to having so much water we don’t even think about how it can affect us and how we not caring about the environment. Also we don’t even think about others that have to work harder than us to get their water.
This week like any other was action packed and brought upon tons of new information. In a class this week tuesday we got a visit from a famous urban explorer Steve Duncan. He paid us a visit in a familiar place to both him and us in High bridge park.Prior to his visit we were studying where our water came from and how it was transported we then learned about the new and old Croton systems.Then when the trip came along in vivid detail Steve explained to us the correlation between the old system and high bridge park.
During my classes mini tour of high bridge with steve we went next to a tour that was supposably used to pump our water.Although shorter than every other class I learned a lot from Steve he answered a lot of questions and was informing us what exactly is underground and how our water works.I would have never thought I would meet someone as interested enough to go down underground to see what our water looks like but I did with Steve.
This relates to me in the way that meeting Steve and finding out new obscure facts with him I learned a little more about my water and where it comes from specially since its in a place where I grew up in high bridge.Post tour I had a lot of things running through my mind that I had to figure out.I wanted to know why the bridge was closed down and Steve unfortunately could not answer it so I took the time to go out and ask around I got various answers but the one that I got the most and sound right is that people continue to throw things of the bridge polluting and damaging our water to the extent where it needed to be protected and shut down.Another question that my peers and me wondered about was why the tour was also closed.Our very own Manny Hernandez was able to answer that as he was a former worker at high bridge park he said it was off limits due to the hazardous condition that it was in.
This week we have been learning about The Old Croton Aqueduct in New York City. Which only the old croton holds less water, then they created an new croton that holds more water than the old one. Mr Fox Then invited Steven Duncan who explores the New York City underground. To explain too us all the different things he have discovered during he's years exploring underground. He told us that we could find the old aqueduct in our neighborhood, which is in the Height Bridge. With our class we sang a song that lead to the opening of the croton system. This was a very interesting week because I had the chance to hear the things Steven Duncan had to say about how it's a good thing to be under the ground. Where it's all dark and you far away from human. Also explore the different things that you find under their. He puts he's life in risk going under their and not knowing what might he face along the way. The question I have is why the towel in Height Bridge is not open? How come not many people are concern where their water comes from?
During This week In environmental science I learned about our water and where it comes from. This week we got a visits from Steve Duncan who is an urban explorer that knows a lot about our water system such as the old Croton system.Before Steve Duncan's visit we was learning about where our water comes from and the old Croton systems. My class took a visit down to High-bridge with Steve Duncan and Steve explained to us that High-bridge played in an important role in providing water to NYC residents. Also During This week my class received a packet which shows what level of stuff that our water can take and one of the problems with our water was that it had lead but this wasn't a major problem because all we have to do when we open our faucet is let the water run for 30 seconds before we drink it so that we don't get sick.
During this week I learned a lot about our water systems and Steve helped me recognized that high-bridge played an important in delivering water to people's houses. I found this week interesting because I learned from Steve that when people didn't have water they would drink beer because their was not enough water supplies. I also learned that our tap water is pretty healthy to drink because the only problem with this is that it has lead but this problem has a solution.
This impacted me or changed the way I think because now I know that the history of our water is deeper because I found that high-bridge once played an important role in delivering our water. This also changed the way I think because I found out that our tap water is healthy which led me to thinking on why do we spent money on bottle water when our tap water is healthy. Some Questions I had was why the highbridge water system shut down and I found out that it was because it was getting polluted and if it gets polluted then we wouldn't be drinking healthy water. I found these things important because I didn't know any of these information before.
In class this week we learned a lot in such a small period; Mr. Fox was able to bring a famous urban explorer Steve Duncan. He came by to our school and came with us to High Bridge Park. Before Steve came in we were previously already learning/ studying where the water we consume came from and how it was transported to us. While studying about where our water came from we learned about the croton system. There are two croton systems the new one and the old one. While being in High Bridge Steve revealed to us that there in fact is a relationship between High Bridge Park and the old croton system.
While walking to High Bridge Park with Steve and the class we passed through the High Bridge water tower and we were able to learn reasons for why the high bridge is actually closed. I was shocked I never even knew the bridge was there never the less what it was used for long ago. Out of all the classes our class was the only one that had time to sing the song that was originally sang long ago after the High Bridge was created I believe. Over all Steve answered a lot of our questions about how our water system works. It is inspiring what Steve does on a daily basis. Not everyone is willing to do the things Steve does.
I was very appreciative that Steve showed interest in coming to us and sharing his knowledge. I learned so much more about our water system as well as there is a lot of history you can learn about NYC underground. It’s amazing that there’s a piece of history around where I live I have grown here all my life and never knew anything about High Bridge. I am glad Steve made me realize that it is important to know a lot about history of water. Before learning about everything I had a lot of thoughts and questions running through my mind I didn’t understand but now it’s different. It made me in a sense want to be an activist about keeping our water pure and clean like Steve. I was very sad finding out that the Bridge is and has been closed for a long time because of people throwing things and polluting it. I hope one day it will re –open so I can say I have been across it to generations that come after me. I hope to keep learning more because there are a lot of things I still don’t know.
On Monday, October 03, 2011 we learned about what it’s like under the streets of NYC. What it sounds like underground, what you find their and why Steve Duncan, urban historian explores underground. When you’re underground, in the sewer or tunnel you hear a rushing sound of water and waves, you hear water leaking, drops of water, and the train passing or coming. Things you may find underground is subway system, volts, random holes, water, boiling steam pipes, dirty floor, pliers, dim lights or darkness, gas lines, puddles, exposed wires, dead bodies if someone was exploring and never found an exit, exposure to danger and the mold. The mold, they are people who live in the sewers and tunnels. Duncan explores under NYC streets because he’s interested in what he find, its unexplored territory. What influenced his decision was a college experience. He needed to finish some work and the building he needed to enter was closed. He asked his friend if he knew how to get into the building, his friend showed him the tunnel and told him the directions to get in enter the building underground.
This relates to my community because there’s a lot of unexplored territory under Washington Heights. Also, a lot of the people here don’t know about the history and why buildings were built. For example, the fire house in 178th street and Amsterdam has control of the water pipes underground. It also relates to my life because I’m curious to know what is underground. Also, because I never really thought about what was underground until the lesson. I realized that I was really interested in how things are build underground and in the water. Duncan told me that they get huge boxes open from one side and put it in the water and they build under the boxes. I just find it hard to believe to be underwater for that long during the day building. And, the pressure and coldness of the water, how can they build a bridge or pipes under those situations? I’m still curious on whether there are maps for the tunnels underground and why aren’t the citizens allowed to explore these historical preservations. Regardless if they are dangerous I think they should be open to see as if it were a museum.
Jose Moran I found this topic really interesting because I never really thought about where my water comes from and how it gets to my tap. This is because all my life water has always come from my tap and getting water to drink was never a top priority in my everyday life. This week I have learned to appreciate and conserve my drinking water. New York City’s water is the purest water in the nation, this means that people don’t have to worry much about the quality of their water. This is achieved by large aqueducts that were built to contain and send all that water from upstate New York. This by itself was a great achievement.
I found this interesting because if it wasn’t for these tunnels, aqueducts, and water sources New York City would not be what it is today. Even though this is a great achievement for New Yorkers, it also has some negative effects on the environment. The more water we use is going to impact the amount of water that future generations will have available to them. This means that we all have to make an effort to conserve water and be less wasteful. This includes less baths and more showers, turning the water off to brush our teeth. Just small contributions that can eventually make a positive impact on future generations.
What we’ve learned this week has helped me convince my parents to stop buying water bottles. The bottles alone have a huge negative impact on our planet therefore I convinced them to stay away from them. I want to know more about what the new solutions are for the recent problems with the leaking structure. What recent plans do they have for this problem.
Our water comes from the Catskills and the New Croton water sheds. The water is transported to us by Gravity. In the old times the High Bridge water tower pumped water up from the aquaduct which later came go us via gravity. Now since we have a different source of water we don't use it, Our famous High Bridge pool is build in the old steps of the Old Reservoir which is really cool. This week we also had the pleasure to Meet an outstanding man Called Steve Duncan. Steve is a famous underground explorer who goes around "restricted" areas in which no one dares trend paths in. Steve also talked to me and Rafael Frias about his adventures in Europe and how they were similar to What he did here in newyork. I would also want to meet some one like Steve again or even Dare do what he does for a living, I personally think its really cool what he does and how much he enjoys it.
This week during Environmental Science class we learned about what is like underneath New York City, we determined whether our water is safe, and about bottled water. I learned that when you go underneath New York City you would find dead bodies; if someone who went to explore and was never found, puddles, holes, and people who actually live down there. If someone went to explore underneath New York City, it would sound loud, be dark, trains running, and have dripping water when the water runs through the pipe. In my opinion, I would like to go underneath NYC to see how is it like myself, because I am the type of person that likes to see things not hear. It would be scary but I am a curious person and if I had the possibility to explore underneath NYC, then I would.
During this week we also learned and determined if our water is safe to drink. We checked out a water data results and compared it to what the measure for each chemical parameter is supposed to be. The only thing that our water has an excess of is lead, which results from our building pipes and can be easily resolved by letting the water run. We also need to take care of turbidity because the range is pretty close to the limit but still our water is considered safe.
Learning about how safe is our water connects to me because I drink water on a daily basis. I either drink tap water or bottled water. I also learned that tap water is just as safe as bottled water so now I am buying fewer water bottles. The bottled water also doesn’t have any flavor while our tap water does. Why spent money on a bottle of water while we have free water every day of our life?
Did you that that one third of the bottled water you buy is tap water? Did you know the amount of money you could of saved drinking tap water? How are we buying something that is free? All this questions I never thought about before, I thought that all bottled water was special water. I believed that water bottled had different components and come from all over the water, with water that was pure. But never did I think of the process it takes to get the water in the bottle and the false pretenses people live in. Firstly, I discovered that we spend two thousand dollars a year more on bottle water then on tap water. Americans buy more than half a billion bottles of water each week. Making water bottle has as much fuel as a million cars, why are we using up our natural resource on something that is free? At first years ago people did not buy water bottle because they did not think there was a difference. But the the media scared people into believing they need it, with misleading and seducing images and facts on water bottles and a heightened reality.
What does this mean? That the media can control us with lies and images. How are we wasting and buying so much water, when they are billions of people around the world that do not have access to clean water. We need to start using the media to our advantage and good use. If its that easy to manipulate people to buy something that is harming our environment with false information, I believe its easier to get people to help and restore our environment with the truth. We need to stop causing so much pollution with the production of plastic water bottles and need to start using more eco-friendly ones, that are reusable.
This makes me think of all the harm all factories not just water bottle one are causing to our environment. It horrible how unaware and under informed Americans and people all over the world are. When its as simple as boycotting water bottles and using water from the sink, that can make a difference.
These past week we have been learning about water and where does it come from. Some of the facts that I learned was most of our water is from ground water, comes either from the rain or snow which then is pumped into a tank and delivered to us through gravity and/or electricity. In this article it clearly states the having the water cleaned is very important. The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) makes sure that our water is safe to drink; they use products such as chlorine, to clean it from bacteria, Fluoride, for the safety of our teeth, and orthophosphate to clean the pipes so that it doesn’t effect the water when is being delivered to us.
One idea that I really find interesting was the chemical used to protect our teeth which is called fluoride. I found it interesting because I have never heard about water having a certain chemical so that it doesn’t damage our teeth. My question is how can water harm us even with the right amount chlorine in it? How did they discover that it can in fact hurt our teeth? And how did they discover this chemical?
It has clearly change the way I think because before I didn’t think about where my water came from and how it important it is to have water which means that I cant really take advantage of it. It has also made me realize that drinking tap water is fairly safe and clean rather then drinking bottled water. I want to know how can fluoride affect us as well as help us. I wonder if they use other chemicals to clean or water system.
When we went on the trip with our guide Steve to high bridge park I learned that the tower was a way that we got water from the river to our houses. What I found interesting was that high bridge was before one of our main water resources. I also found out that Steve knew which of the sewer were working which was not, for what it was used, and where it lead to.
One of the main thing I found interesting that was when I learned about the sewer through the video and how there’s actually people living down there. I wonder if I would be able to go down to the sewer and investigate it.
It has changed my thinking in many ways because I’m interested n investigating the sewer system/ water system. It has changed the way I should save and use our water sources properly. I also want to know the underground routes to further develop people’s knowledge of the New York City water system. I also want to know if going to investigate the water system underground is legal.
This week we had a trip to Highbridge Park, Mr. Fox brought in an explorer named Steve Duncan he well known for exploring underground. He's been in places such as sewers and train tunnels. On the trip we learned about the Old Croton Aqueduct,on 1837 the Old Croton Aqueduct started to be built New York City was in serious problems water the must serious resource was contaminated. People before the Old Croton Aqueduct were getting there water from a well and usually that would be great water but with the population in New York City growing at a fast rate, people were throwing garbage and waste on the ground and that was getting into the water. So they built the Croton Aqueduct and New York started getting its fresh water. So thats why we went on the trip to the park, the bridge connecting manhattan and the bronx is the Old Croton Aqueduct but its closed down because of safety situations. The Old Croton Aqueduct was closed down because the New Croton Aqueduct was built it, it hold three times more and as i said with the growing population it was really needed. So in the trip we learned the Steve actually has seen the Old Croton Aqueduct I believe what Steve does is amazing, I think it would be great to go underdround and explore whats down there but we found out thats sort of illegal.
This week in my science class I learned how and from where my water comes from. My water comes from the ground and is then transfered to a facilty in which they clean the water. This week me along with my classmates took a trip to highbridge park where we met a historian called steve. He talked to us about how highbridge many years ago use to be a source from where water came from. He is a very interesting person that is willing to explore underground and do things that other people won't do. He has gone through underground tunnels and train tracks to find and explore where and how water travels through the city. Steve knows a lot about the way water travels through the city.
During this week we had explored what was below the streets of NYC. We had started off by learning about the old croton aqueduct and creating a timeline for that system.
Around the 1830's the city had drawn its very scant water from stagnant. Then 1837's the first croton aqueduct was planned. 1842's the original croton aqueduct was completed, then the water flowed into the distributing reservoir, then October 14th the people had had a croton celebration. In the 1846's Schramke one of the water supply engineers had made a book. 1850's population 500,000 and more people used 40 million gallons of water daily. Between 1885-1870's improvements to the water were over taxed, and water was furnished to about 30,000 new buildings. 1870's the population nearly grew to 1 million people. 1875's 95 million gallons was being demanded. 1890's the population of the city was 1.5 million people. 1898's the combined growth, supplied all five boroughs. 917 the Catskill system was brought online. 1955's the old aqueduct was taken completely offline. Then 1965's the Delaware aqueduct was completed. Finally today the city has been building the city water tunnel #3.
Then we had done an experiment between the bottled and tap water changing. Since then my thinking about bottled and tap did not change except that when I go to Indiana I will still be buying bottled water because it still taste weird to me of the taste and it leaves also an after taste. But I will be reusing the same bottle of water to conserve plastic containers and go green. The experiment taste test we did was also weird because at first I had thought they were the same until Mr. Fox has said stuff like how do they taste, smell, and then that’s when I had been starting to double estimating myself on whether it was the same.
Then we had been figuring out more about our more into the week like what kind of things do we think are in NYC's tap water. Then we had found out that our water had been contaminated with different parameters (stuff in the water). But what I really found interesting about this week was having visitor Steve explain things to us that I had never new like the High Bridge pool area used to be a reservoir for NYC.
Since we have begun learning about NYC's water my water drinking habits have changed like I let run in case of the parameters were contaminating the water. Instead of buying bottled water I just used an Eco-friendly water bottle and just reused it.
This week in Environmental Science, we were ask to answer questions before meeting Steve Duncan which were if you could explore what was below the street of NYC, would you explore why or why not. Also, what would you expect to find down there if you did go exploring. After answering these questions, each classmates share their own opinion whether or not they would go and explore under the street of New York City and why would they do it. These questions were in essence a lead up to the person we were going to meet which is an urban explorer name Steve Duncan who is going to teach us about the history of High Bridge. We then got a reading about the New York City's water system, and made a timeline. I learned that in 1842, the original aqueduct was completed. Also, as the city continues to grow, more gallons of water were being used as a result of the population. Finally, we listen to a news radio Steve talking about what he finds when he goes underground. List of things that he finds includes trash, mold people, and animals like rats.
The next day which was tuesday, we paid a visit to Steve, while walking through High Bridge, I learned where is now the High Bridge pool use to be a resevoir. Steve also thought us many interesting things we did not about. The Bridge was build in 1848, and it is the oldest behind the Brooklyn Bridge. New York city started as the New Amsterdam. The High Bridge tower was build in 1872 and the tunnel is eight and a half feet high. We certainly learned a lot this week.
I am very thankful to Steve for taking the time out and come teach me some parts of my neighborhood I did not know about. It is very important to learn about your neighborhood to learn why things are the way they are. Steve coming to teach us shows how caring he is because it was his choice to come, and does not get paid for it. Learning about our water system makes me wonder why do people pollutes the water. Especially, the ones we drink, we need to keep our water more stable.
This week of school was for me much more dynamic, fun and with a new way of learning, as we had the opportunity to visit the High Bridge, the oldest bridge over NYC, built as part of the 1st water supply system the city constructed almost 2 centuries ago.
We have the orientation of a very specific guide and willing to tell the story of this bridge and the Croton Aqueduct, which was Steve, and to close with a flourish we sang "The Croton Ode" as a tribute to this bridge that although is now obsolete represents the beginning of our water supply system and an important part of our architecture.
When we went to the bridge I realized it was only 3 blocks from my home, in the same 172 St, and I've even gone through this park and not only that, the High Bridge was the part of the water supply system that I had to research for the project of the week above, but I never thought and I had not noticed that the High Bridge, such vital part of the history, culture and progress of New York City, was so close to me.
This weeek a famous visitor came to our school called steve duncan to explore the old croton aqueduct that was located in high bridge. I learned that the old croton aqueduct was the water source that used to transpot water around manhattan. Another thing was the bridge that the aqueduct was located was the first bridge build in new york city so without the help of steve i would of never knew this. Another thing i learned from this trip was that the tower in highbridge was used to reserve water since the elevation in manhattan was too high so that was the only way water was able to be distributed around manhattan.
Also i learned that our water comes from the ground and then goes to a plase where they check it to see if any bacteria is in it. Finally another thing i learned was that in nyc every year they test nyc water to see if their a chemical or bacteria that might inffect the water.
This week I learned a lot about the quality of New York City drinking water by looking at the kinds of parameters it contains and their legal limit amount. After having reviewed the test results of the test conducted on NYC drinking water in 2010 by the Department of Environmental Protection I would consider New York City drinking water to be safe and clean. This is because altogether the level of different parameters meet their legal limit except for a few that overpassed their legal limit, however is nothing to worry about because is due to unimportant but solvable mistakes along the process. For example, a parameter that exceeds its legal limit is lead. According to the New York State Department of Health the highest legitimate amount is 15, yet it was at 19. To resolve this little incident, a person should know that lead is an effect of corrosion of household plumbing system something that can be easily fixed if you just leave your water running for at least 30 seconds after turning on your faucet that way you water would not have as much lead. This is especially necessary for people who live in old buildings such as myself because the pipes could possibly be made of lead or are really old probably a few decades now and is also not that hard of a thing to do. I truly did not know that I could do that because I didn’t know my water contained lead so after learning about this that is one change I already made in my water drinking routine. Even though I filter my water it still comes from the same pipes used for the kitchen or the bathroom so I let it run for a little bit before filling my cup or bottle. At this point, I honestly wouldn’t understand why people waste so much money yearly buying bottled water when they have free healthy, drinkable water right in their house or apartments. People should get more educated on where our water comes from because 3 weeks ago I would not be saying this if I didn’t believe NYC drinking water is pure.
This week in environmental science we learned many new things that inclyded meeting Steve Duncan. One interesting thing we learned though was bottled water versus tap water. We watched a video that informed us about the truth behind bottled water.
The video stated the bottled water companies are just really selling the bottle because their water is regular tap water. I was shocked because I thought their water was filtered and a different type of water. The bottled water companies make millions of dollars selling their product to us. The video also stated that all the bottles of water end up in a landfill in India instead of being recycled which is hurting our environment.
This connects to a picture I saw in Steve Duncan's website. In the picture there was thousands of old bottles of water in NYC's sewer just floating in the water. After seeing the video I have started to deink regular tap water because at the end of the day Americans are spending miliona of dollars buying bottled water when they can get it for free in their faucets. If everyone drank tap water they would save money ans help the environment.
This week was just as interesting as the rest. During the week we learned about the risks of New York City's tap water. I was really interested in this topic since I mostly drink water from the tap and also the ice tea made in my house is made with tap water. In class we were handed test results for the tap water for all types of parameters. We were given the task to find out if New York City's tap water failed any of the test its taken by using the data and information given to us. In the end we found out that in a residential water taps the tap water failed a lead test. We learned that the reason for this is linked to the pipes of the residential location being to old and rusty. This is a concerning issue because not all land lords may follow building codes to point. It got me thinking about the pipes in my building and if there's more lead in my tap water than there should be. After learning that there might be a chance of there being a big amount of lead in my tap water, I ordered a lead testing kit from 311. I want to know if my family is in harm just for drinking the tap water in our apartment. I also want to know how New York City's tap water compare to others in the country since the tap water seems to be excellent and healthy based on test results.
This week during Environmental Science class we talked about what’s under the streets of NYC and what it sounds like underground. Underneath NYC you would find the weather to be not so hot or cold you would see water puddles, holes, and everything wet and hear extremely loud noises because of the pipes and water traveling through. This is important because many miners lose their hearing working underground and many of them even get lung cancer, however say its worth the risk because they get paid a lot of money to work underground. Miners get thousands of dollars.
In my opinion there are tons of unexplored areas in NYC. I have never thought about what is underground. After learning about it this week I feel curious as to what is actually going on underground. When Mr. Fox told us to do the warm-up for class about whether or not we would go underground to explore I said yes. I think that in life you have to take chances. I know that there are serious risk and that you could die but I find myself interested in how things are build underground. I would have to see it for myself to really understand how the pipes underneath us carry water to our homes. I believe miners to be very hardworking people they risk their lives in order to make our world easier and modern.
This makes me think of Steve Ducan who we meet this week. Steve has actually been underground. He started to explore underneath NYC because he needed to get to a building and at the time it was closed, so he just then went underground, to get inside the building.
This relates to me because I think that there are very few people around me, who would risk their lives like miners. This makes me think what are the types of people who explore or would work underground? What’s their race? Age average?
This week in Environmental Science, I learned a lot about tap water. I changed my whole perspective on tap water. I knew that tap water isn’t as clean as bottled water, but some industries bottle tap water, and that really impacted the way I buy water. For example,”Dasani” water, manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company, is filtered tap water. Even though it is filtered, I am paying $2.00 for water I can get from my own home. By simply processing my tap water through a filter, I’ll be drinking the same water That the Coca-Cola industry manufactures. This makes me think of all the harm all factories not just water bottle one are causing to our environment. It horrible how unaware and under informed Americans and people all over the world is. When it’s as simple as boycotting water bottles and using water from the sink, it shows how easy we can change and make a difference.
This week in environmental science, we tested tap and regular water. We then went to High Bridge park, and had expert talk to us about the history of the old croton system. The experts name was Steve Duncan an urban explorer. He paid us a visit and explained in great detail how highbridge was a vital area for how our water was distributed and accessed. Steve came and took us on a mini tour to high bridge where we saw hands on where part of the old system was located. Steves purpose for coming was to expand on what we have been focusing on this week which was how our water was distributed before and how it has developed over time.
This is important because, this shows how many people care about the water, and how many people actually enjoy drinking and observing the importance of water, and the importance of being able to know where your water comes from is a big bonus in life. Before I didn't know the different and importance of water and now, Im more aware of my water, and where it comes from.
This week in e.s. we learned about where our water comes from how it is delivered throught nyc and how we started the water delivery system up.we started part of this delivery system with the old croton water system.which we got to see this Tuesday with a man named steve.Steve gave us a quick tour of highbridge park and showed us how it played a role in the old croton system and how it helped deliver water afoul d this area.the park played a role as it included a pumping tower and river that played a huge role in the delivery.this relates to me as I now know key information that I did not before but with the help of Steve I get to understand how important my water is and I learned to appreciate it as I see how difficult it is to make this quality water worth wild and also how to really appreciate it.
This week on Environmental Science, I learned about tap water and its purity. I found this topic very interesting because I always found tap water to have a peculiar taste. I also found out the cost of bottled water in relation to tap water, and also how some times tap water is cleaner than bottled water.
The fact that tap water is cleaner than bottled water in some occasions shocked me , because I always believe that tap water was dirty and non purified. The Cleveland vs Fiji commercial made me realize the cost of bottled in relation to tap water and the fact that tap water is better tasting. It also made me realize that when you buy bottled its not always better for the environment since bottle recycling companies pollute a lot.
This made change the way I see tap water because now I realize that tap water is not only safe and healthy to drink but also that its great tasting. After the commercial I started drinking tap water and now i save a bout a dollar a day buying water.
During this week in Environmental Science we learned about fresh water and tap water , and the history of both types of water. The question in class to me was which type of water is more beneficial for an individual.
The first half of the class Mr fox gave us a warm up which we had to explain the kind of water we drink and if we think about the water we are about to drink before we drink it. He then gave us two cups different cups , one cup contained Tap water , the other cup contained " fresh water ". We had to do what is called " Tasting Notes " We had to smell the two types of water and taste the water to decide which one is tap water and which one is filtered water. Many people decided that water A was Tap and that water B is filtered water/Poland spring water because of the peculiar taste of water A.
The second half the class we saw a clip called " The Story of Bottled Water" Which a women talked about how water brands use us into buying their brands instead of using tap water. Brands just want to make money and be successful. Looking at the video i found out that when they tested Fiji Water it had less quality and cost more then tap water , more people prefer tap water then Fiji Water. I also learned today about Manufactured demand. This means that companies are scaring us into telling us the worse things about tap water and where they came from so that people can go buy their type of water. Companies are also trying to seduce us by putting nice pictures in the labels like mountains with lots of trees to make it seem that the water is better than tap water. Companies are trying to mislead us by giving us the incorrect information about their brand of water. Bottled water cost as much as 2000 times more than tap water. Also one third of a bottled water contains tap water.
In conclusion tap water is a better choice than those different water companies. If bottled water has tap water already why not just drink tap water all the times. Companies water cost way more than tap , tap can be found in your kitchen for free rather than buying it a store. Brand water actually has different ingredients inside of the water. This brings me back to the Do Now, now knowing more information i am going to start thinking about the water that i am going to drink before i drink it because i know that bottled water has tap water , so why not drink it all the time.
Our water has to pass through a series of channels in order for it to reach our faucets. In one of our previous lessons, as mentioned before, we found out the passage of water. First we found out that Ground water was its original state which reaches to a dam/reservoir, then to wells and pumps, afterwards lead to a water supply main reaching the pipes of our homes leaving it to run throughout our very own faucets. When there are left over water that you didn’t catch or threw away it goes directly into the drain and into this drain reaches the sewer which leads it to our main sewer which then gets transported to our rivers, like the Hudson river. As we all know water is not as available to other countries as much as the United States preferably New York. The Delaware Aqueduct makes it possible to have this available water but the leakage of the aqueduct is lessening the vital water that we need in order to survive. Unknowingly many of us overuse water. For example many people take long hours in the shower which is unnecessary. Water is not being properly recycled because of the damages us as people are continuing to do. As a result bottled water is capturing water sometimes as an unused property. Many bottled water remain un-used and so I believe there should only be a consuming of water when necessary. We cannot afford to make that 1% of water even lower.
Our New York tap water comes from a very advanced system combined with tunnels aqueducts and water sheds. Our system was designed to provide water for millions of citizens daily. First off our water comes from reservoirs from the reservoirs then it goes to our main water supply system. Our main water supply system is where tunnels, aqueducts and watersheds do their job to deliver us clean water to our apartments through pipes. When water is used through a faucet, toilet or in the shower then it manages to go down to the drain. From the drain it reaches the sewer, and from the sewer it goes off to the river. Our actions rely heavily on our drinking water. One action that can impact the water of our community and families is pollution. When we pollute our environment we are also polluting our water. Before the Croton Aqueduct was in service our water was got from like a lake. Our disastrous actions such as littering, and dumping harmful things to out water; polluted our resource of water and resulted in a creation of another source to get healthy clean water the Croton aqueduct. Furthermore, bottled water harms us economically due to the fact that we pay for water about 2000 more times, when we could get it free! Though, our actions can also be beneficial, some actions can conclude testing our water for harmful amounts of components. These testings keep our water safety up to date. Another action could be running our water from our faucets for about 30 seconds to prevent lead from coming into your body. The reason for lead in our drinking water is since our water pipes are so old. Running the water can improve our water quality.
This week in class we Mr. Fox had brought in a special famous guest named Steve Duncan, Steve had taken us on a tour of High Bridge. On the way to the park I and Steve began to talk about different places he has been in and how things should change to let him and others explore other places. He had once told me that he had gotten arrested once just because he had looked down into a manhole cover, he had also told me that the cops had said that it was actually illegal, it was also illegal to look take pictures down in the subway or even near a bridge. The reason for this was because they were worried about another terrorist attack and the pictures could have been used to try and attack us. When we had gotten to High Bridge park, he had told us when and how the bridge was made, he had also told us that their use to be a huge tunnel/pipe that was on top of the bridge but was then paved over to create a street for the people to walk over. I had never known that the water tower was closed down to the public since there were always fires inside it. I will never forget this trip and the way that Steve was never scared to answer our questions, and also always knew what we were talking about and knew the answers.
This week we were fortunate enough to have Steve Duncan talk to us about the history of the High Bridge and the Old Croton water system. We told a small field trip to High Bridge Park and walked to the location of the High Bridge. When I saw that it was closed I was surprised. I felt that the bridge should be open for people to be able to find out the history of it. Many of us have been born and raised in Washington Heights but we had no idea what the purpose of the water tower and the bridge was.
A lot of what Steve mentioned, we learned about in class. We noticed a huge rock oddly placed in the center of the area we were in and he told us that he told us that there was a huge hole there and he let officials know about it so that they would cover it up. This made me realize that we can make a difference even for the smallest things. Steve told us that if we were to have some sort of leadership role in the future, we should try to re-open the High Bridge. Everyone seemed to be up for it because we all felt that the Bridge should be open to the neighborhood. Before we headed out, we read out loud the song that people sang when the Bridge opened back in 1848. Steve told us that we were probably the first group to sing the song again since the day it was originally sung. We felt pretty special for that!
After this experience, I felt that I knew my community even more. I didn’t think Washington Heights had any significance. I used to think there was nothing special about my neighborhood. I was dead wrong. I found out that there are plans for the restoration of the High Bridge. It will be beneficial for pedestrians to walk and ride their bikes. I am really looking forward to it!
During the beginning of the week, I learned about the history of Highbridge and its significance to society. The Highbridge was part of the Old Croton System. Before the Highbridge was built, residents of New York had to go to wells, rivers, and other bodies of water to acquire water. Most of the time, the sources would get contaminated and contribute to sicknesses. When fires broke out in the city, firefighters had to travel down all the way to the river in order to acquire water and put out the fire. When the Highbridge was built, life, sanitation, and health increasingly became better.
The relationship between tap water and bottled water was also studied. Apparently, bottled water was actually filtered tap water sold in bottles. It was discovered that bottled water is less regulated than tap water and costs two thousand times more. Industries try to push consumers into buying things we don't need and destroy the things we need. Industries use a method called "manufactured demand" in order to get people to buy bottled water. Manufactured demand is broken into three principles: fear, seduction, and misleading us. Through these tactics, industries successfully attract consumers to buy their unneccessary products. It was also learned that the energy consumed into manufacturing bottled water is equivalent to the amount used to fuel about a million cars. Not only are people buying water they can get from their house for free, but we are also destroying our environement to manufacture products we already have.
What I learned this week made me think about my daily intake of water. There is only 1% of accessible water in the planet. Personally, I use too much water for just one individual as myself. Not only do I waste water, but by buying bottled water, I am contributing to the destruction of our environment. Therefore, I will limit my expenses on bottled water; I will only buy bottled water when I really need to. From now on, I am going to use a reusable water bottle so that the demand for bottled water will decrease. Even if its a small part, if I boycott, there will be some difference.
This week we saw a video with Annie Leonard. She spoke about bottled water and tap water. A test was conducted on fiji water and Cleveland's tap water and the results showed that fiji water was of lower quality, tasted worse than Cleveland's tap water and fiji water was worth much more than Cleveland's tap water. Bottled water is worth 2000 times tap water. The amount of bottled water people buy in the unitedstates can rap around the Earth 5 times. I learned that tap water and bottled water is pretty much the same thing. People wjo buy bottloed water are paying for something they already get for free. Tap water can actually be better than bottled water.
I personally decided to stop buying bottled water because in reality you are paying for something you already get for free. I will start using my reusable bottle and keep filling it with tap water. I will also tell my family about tap water and bottled water to try to convince them to stop buying bottled water and start drinking tap water.
This week we learned about where New Yorkers get there water from and the quality of our water. I have been living in Washington Heights for 10 years, and I never knew one of the most important landmarks for our water supply was in High Bridge. Learning about the significant of the High Bridge and the Height Bridge Water Tower on Americans really help me understand the water process. Since there was an increase population in North Manhattan, there was a higher demand for water. Thus, the High Bridge and the Tower was builded. It provided a more efficient way for New Yorkers to get access to their water.
Reading “The Public Trough”, also helped me realized that many people are not aware of the water process. As stated in the article, “back in the day, everyone knew the source of his drinking water . . . today there is an infrastructure disconnect”. Clearly water is an essential need for people, but today there is a disconnect due to the advancement in technology water is now being brought directly to people homes rather than before when people had to walk 100 miles to get access to water. The fact that we have easier access to water, people are now carless with the amount of water they use and give no attention. Learning about the water process and the quality has really changed my thinking towards our water system. Learning about the water quality and the parameters NYC water shocked me. After this activity in class, I do believe New Yorkers have one of the cleanest water, although it does have some parameters that go above the ideal limit, the water is still not dangerous.
This week, I decided to not buy water bottles daily, I decided to refill my water bottles with water from my house. I also told my parents to stop buying the 5 gallon water and just drink water from the faucet, because some water companies are selling tap water to people. Learning about the High Bridge & the Tower helped me realized that many people are not aware of the history behind those two structures. In the High Bridge article, it stated that after the Parks Department took control the Tower and Bridge was not seen with attention. People stared to vandalize the property. It bothers me that we Americans live by such important landmarks and we are unaware of the meaning and history of these beautiful structures. Before, I was one the clueless American, but now I know the history behind the locked 130-yrs old door of the High Bridge.
This week we learned about the Old Croton Aqueduct and how important it was to the NYC water system. During the 1830's drinking NYC water drinking your potential death. In 1842 the Croton water tunnel was built to help NYC citizens. Unfortunately by 1850 we had abused the system so much that we were again running out of water until several other aqueducts were built to relieve the Croton until it was decommissioned.We also went on a trip to highbridge to see a part of the Croton Water system and had its History explained to us by Steve Duncan who has been underground to actually see said tunnels overall it was an amazing week because we saw how much more important a park that i used to go when i was little was.
This week in environmental science, we tested tap water and bottled water. We smelled it and tasted it. Once i tasted it, i immediatley noticed the difference . Tap water was a peculiar taste and the bottled water had a fresh taste. I learned that most of the water companies uses tap water .Buying bottled water is a waste of money and also negative for the environment because the plastic end up in the ocean. We met Steven Duncan, he has been underground ilegally. It was an amazing oportunity to meet him. Steven is a brave man who is willing to risk his life. We went to Highbbridge where i learned that HighBridge was the first bridge to exist in New York City about 30 years later the Brooklyn bridge was built. This week i realized that New Yorkers should appreciate the water that we have because it is safe water and not many countries have this privilage to get water when they want. We dont have a limit to water. -Gen Colon
I believe that my water comes from a big water tower that supplies water throughout my community. Iv'e seen many water towers in many different neighborhoods, I always wondered where all our water came from but what interested me even more is what do they do with the water that's already used or old. Do they just dump it back into the ocean and deny all allegations of polluting the water ? Although a lot of our waste ends up in the ocean anyway. In yesterdays class we learned that most of the plastic bottles that we throw out or recycle still end up in oceans far from here far from our beaches but it goes some where to other citizens beaches to other rivers. Studies showed that the plastic bottles we throw out end up in waters as far as Hawaii. This is causing a lot of damage not only to the aquatic life but us humans as well. The plastic bottles many times end up in many of our fishes stomach. The fish aren't smart enough to tell the difference so they eat the small bits of residue left from previous bottles. Keeping the ocean clean from toxins found in the plastic bottles keeps us danger free from any of the dangerous chemicals used to make the bottles and even other bacterial infested items. Keeping our water system clean helps us humans as a civilization and as well as the aquatic life down under.
This week was a very exciting week for my classmates and I. We were visited by Steve, who is an underground explorer. As a class, we went to Highbridge Park and we went to a part of Highbridge that was closed off due to construction. After going down some steep stairs, we arrived at the bottom of Highbridge Park where there was a running and a bicycling path. Towards the left, there is a space where one can look out to the river and the Bronx. We learned about the history of the bridge and its purpose in New York's water system.
This week in class we also tried to diffrentiate tap water and bottled water, without knowing which was which. We had two cups, A and B. We had to smell and taste both waters and try to identify them. Both cups had no smell. Taste, on the other hand, was helpful. Cup A's water tasted weird, while cup B's water tasted clean and fresh. I concluded that Cup A was tap water and cup B was bottled water. I was right. Although the bottled water tasted better, I'm going to start drinking tap water, because it's basically the same thing, and it's free.
This week was very interesting. It made me think twice of buying bottled water. Before this weeks lecture I thought that bottled water was better quality than tap water. However, it's the opposite. Many commercials want consumers to think that bottled water is healthier, but New York City's tap water has way better quality. We also learned that bottled water increases pollution because once we are done using the bottle we usually throw it out and all these bottles are dumped in the ocean and end up in places called gyres. This contaminates the water and life in the ocean. Many have found fish that have plastic inside of them. Due to this lesson learned in class I've decreased the amount of water that I drink from bottled water and increased the amount of water i drink from the tap.
This week in class we learned about what it’s like under the streets of NYC. What it sounds like underground, what you find their we met Steve Duncan an urban historian who explores the underground water system and what it takes for our water to get to us. He explained to my class what it was like to be down there what he experienced like all of the things he saw. He mentioned that there’s always running water coming down through there mostly waste but it is usually very diteriated because there’s so much more water than waste. He also described how there was a subway system, volts, random holes, water, boiling steam pipes, dirty floor, pliers, darkness, gas lines, puddles, exposed wires and other more dangerous things that one could find underground. In class we also saw a video that explained how companies are selling us the same water that we are able to get from our own houses tap. It describes how those companies make the bottled water that they sell more appealing to us by advertising that the water they have is healthier, better and it comes natural from nature. The problem that this video is showing is that people are actually buying the bottled water which is not only more expensive and that there over paying by 2000 times the amount of their tap water, but the truth of how it is more hazardous to the environment. The things that I learned in class this week got me thinking how pointless it is to actually buy bottled water if it’s the same thing that I can get from my house for free. Also if I begin to use a reusable water bottle and convince those around me to do the same a real difference can be made in our environment since we’re not throwing so much plastic into our world. The trip with Steve gave me a better understanding of my community because there are some things that I have been seeing around my whole life but never knew what it was or the importance of it now I have a deeper appreciation for the things around me and know the important purpose they once served and still are.
This week in Environmental Science class, we’ve been discussing the story behind bottled water. One of the activities that interested me the most was, trying to find the different tastes between bottled water, and tap water. In this water tasting activity, I told the difference between tap, and bottled water. One of the questions we discussed was how often do you drink water from sources such as, water fountains, reusable water bottles, disposable water bottles (plastic), tap water, or filtered water at home. My response to this question was how I always drink filtered water, instead of directly drinking from the tap.
The video “The Story of Bottled Water”, taught me many things that I did not know about bottled water, for instance how it contains one third of tap water. Tests that were taken of Fiji water and tap water from Cleveland showed, lower quality, and costs more than the tap water. Other facts I found to be very interesting to me was how bottled water cost two thousand times more than tap water. Therefore, since the water we buy is half filled with tap water, we are wasting our money in something that we can get for free anywhere we go. However, Americans still don’t understand the truth, and buy half a billion bottles of water each week.
Companies want to keep growing, so they keep selling us more things. They do this by taking different steps. First they scare us using commercials, and ads. Therefore, they manipulate us in thinking that tap water is not clean enough to be consumed. Then, they seduce people in buying the water from their company, through these ads/ commercials. For example, they will say that their water is clean and pure when it really is more tap water than any other water source. Finally, this all leads to the companies misleading us into buying the water bottles. What the companies don’t realize is that though they are manipulating us, and taking “control” they really do not see that they are having a much bigger impact in the environment itself. So, basically it is affecting the people whom are working in that company as well.
This activity changed the way I thought about bottled water. I always thought it would be cleaner than tap water, but truth is that water bottles also contain tap water as well. Why waste our money if we can get clean/ pure water from our tap right at home? I believe that we should take a part in this issue, and make a difference. We should start by not using plastic water bottles, since it is harmful to our environment, and start using reusable water bottles instead. If we come together to make a change it will benefit our environment, our health, and our wallets. So lets make a change now! Start drinking tap water!
this week in class we were able to learn about where our water comes from and the obstacles it faces to get into our homes.our water originally comes from our reservoirs in the catskill mountains.when we are done with our water it goes down through pipes which eventually goes through sewage pipes , which travels lots of miles to reach a treatment plant which cleans our water to be reusable, and this cycle happens over and over. our actions affect the water massively because we tend to liter a lot which can affect our water because when it rains the garbage travels to the sewer which eventually travels into our water.Ways we can help keep our waters clean is by not litering and not drinking so much bottled water because for all the wrong reasons bottled water finds its way into our water and pollutes our drinkable water which can cause unsafe drinking. with unsafe drinking and everybody drinking water it can result in a spread of diseases because we are letting dangerous bacteria into our systems which can harm our body dramatically.
In the week that we went to highbridge, Steve Duncan an experience traveler that traveled to many aqua ducts and sewer pipes showed the environmental science classes where do the water comes from. I learned that many of the water came from the Bronx river and that many the Bronx highway was expand for the river can travel through many places. New York city and other city and states get their water from Catskill mountains which is the reservoir that maintain water for the societies. Steve Duncan also showed the class one of the places that cleaned the water and its in 181st in Amsterdam. Also he mention that tap water its a bit more healthier than bottled water. According the the video that the class was watching the people in the video say that it isn't fair that water companies take water from the communities and then then sell them to people and the companies end up making a profit. The people that fund money into the water valleys or reservoirs don't like the idea of taking their water and selling it back to the people. Steve Duncan can also tell the difference between the different kind of water ducts.
This week of class we went on a tour with Steve Duncan. Steve is an underground explorer of the New York City underground tunnels. Steve gave us a tour on high bridge park where I use to play at when I was younger. We learned about the Croton systems, where our water came from. Steve told us how back in history high bridge played a big role in the transportation of the New York City’s water. Getting information from Steve was really important because he’s actually been down to the New York Cities tunnels, so he knows how it’s like and how it works down there. I think what Steve does is amazing how he goes underground explores the water system and interviews underground settlers. This can be very dangerous because you don’t know what’s underground and what those settlers have in mind of doing to you. The trains are also underground so that can also be a risk. When Steve visited us I learned a lot because in all my years that I have going to high bridge I never realized how important it was to the transportation of water before, I also didn’t know why their was a big rock in the middle of the park but Steve told us that it was to cover the tunnel that was there before.
In this week, my live has really changed dramatically. I learned things in which I thought I knew but actually didn’t. We took a trip to high bridge park located on upper Manhattan, 176-179 Amsterdam. On the trip we met an amazing guy, Steve Duncan in which is an urban explorer who explores places such as, tunnels, wells, under city...etc. He spoke to us about his personal experiences that e had while doing his explorations. One exploration in which he talked about was when he went under city where our waste goes through. He said that it was nasty, stinky, messy, one of the worst places to be in. I personally thought that it was pretty clean down our wells. He also spoke to us about the pool in which most of us go to on summers that it was there in the pool where they use to store all the water that was collected from high ridge. Then from there it was taken up to the well in order for gravity to make the water travel throughout the city building pipes. He also told us that high bridge was the oldest bridge in New York City, which was pretty hard to believe because most people aren’t aware of high bridge. There’re more aware of other more popular bridges such as, Brooklyn Bridge, George Washington Bridge. Not knowing why high bridge was created therefore they don’t mind learning from it. I think that people should become more informed because they’re simple things such as the high bridge which have significant reasons in why they were created and people not knowing about them.
In Environmental Science Mr. Fox invited a speaker name Steve Duncan. Steve Duncan took us to a trip more like a lesson about the water channels and was water comes from and travels to go to our home. HE took us to high bridge to see the High Bridge Tower which was the tower that gave water to watching to height and benefits many people moving in the area. The high Bridge was a successful even that change many lives and that also gave sanitizes water to people in the neighborhood since a lot individual started moving around the area. My life change a lot after this lesson for the following reasons I learn a lot about what they did not to only get water in our homes but also to sanitize the water so that we won’t get sick. Steve is and Urban explore who has a very difficult and has done a lot of hard work to maintain our water clean. He has been down in the sewage were our waste goes this was disturbing. There is not only water underground but there is also electricity down in those tunnels which can be also very dangerous. Who would know where we walk n top every day so many things happen under that benefits us. I was excited because who would know that the pool that everyone goes to every summer was something that changed people life before. The high bridge pool was where they reserve water extra water this was good because that meant that people living there had more water.
It seems to me like each every day Mr. Fox has something new and exciting in stored for us and I am definitely not complaining about that! This whole week I was looking forward to having one of Mr. Fox’s good ol’buddys, Steve Duncan come in to speak to us. I was excited because we touched a bit on who Steve Duncan is and whit is it that he does. Steve Duncan is an urban explorer and has explored places like the New Croton Aqueduct. We heard a tape recording of one of his expeditions and it didn’t seem like something anybody would be cut off for. I can tell that is would be a scary but learning experience if I got the chance to explore the aqueducts like Steve Duncan. Not only did he come and speak to us, but he also took us to High Bridge park, which is plays a major role to our city’s water system. I found it so crazy that I would pass by that area so many times and not once think about that. The greatest part of that mini trip was at the very end when we ran into a very small, harmless snake. Its not everyday that you see a snake in the city.
My water comes from the Catskills/Delaware aqueduct which goes through many stages before it reaches my faucet. For instance the water comes from groundwater and is transferred to a facility in which the water is cleansed. The way this works is chlorine is inputed into the water, just enough to kill any bacteria that may thrive. Also, water goes through UV lights to kill additional bacteria. Then the water travels to the main water pipes and goes to our sink. The excess water goes down the drain into the sewer, then passes through the septic tank then into the river.
ReplyDeleteIf I could explore what was below the streets of New York City, I would not do it. Although, I am interesting in the things that happens, and the history below. I believe that it is an dangerous adventure that should be left to someone with experience.
ReplyDeleteSteve Duncan, is an urban historian and explorer of the underground. He became interested in the underground history and their tunnels when he need to get into a part of his school and choose to do it from under. He then started to like being underground and discovering new things.
Being an urban explore has a lot of risk. Fist is trying not to to get arrested by the cops doing something that you love, and that isn't really something that bad. Then, there is the trying not to get hurt or sick from anything that is underground. Also, hoping that there are no loss wires, or gas leak.Lastly, there are also trains underground that can run you over.
When underground Steve Duncan has seen many thing such as, trash, rats, other animals, mode people, who live underground, Old water tunnels, and excrement.
What Steve Duncan is an amazing thing, because he does what other people don't dare to do. Thanks to explorers like him is that we discover new things about where we live, which we wouldn't know other wise, if someone didn't dare to look for an answer.
Someday thanks to his extrapolation and others we may find new ways to build our new tunnels by learning from pass tunnels and water ways, because although he is doing isn't "right" he still does it and inform people about the things they would find underground and takes his time to make something that is important to him be important to other.
Although, I am afraid to explore the underground. I have become interested in the history that lays above in my own community. There history about many things all around me, including the history of the New York water. I have started to learn about the history of High bridge and its connection to the history of New York water.
During this week, the class got a visit from Steve Dunkin and he talked about the old Croton system. Before Steve Dunkin’s visit, we have been learning about the Croton system in class. I had no clue an old croton system was located in Washington Heights High Bridge. As a class, we sang a song that related to the opening of the Croton system and got to see the High Bridge with facts about it.
ReplyDeleteWhile walking to the high bridge and back, I got to speak to Steve Dunkin about some interesting facts about the Croton water system. He actually inspired me to try to explore what I want, just like he explores what interests him. However, what he explores is dangerous and I don’t want to explore something that is dangerous. I realized Steve Dunkin wasn’t scared to take risk and explore underground no matter how unsafe the conditions were because he told me he was trying to explore the gatehouse on 135st. The rejected him from going down to the basement because it was unsafe.
During the tour down by the trail, I was left curious why the high bridge was closed. Steve Dunkin and I saw a shed underneath the trail and I asked him what that was? He responded it might be connected to the old Croton System and he would check that out. He also told the class if any of us were to have a leadership in the future, to remember him and try to open the High Bridge so he can explore it. Steve Dunkin seems very dedicated to try exploring different type of places. He is probably going to explore the old Croton System next and I would like to also know what he discovers down at the High Bridge if he ever explores it. I would want to learn more about the water system just so I could know where my water comes from and the history behind it. It would also be nice to see how it looks underground.
I was left wondering by the end of the tour different types of questions about the Old Croton System that Steve Dunkin wasn’t able to answer: Why was the High Bridge closed? Why couldn’t people get on the High Bridge at least once a year? Why isn’t the Water tower open as well? Why was the old reservoir converted into a pool? All these questions are left in my mind and I hope to figure them out maybe having my own adventure just like Steve Dunkin.
Krystal Acevedo
Katherine Reyes
ReplyDeleteMy water comes from ground water then from there it goes to a facility where it cleans out the water and has a bit of chlorine where it eliminates all the bacteria. In other words our water comes from Catskills/Delaware. When I’m done with the water it’s sent to a sewage-treatment plant through a sewer system. The way my actions impact the water of my community is by the way I using it. For example, it can impact the community by me letting the water run and not turning it off. Also by taking advantage of it when is not really needed. It impacts my family because we are so use to having so much water we don’t even think about how it can affect us and how we not caring about the environment. Also we don’t even think about others that have to work harder than us to get their water.
This week like any other was action packed and brought upon tons of new information. In a class this week tuesday we got a visit from a famous urban explorer Steve Duncan. He paid us a visit in a familiar place to both him and us in High bridge park.Prior to his visit we were studying where our water came from and how it was transported we then learned about the new and old Croton systems.Then when the trip came along in vivid detail Steve explained to us the correlation between the old system and high bridge park.
ReplyDeleteDuring my classes mini tour of high bridge with steve we went next to a tour that was supposably used to pump our water.Although shorter than every other class I learned a lot from Steve he answered a lot of questions and was informing us what exactly is underground and how our water works.I would have never thought I would meet someone as interested enough to go down underground to see what our water looks like but I did with Steve.
This relates to me in the way that meeting Steve and finding out new obscure facts with him I learned a little more about my water and where it comes from specially since its in a place where I grew up in high bridge.Post tour I had a lot of things running through my mind that I had to figure out.I wanted to know why the bridge was closed down and Steve unfortunately could not answer it so I took the time to go out and ask around I got various answers but the one that I got the most and sound right is that people continue to throw things of the bridge polluting and damaging our water to the extent where it needed to be protected and shut down.Another question that my peers and me wondered about was why the tour was also closed.Our very own Manny Hernandez was able to answer that as he was a former worker at high bridge park he said it was off limits due to the hazardous condition that it was in.
This week we have been learning about The Old Croton Aqueduct in New York City. Which only the old croton holds less water, then they created an new croton that holds more water than the old one. Mr Fox Then invited Steven Duncan who explores the New York City underground. To explain too us all the different things he have discovered during he's years exploring underground. He told us that we could find the old aqueduct in our neighborhood, which is in the Height Bridge. With our class we sang a song that lead to the opening of the croton system.
ReplyDeleteThis was a very interesting week because I had the chance to hear the things Steven Duncan had to say about how it's a good thing to be under the ground. Where it's all dark and you far away from human. Also explore the different things that you find under their. He puts he's life in risk going under their and not knowing what might he face along the way.
The question I have is why the towel in Height Bridge is not open? How come not many people are concern where their water comes from?
During This week In environmental science I learned about our water and where it comes from. This week we got a visits from Steve Duncan who is an urban explorer that knows a lot about our water system such as the old Croton system.Before Steve Duncan's visit we was learning about where our water comes from and the old Croton systems. My class took a visit down to High-bridge with Steve Duncan and Steve explained to us that High-bridge played in an important role in providing water to NYC residents. Also During This week my class received a packet which shows what level of stuff that our water can take and one of the problems with our water was that it had lead but this wasn't a major problem because all we have to do when we open our faucet is let the water run for 30 seconds before we drink it so that we don't get sick.
ReplyDeleteDuring this week I learned a lot about our water systems and Steve helped me recognized that high-bridge played an important in delivering water to people's houses. I found this week interesting because I learned from Steve that when people didn't have water they would drink beer because their was not enough water supplies. I also learned that our tap water is pretty healthy to drink because the only problem with this is that it has lead but this problem has a solution.
This impacted me or changed the way I think because now I know that the history of our water is deeper because I found that high-bridge once played an important role in delivering our water. This also changed the way I think because I found out that our tap water is healthy which led me to thinking on why do we spent money on bottle water when our tap water is healthy. Some Questions I had was why the highbridge water system shut down and I found out that it was because it was getting polluted and if it gets polluted then we wouldn't be drinking healthy water. I found these things important because I didn't know any of these information before.
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ReplyDeleteIn class this week we learned a lot in such a small period; Mr. Fox was able to bring a famous urban explorer Steve Duncan. He came by to our school and came with us to High Bridge Park. Before Steve came in we were previously already learning/ studying where the water we consume came from and how it was transported to us. While studying about where our water came from we learned about the croton system. There are two croton systems the new one and the old one. While being in High Bridge Steve revealed to us that there in fact is a relationship between High Bridge Park and the old croton system.
ReplyDeleteWhile walking to High Bridge Park with Steve and the class we passed through the High Bridge water tower and we were able to learn reasons for why the high bridge is actually closed. I was shocked I never even knew the bridge was there never the less what it was used for long ago. Out of all the classes our class was the only one that had time to sing the song that was originally sang long ago after the High Bridge was created I believe. Over all Steve answered a lot of our questions about how our water system works. It is inspiring what Steve does on a daily basis. Not everyone is willing to do the things Steve does.
I was very appreciative that Steve showed interest in coming to us and sharing his knowledge. I learned so much more about our water system as well as there is a lot of history you can learn about NYC underground. It’s amazing that there’s a piece of history around where I live I have grown here all my life and never knew anything about High Bridge. I am glad Steve made me realize that it is important to know a lot about history of water. Before learning about everything I had a lot of thoughts and questions running through my mind I didn’t understand but now it’s different. It made me in a sense want to be an activist about keeping our water pure and clean like Steve. I was very sad finding out that the Bridge is and has been closed for a long time because of people throwing things and polluting it. I hope one day it will re –open so I can say I have been across it to generations that come after me. I hope to keep learning more because there are a lot of things I still don’t know.
On Monday, October 03, 2011 we learned about what it’s like under the streets of NYC. What it sounds like underground, what you find their and why Steve Duncan, urban historian explores underground. When you’re underground, in the sewer or tunnel you hear a rushing sound of water and waves, you hear water leaking, drops of water, and the train passing or coming. Things you may find underground is subway system, volts, random holes, water, boiling steam pipes, dirty floor, pliers, dim lights or darkness, gas lines, puddles, exposed wires, dead bodies if someone was exploring and never found an exit, exposure to danger and the mold. The mold, they are people who live in the sewers and tunnels. Duncan explores under NYC streets because he’s interested in what he find, its unexplored territory. What influenced his decision was a college experience. He needed to finish some work and the building he needed to enter was closed. He asked his friend if he knew how to get into the building, his friend showed him the tunnel and told him the directions to get in enter the building underground.
ReplyDeleteThis relates to my community because there’s a lot of unexplored territory under Washington Heights. Also, a lot of the people here don’t know about the history and why buildings were built. For example, the fire house in 178th street and Amsterdam has control of the water pipes underground. It also relates to my life because I’m curious to know what is underground. Also, because I never really thought about what was underground until the lesson. I realized that I was really interested in how things are build underground and in the water. Duncan told me that they get huge boxes open from one side and put it in the water and they build under the boxes. I just find it hard to believe to be underwater for that long during the day building. And, the pressure and coldness of the water, how can they build a bridge or pipes under those situations? I’m still curious on whether there are maps for the tunnels underground and why aren’t the citizens allowed to explore these historical preservations. Regardless if they are dangerous I think they should be open to see as if it were a museum.
Jose Moran
ReplyDeleteI found this topic really interesting because I never really thought about where my water comes from and how it gets to my tap. This is because all my life water has always come from my tap and getting water to drink was never a top priority in my everyday life. This week I have learned to appreciate and conserve my drinking water. New York City’s water is the purest water in the nation, this means that people don’t have to worry much about the quality of their water. This is achieved by large aqueducts that were built to contain and send all that water from upstate New York. This by itself was a great achievement.
I found this interesting because if it wasn’t for these tunnels, aqueducts, and water sources New York City would not be what it is today. Even though this is a great achievement for New Yorkers, it also has some negative effects on the environment. The more water we use is going to impact the amount of water that future generations will have available to them. This means that we all have to make an effort to conserve water and be less wasteful. This includes less baths and more showers, turning the water off to brush our teeth. Just small contributions that can eventually make a positive impact on future generations.
What we’ve learned this week has helped me convince my parents to stop buying water bottles. The bottles alone have a huge negative impact on our planet therefore I convinced them to stay away from them. I want to know more about what the new solutions are for the recent problems with the leaking structure. What recent plans do they have for this problem.
Our water comes from the Catskills and the New Croton water sheds. The water is transported to us by Gravity. In the old times the High Bridge water tower pumped water up from the aquaduct which later came go us via gravity. Now since we have a different source of water we don't use it, Our famous High Bridge pool is build in the old steps of the Old Reservoir which is really cool. This week we also had the pleasure to Meet an outstanding man Called Steve Duncan. Steve is a famous underground explorer who goes around "restricted" areas in which no one dares trend paths in. Steve also talked to me and Rafael Frias about his adventures in Europe and how they were similar to What he did here in newyork. I would also want to meet some one like Steve again or even Dare do what he does for a living, I personally think its really cool what he does and how much he enjoys it.
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ReplyDeleteThis week during Environmental Science class we learned about what is like underneath New York City, we determined whether our water is safe, and about bottled water. I learned that when you go underneath New York City you would find dead bodies; if someone who went to explore and was never found, puddles, holes, and people who actually live down there. If someone went to explore underneath New York City, it would sound loud, be dark, trains running, and have dripping water when the water runs through the pipe. In my opinion, I would like to go underneath NYC to see how is it like myself, because I am the type of person that likes to see things not hear. It would be scary but I am a curious person and if I had the possibility to explore underneath NYC, then I would.
ReplyDeleteDuring this week we also learned and determined if our water is safe to drink. We checked out a water data results and compared it to what the measure for each chemical parameter is supposed to be. The only thing that our water has an excess of is lead, which results from our building pipes and can be easily resolved by letting the water run. We also need to take care of turbidity because the range is pretty close to the limit but still our water is considered safe.
Learning about how safe is our water connects to me because I drink water on a daily basis. I either drink tap water or bottled water. I also learned that tap water is just as safe as bottled water so now I am buying fewer water bottles. The bottled water also doesn’t have any flavor while our tap water does. Why spent money on a bottle of water while we have free water every day of our life?
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ReplyDeleteDid you that that one third of the bottled water you buy is tap water? Did you know the amount of money you could of saved drinking tap water? How are we buying something that is free? All this questions I never thought about before, I thought that all bottled water was special water. I believed that water bottled had different components and come from all over the water, with water that was pure. But never did I think of the process it takes to get the water in the bottle and the false pretenses people live in. Firstly, I discovered that we spend two thousand dollars a year more on bottle water then on tap water. Americans buy more than half a billion bottles of water each week. Making water bottle has as much fuel as a million cars, why are we using up our natural resource on something that is free? At first years ago people did not buy water bottle because they did not think there was a difference. But the the media scared people into believing they need it, with misleading and seducing images and facts on water bottles and a heightened reality.
ReplyDeleteWhat does this mean? That the media can control us with lies and images. How are we wasting and buying so much water, when they are billions of people around the world that do not have access to clean water. We need to start using the media to our advantage and good use. If its that easy to manipulate people to buy something that is harming our environment with false information, I believe its easier to get people to help and restore our environment with the truth. We need to stop causing so much pollution with the production of plastic water bottles and need to start using more eco-friendly ones, that are reusable.
This makes me think of all the harm all factories not just water bottle one are causing to our environment. It horrible how unaware and under informed Americans and people all over the world are. When its as simple as boycotting water bottles and using water from the sink, that can make a difference.
These past week we have been learning about water and where does it come from. Some of the facts that I learned was most of our water is from ground water, comes either from the rain or snow which then is pumped into a tank and delivered to us through gravity and/or electricity. In this article it clearly states the having the water cleaned is very important. The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) makes sure that our water is safe to drink; they use products such as chlorine, to clean it from bacteria, Fluoride, for the safety of our teeth, and orthophosphate to clean the pipes so that it doesn’t effect the water when is being delivered to us.
ReplyDeleteOne idea that I really find interesting was the chemical used to protect our teeth which is called fluoride. I found it interesting because I have never heard about water having a certain chemical so that it doesn’t damage our teeth. My question is how can water harm us even with the right amount chlorine in it? How did they discover that it can in fact hurt our teeth? And how did they discover this chemical?
It has clearly change the way I think because before I didn’t think about where my water came from and how it important it is to have water which means that I cant really take advantage of it. It has also made me realize that drinking tap water is fairly safe and clean rather then drinking bottled water. I want to know how can fluoride affect us as well as help us. I wonder if they use other chemicals to clean or water system.
When we went on the trip with our guide Steve to high bridge park I learned that the tower was a way that we got water from the river to our houses. What I found interesting was that high bridge was before one of our main water resources. I also found out that Steve knew which of the sewer were working which was not, for what it was used, and where it lead to.
ReplyDeleteOne of the main thing I found interesting that was when I learned about the sewer through the video and how there’s actually people living down there. I wonder if I would be able to go down to the sewer and investigate it.
It has changed my thinking in many ways because I’m interested n investigating the sewer system/ water system. It has changed the way I should save and use our water sources properly. I also want to know the underground routes to further develop people’s knowledge of the New York City water system. I also want to know if going to investigate the water system underground is legal.
This week we had a trip to Highbridge Park, Mr. Fox brought in an explorer named Steve Duncan he well known for exploring underground. He's been in places such as sewers and train tunnels.
ReplyDeleteOn the trip we learned about the Old Croton Aqueduct,on 1837 the Old Croton Aqueduct started to be built New York City was in serious problems water the must serious resource was contaminated. People before the Old Croton Aqueduct were getting there water from a well and usually that would be great water but with the population in New York City growing at a fast rate, people were throwing garbage and waste on the ground and that was getting into the water.
So they built the Croton Aqueduct and New York started getting its fresh water. So thats why we went on the trip to the park, the bridge connecting manhattan and the bronx is the Old Croton Aqueduct but its closed down because of safety situations. The Old Croton Aqueduct was closed down because the New Croton Aqueduct was built it, it hold three times more and as i said with the growing population it was really needed.
So in the trip we learned the Steve actually has seen the Old Croton Aqueduct I believe what Steve does is amazing, I think it would be great to go underdround and explore whats down there but we found out thats sort of illegal.
This week in my science class I learned how and from where my water comes from. My water comes from the ground and is then transfered to a facilty in which they clean the water. This week me along with my classmates took a trip to highbridge park where we met a historian called steve. He talked to us about how highbridge many years ago use to be a source from where water came from. He is a very interesting person that is willing to explore underground and do things that other people won't do. He has gone through underground tunnels and train tracks to find and explore where and how water travels through the city. Steve knows a lot about the way water travels through the city.
ReplyDeleteDuring this week we had explored what was below the streets of NYC. We had started off by learning about the old croton aqueduct and creating a timeline for that system.
ReplyDeleteAround the 1830's the city had drawn its very scant water from stagnant. Then 1837's the first croton aqueduct was planned. 1842's the original croton aqueduct was completed, then the water flowed into the distributing reservoir, then October 14th the people had had a croton celebration. In the 1846's Schramke one of the water supply engineers had made a book. 1850's population 500,000 and more people used 40 million gallons of water daily. Between 1885-1870's improvements to the water were over taxed, and water was furnished to about 30,000 new buildings. 1870's the population nearly grew to 1 million people. 1875's 95 million gallons was being demanded. 1890's the population of the city was 1.5 million people. 1898's the combined growth, supplied all five boroughs. 917 the Catskill system was brought online. 1955's the old aqueduct was taken completely offline. Then 1965's the Delaware aqueduct was completed. Finally today the city has been building the city water tunnel #3.
Then we had done an experiment between the bottled and tap water changing. Since then my thinking about bottled and tap did not change except that when I go to Indiana I will still be buying bottled water because it still taste weird to me of the taste and it leaves also an after taste. But I will be reusing the same bottle of water to conserve plastic containers and go green. The experiment taste test we did was also weird because at first I had thought they were the same until Mr. Fox has said stuff like how do they taste, smell, and then that’s when I had been starting to double estimating myself on whether it was the same.
Then we had been figuring out more about our more into the week like what kind of things do we think are in NYC's tap water. Then we had found out that our water had been contaminated with different parameters (stuff in the water). But what I really found interesting about this week was having visitor Steve explain things to us that I had never new like the High Bridge pool area used to be a reservoir for NYC.
Since we have begun learning about NYC's water my water drinking habits have changed like I let run in case of the parameters were contaminating the water. Instead of buying bottled water I just used an Eco-friendly water bottle and just reused it.
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ReplyDeleteto answer questions before meeting Steve Duncan which were if you could explore what was below the street of NYC, would you explore why or why not. Also, what would you expect to find down there if you did go exploring. After answering these questions, each classmates share their own opinion whether or not they would go and explore under the street of New York City and why would they do it. These questions were in essence a lead up to the person we were going to meet which is an urban explorer name Steve Duncan who is going to teach us about the history of High Bridge. We then got a reading about the New York City's water system, and made a timeline. I learned that in 1842, the original aqueduct was completed. Also, as the city continues to grow, more gallons of water were being used as a result of the population. Finally, we listen to a news radio Steve talking about what he finds when he goes underground. List of things that he finds includes trash, mold people, and animals like rats.
The next day which was tuesday, we paid a visit to Steve, while walking through High Bridge, I learned where is now the High Bridge pool use to be a resevoir. Steve also thought us many interesting things we did not about. The Bridge was build in 1848, and it is the oldest behind the Brooklyn Bridge. New York city started as the New Amsterdam. The High Bridge tower was build in 1872 and the tunnel is eight and a half feet high. We certainly learned a lot this week.
I am very thankful to Steve for taking the time out and come teach me some parts of my neighborhood I did not know about. It is very important to learn about your neighborhood to learn why things are the way they are. Steve coming to teach us shows how caring he is because it was his choice to come, and does not get paid for it. Learning about our water system makes me wonder why do people pollutes the water. Especially, the ones we drink, we need to keep our water more stable.
This week of school was for me much more dynamic, fun and with a new way of learning, as we had the opportunity to visit the High Bridge, the oldest bridge over NYC, built as part of the 1st water supply system the city constructed almost 2 centuries ago.
ReplyDeleteWe have the orientation of a very specific guide and willing to tell the story of this bridge and the Croton Aqueduct, which was Steve, and to close with a flourish we sang "The Croton Ode" as a tribute to this bridge that although is now obsolete represents the beginning of our water supply system and an important part of our architecture.
When we went to the bridge I realized it was only 3 blocks from my home, in the same 172 St, and I've even gone through this park and not only that, the High Bridge was the part of the water supply system that I had to research for the project of the week above, but I never thought and I had not noticed that the High Bridge, such vital part of the history, culture and progress of New York City, was so close to me.
This weeek a famous visitor came to our school called steve duncan to explore the old croton aqueduct that was located in high bridge. I learned that the old croton aqueduct was the water source that used to transpot water around manhattan. Another thing was the bridge that the aqueduct was located was the first bridge build in new york city so without the help of steve i would of never knew this. Another thing i learned from this trip was that the tower in highbridge was used to reserve water since the elevation in manhattan was too high so that was the only way water was able to be distributed around manhattan.
ReplyDeleteAlso i learned that our water comes from the ground and then goes to a plase where they check it to see if any bacteria is in it. Finally another thing i learned was that in nyc every year they test nyc water to see if their a chemical or bacteria that might inffect the water.
This week I learned a lot about the quality of New York City drinking water by looking at the kinds of parameters it contains and their legal limit amount. After having reviewed the test results of the test conducted on NYC drinking water in 2010 by the Department of Environmental Protection I would consider New York City drinking water to be safe and clean. This is because altogether the level of different parameters meet their legal limit except for a few that overpassed their legal limit, however is nothing to worry about because is due to unimportant but solvable mistakes along the process. For example, a parameter that exceeds its legal limit is lead. According to the New York State Department of Health the highest legitimate amount is 15, yet it was at 19. To resolve this little incident, a person should know that lead is an effect of corrosion of household plumbing system something that can be easily fixed if you just leave your water running for at least 30 seconds after turning on your faucet that way you water would not have as much lead. This is especially necessary for people who live in old buildings such as myself because the pipes could possibly be made of lead or are really old probably a few decades now and is also not that hard of a thing to do. I truly did not know that I could do that because I didn’t know my water contained lead so after learning about this that is one change I already made in my water drinking routine. Even though I filter my water it still comes from the same pipes used for the kitchen or the bathroom so I let it run for a little bit before filling my cup or bottle. At this point, I honestly wouldn’t understand why people waste so much money yearly buying bottled water when they have free healthy, drinkable water right in their house or apartments. People should get more educated on where our water comes from because 3 weeks ago I would not be saying this if I didn’t believe NYC drinking water is pure.
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ReplyDeleteThis week in environmental science we learned many new things that inclyded meeting Steve Duncan. One interesting thing we learned though was bottled water versus tap water. We watched a video that informed us about the truth behind bottled water.
ReplyDeleteThe video stated the bottled water companies are just really selling the bottle because their water is regular tap water. I was shocked because I thought their water was filtered and a different type of water. The bottled water companies make millions of dollars selling their product to us. The video also stated that all the bottles of water end up in a landfill in India instead of being recycled which is hurting our environment.
This connects to a picture I saw in Steve Duncan's website. In the picture there was thousands of old bottles of water in NYC's sewer just floating in the water. After seeing the video I have started to deink regular tap water because at the end of the day Americans are spending miliona of dollars buying bottled water when they can get it for free in their faucets. If everyone drank tap water they would save money ans help the environment.
Vanessa Rosario
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ReplyDeleteThis week was just as interesting as the rest. During the week we learned about the risks of New York City's tap water. I was really interested in this topic since I mostly drink water from the tap and also the ice tea made in my house is made with tap water. In class we were handed test results for the tap water for all types of parameters.
ReplyDeleteWe were given the task to find out if New York City's tap water failed any of the test its taken by using the data and information given to us. In the end we found out that in a residential water taps the tap water failed a lead test. We learned that the reason for this is linked to the pipes of the residential location being to old and rusty. This is a concerning issue because not all land lords may follow building codes to point. It got me thinking about the pipes in my building and if there's more lead in my tap water than there should be.
After learning that there might be a chance of there being a big amount of lead in my tap water, I ordered a lead testing kit from 311. I want to know if my family is in harm just for drinking the tap water in our apartment. I also want to know how New York City's tap water compare to others in the country since the tap water seems to be excellent and healthy based on test results.
This week during Environmental Science class we talked about what’s under the streets of NYC and what it sounds like underground. Underneath NYC you would find the weather to be not so hot or cold you would see water puddles, holes, and everything wet and hear extremely loud noises because of the pipes and water traveling through. This is important because many miners lose their hearing working underground and many of them even get lung cancer, however say its worth the risk because they get paid a lot of money to work underground. Miners get thousands of dollars.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion there are tons of unexplored areas in NYC. I have never thought about what is underground. After learning about it this week I feel curious as to what is actually going on underground. When Mr. Fox told us to do the warm-up for class about whether or not we would go underground to explore I said yes. I think that in life you have to take chances. I know that there are serious risk and that you could die but I find myself interested in how things are build underground. I would have to see it for myself to really understand how the pipes underneath us carry water to our homes. I believe miners to be very hardworking people they risk their lives in order to make our world easier and modern.
This makes me think of Steve Ducan who we meet this week. Steve has actually been underground. He started to explore underneath NYC because he needed to get to a building and at the time it was closed, so he just then went underground, to get inside the building.
This relates to me because I think that there are very few people around me, who would risk their lives like miners. This makes me think what are the types of people who explore or would work underground? What’s their race? Age average?
This week in Environmental Science, I learned a lot about tap water. I changed my whole perspective on tap water. I knew that tap water isn’t as clean as bottled water, but some industries bottle tap water, and that really impacted the way I buy water. For example,”Dasani” water, manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company, is filtered tap water. Even though it is filtered, I am paying $2.00 for water I can get from my own home. By simply processing my tap water through a filter, I’ll be drinking the same water That the Coca-Cola industry manufactures. This makes me think of all the harm all factories not just water bottle one are causing to our environment. It horrible how unaware and under informed Americans and people all over the world is. When it’s as simple as boycotting water bottles and using water from the sink, it shows how easy we can change and make a difference.
ReplyDeleteThis week in environmental science, we tested tap and regular water. We then went to High Bridge park, and had expert talk to us about the history of the old croton system. The experts name was Steve Duncan an urban explorer. He paid us a visit and explained in great detail how highbridge was a vital area for how our water was distributed and accessed. Steve came and took us on a mini tour to high bridge where we saw hands on where part of the old system was located. Steves purpose for coming was to expand on what we have been focusing on this week which was how our water was distributed before and how it has developed over time.
ReplyDeleteThis is important because, this shows how many people care about the water, and how many people actually enjoy drinking and observing the importance of water, and the importance of being able to know where your water comes from is a big bonus in life. Before I didn't know the different and importance of water and now, Im more aware of my water, and where it comes from.
This week in e.s. we learned about where our water comes from how it is delivered throught nyc and how we started the water delivery system up.we started part of this delivery system with the old croton water system.which we got to see this Tuesday with a man named steve.Steve gave us a quick tour of highbridge park and showed us how it played a role in the old croton system and how it helped deliver water afoul d this area.the park played a role as it included a pumping tower and river that played a huge role in the delivery.this relates to me as I now know key information that I did not before but with the help of Steve I get to understand how important my water is and I learned to appreciate it as I see how difficult it is to make this quality water worth wild and also how to really appreciate it.
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This week on Environmental Science, I learned about tap water and its purity. I found this topic very interesting because I always found tap water to have a peculiar taste. I also found out the cost of bottled water in relation to tap water, and also how some times tap water is cleaner than bottled water.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that tap water is cleaner than bottled water in some occasions shocked me , because I always believe that tap water was dirty and non purified. The Cleveland vs Fiji commercial made me realize the cost of bottled in relation to tap water and the fact that tap water is better tasting. It also made me realize that when you buy bottled its not always better for the environment since bottle recycling companies pollute a lot.
This made change the way I see tap water because now I realize that tap water is not only safe and healthy to drink but also that its great tasting. After the commercial I started drinking tap water and now i save a bout a dollar a day buying water.
During this week in Environmental Science we learned about fresh water and tap water , and the history of both types of water. The question in class to me was which type of water is more beneficial for an individual.
ReplyDeleteThe first half of the class Mr fox gave us a warm up which we had to explain the kind of water we drink and if we think about the water we are about to drink before we drink it. He then gave us two cups different cups , one cup contained Tap water , the other cup contained " fresh water ". We had to do what is called " Tasting Notes " We had to smell the two types of water and taste the water to decide which one is tap water and which one is filtered water. Many people decided that water A was Tap and that water B is filtered water/Poland spring water because of the peculiar taste of water A.
The second half the class we saw a clip called " The Story of Bottled Water" Which a women talked about how water brands use us into buying their brands instead of using tap water. Brands just want to make money and be successful. Looking at the video i found out that when they tested Fiji Water it had less quality and cost more then tap water , more people prefer tap water then Fiji Water. I also learned today about Manufactured demand. This means that companies are scaring us into telling us the worse things about tap water and where they came from so that people can go buy their type of water. Companies are also trying to seduce us by putting nice pictures in the labels like mountains with lots of trees to make it seem that the water is better than tap water. Companies are trying to mislead us by giving us the incorrect information about their brand of water. Bottled water cost as much as 2000 times more than tap water. Also one third of a bottled water contains tap water.
In conclusion tap water is a better choice than those different water companies. If bottled water has tap water already why not just drink tap water all the times. Companies water cost way more than tap , tap can be found in your kitchen for free rather than buying it a store. Brand water actually has different ingredients inside of the water. This brings me back to the Do Now, now knowing more information i am going to start thinking about the water that i am going to drink before i drink it because i know that bottled water has tap water , so why not drink it all the time.
Our water has to pass through a series of channels in order for it to reach our faucets. In one of our previous lessons, as mentioned before, we found out the passage of water. First we found out that Ground water was its original state which reaches to a dam/reservoir, then to wells and pumps, afterwards lead to a water supply main reaching the pipes of our homes leaving it to run throughout our very own faucets. When there are left over water that you didn’t catch or threw away it goes directly into the drain and into this drain reaches the sewer which leads it to our main sewer which then gets transported to our rivers, like the Hudson river. As we all know water is not as available to other countries as much as the United States preferably New York. The Delaware Aqueduct makes it possible to have this available water but the leakage of the aqueduct is lessening the vital water that we need in order to survive. Unknowingly many of us overuse water. For example many people take long hours in the shower which is unnecessary. Water is not being properly recycled because of the damages us as people are continuing to do. As a result bottled water is capturing water sometimes as an unused property. Many bottled water remain un-used and so I believe there should only be a consuming of water when necessary. We cannot afford to make that 1% of water even lower.
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Our New York tap water comes from a very advanced system combined with tunnels aqueducts and water sheds. Our system was designed to provide water for millions of citizens daily. First off our water comes from reservoirs from the reservoirs then it goes to our main water supply system. Our main water supply system is where tunnels, aqueducts and watersheds do their job to deliver us clean water to our apartments through pipes. When water is used through a faucet, toilet or in the shower then it manages to go down to the drain. From the drain it reaches the sewer, and from the sewer it goes off to the river.
Our actions rely heavily on our drinking water. One action that can impact the water of our community and families is pollution. When we pollute our environment we are also polluting our water. Before the Croton Aqueduct was in service our water was got from like a lake. Our disastrous actions such as littering, and dumping harmful things to out water; polluted our resource of water and resulted in a creation of another source to get healthy clean water the Croton aqueduct. Furthermore, bottled water harms us economically due to the fact that we pay for water about 2000 more times, when we could get it free!
Though, our actions can also be beneficial, some actions can conclude testing our water for harmful amounts of components. These testings keep our water safety up to date. Another action could be running our water from our faucets for about 30 seconds to prevent lead from coming into your body. The reason for lead in our drinking water is since our water pipes are so old. Running the water can improve our water quality.
Richard
ReplyDeleteThis week in class we Mr. Fox had brought in a special famous guest named Steve Duncan, Steve had
taken us on a tour of High Bridge. On the way to the park I and Steve began to talk about different
places he has been in and how things should change to let him and others explore other places. He had
once told me that he had gotten arrested once just because he had looked down into a manhole cover,
he had also told me that the cops had said that it was actually illegal, it was also illegal to look take
pictures down in the subway or even near a bridge. The reason for this was because they were worried
about another terrorist attack and the pictures could have been used to try and attack us. When we
had gotten to High Bridge park, he had told us when and how the bridge was made, he had also told us
that their use to be a huge tunnel/pipe that was on top of the bridge but was then paved over to create
a street for the people to walk over. I had never known that the water tower was closed down to the
public since there were always fires inside it. I will never forget this trip and the way that Steve was
never scared to answer our questions, and also always knew what we were talking about and knew the
answers.
Michelle
ReplyDeleteThis week we were fortunate enough to have Steve Duncan talk to us about the history of the High Bridge and the Old Croton water system. We told a small field trip to High Bridge Park and walked to the location of the High Bridge. When I saw that it was closed I was surprised. I felt that the bridge should be open for people to be able to find out the history of it. Many of us have been born and raised in Washington Heights but we had no idea what the purpose of the water tower and the bridge was.
A lot of what Steve mentioned, we learned about in class. We noticed a huge rock oddly placed in the center of the area we were in and he told us that he told us that there was a huge hole there and he let officials know about it so that they would cover it up. This made me realize that we can make a difference even for the smallest things. Steve told us that if we were to have some sort of leadership role in the future, we should try to re-open the High Bridge. Everyone seemed to be up for it because we all felt that the Bridge should be open to the neighborhood. Before we headed out, we read out loud the song that people sang when the Bridge opened back in 1848. Steve told us that we were probably the first group to sing the song again since the day it was originally sung. We felt pretty special for that!
After this experience, I felt that I knew my community even more. I didn’t think Washington Heights had any significance. I used to think there was nothing special about my neighborhood. I was dead wrong. I found out that there are plans for the restoration of the High Bridge. It will be beneficial for pedestrians to walk and ride their bikes. I am really looking forward to it!
During the beginning of the week, I learned about the history of Highbridge and its significance to society. The Highbridge was part of the Old Croton System. Before the Highbridge was built, residents of New York had to go to wells, rivers, and other bodies of water to acquire water. Most of the time, the sources would get contaminated and contribute to sicknesses. When fires broke out in the city, firefighters had to travel down all the way to the river in order to acquire water and put out the fire. When the Highbridge was built, life, sanitation, and health increasingly became better.
ReplyDeleteThe relationship between tap water and bottled water was also studied. Apparently, bottled water was actually filtered tap water sold in bottles. It was discovered that bottled water is less regulated than tap water and costs two thousand times more. Industries try to push consumers into buying things we don't need and destroy the things we need. Industries use a method called "manufactured demand" in order to get people to buy bottled water. Manufactured demand is broken into three principles: fear, seduction, and misleading us. Through these tactics, industries successfully attract consumers to buy their unneccessary products. It was also learned that the energy consumed into manufacturing bottled water is equivalent to the amount used to fuel about a million cars. Not only are people buying water they can get from their house for free, but we are also destroying our environement to manufacture products we already have.
What I learned this week made me think about my daily intake of water. There is only 1% of accessible water in the planet. Personally, I use too much water for just one individual as myself. Not only do I waste water, but by buying bottled water, I am contributing to the destruction of our environment. Therefore, I will limit my expenses on bottled water; I will only buy bottled water when I really need to. From now on, I am going to use a reusable water bottle so that the demand for bottled water will decrease. Even if its a small part, if I boycott, there will be some difference.
Emelisa
ReplyDeleteThis week we saw a video with Annie Leonard. She spoke about bottled water and tap water. A test was conducted on fiji water and Cleveland's tap water and the results showed that fiji water was of lower quality, tasted worse than Cleveland's tap water and fiji water was worth much more than Cleveland's tap water. Bottled water is worth 2000 times tap water. The amount of bottled water people buy in the unitedstates can rap around the Earth 5 times.
I learned that tap water and bottled water is pretty much the same thing. People wjo buy bottloed water are paying for something they already get for free. Tap water can actually be better than bottled water.
I personally decided to stop buying bottled water because in reality you are paying for something you already get for free. I will start using my reusable bottle and keep filling it with tap water. I will also tell my family about tap water and bottled water to try to convince them to stop buying bottled water and start drinking tap water.
Amrika
ReplyDeleteThis week we learned about where New Yorkers get there water from and the quality of
our water. I have been living in Washington Heights for 10 years, and I never knew one of the most
important landmarks for our water supply was in High Bridge. Learning about the significant of the High
Bridge and the Height Bridge Water Tower on Americans really help me understand the water process.
Since there was an increase population in North Manhattan, there was a higher demand for water. Thus,
the High Bridge and the Tower was builded. It provided a more efficient way for New Yorkers to get
access to their water.
Reading “The Public Trough”, also helped me realized that many people are not aware of the
water process. As stated in the article, “back in the day, everyone knew the source of his drinking
water . . . today there is an infrastructure disconnect”. Clearly water is an essential need for people, but
today there is a disconnect due to the advancement in technology water is now being brought directly
to people homes rather than before when people had to walk 100 miles to get access to water. The fact
that we have easier access to water, people are now carless with the amount of water they use and give
no attention. Learning about the water process and the quality has really changed my thinking towards
our water system. Learning about the water quality and the parameters NYC water shocked me. After
this activity in class, I do believe New Yorkers have one of the cleanest water, although it does have
some parameters that go above the ideal limit, the water is still not dangerous.
This week, I decided to not buy water bottles daily, I decided to refill my water bottles with
water from my house. I also told my parents to stop buying the 5 gallon water and just drink water from
the faucet, because some water companies are selling tap water to people. Learning about the High
Bridge & the Tower helped me realized that many people are not aware of the history behind those two
structures. In the High Bridge article, it stated that after the Parks Department took control the Tower
and Bridge was not seen with attention. People stared to vandalize the property. It bothers me that we
Americans live by such important landmarks and we are unaware of the meaning and history of these
beautiful structures. Before, I was one the clueless American, but now I know the history behind the
locked 130-yrs old door of the High Bridge.
This week we learned about the Old Croton Aqueduct and how important it was to the NYC water system. During the 1830's drinking NYC water drinking your potential death. In 1842 the Croton water tunnel was built to help NYC citizens. Unfortunately by 1850 we had abused the system so much that we were again running out of water until several other aqueducts were built to relieve the Croton until it was decommissioned.We also went on a trip to highbridge to see a part of the Croton Water system and had its History explained to us by Steve Duncan who has been underground to actually see said tunnels overall it was an amazing week because we saw how much more important a park that i used to go when i was little was.
ReplyDeleteThis week in environmental science, we tested tap water and bottled water. We smelled it and tasted it. Once i tasted it, i immediatley noticed the difference . Tap water was a peculiar taste and the bottled water had a fresh taste. I learned that most of the water companies uses tap water .Buying bottled water is a waste of money and also negative for the environment because the plastic end up in the ocean.
ReplyDeleteWe met Steven Duncan, he has been underground ilegally. It was an amazing oportunity to meet him. Steven is a brave man who is willing to risk his life. We went to Highbbridge where i learned that HighBridge was the first bridge to exist in New York City about 30 years later the Brooklyn bridge was built.
This week i realized that New Yorkers should appreciate the water that we have because it is safe water and not many countries have this privilage to get water when they want. We dont have a limit to water.
-Gen Colon
I believe that my water comes from a big water tower that supplies water throughout my community. Iv'e seen many water towers in many different neighborhoods, I always wondered where all our water came from but what interested me even more is what do they do with the water that's already used or old. Do they just dump it back into the ocean and deny all allegations of polluting the water ? Although a lot of our waste ends up in the ocean anyway. In yesterdays class we learned that most of the plastic bottles that we throw out or recycle still end up in oceans far from here far from our beaches but it goes some where to other citizens beaches to other rivers. Studies showed that the plastic bottles we throw out end up in waters as far as Hawaii. This is causing a lot of damage not only to the aquatic life but us humans as well. The plastic bottles many times end up in many of our fishes stomach. The fish aren't smart enough to tell the difference so they eat the small bits of residue left from previous bottles. Keeping the ocean clean from toxins found in the plastic bottles keeps us danger free from any of the dangerous chemicals used to make the bottles and even other bacterial infested items. Keeping our water system clean helps us humans as a civilization and as well as the aquatic life down under.
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This week was a very exciting week for my classmates and I. We were visited by Steve, who is an underground explorer. As a class, we went to Highbridge Park and we went to a part of Highbridge that was closed off due to construction. After going down some steep stairs, we arrived at the bottom of Highbridge Park where there was a running and a bicycling path. Towards the left, there is a space where one can look out to the river and the Bronx. We learned about the history of the bridge and its purpose in New York's water system.
ReplyDeleteThis week in class we also tried to diffrentiate tap water and bottled water, without knowing which was which. We had two cups, A and B. We had to smell and taste both waters and try to identify them. Both cups had no smell. Taste, on the other hand, was helpful. Cup A's water tasted weird, while cup B's water tasted clean and fresh. I concluded that Cup A was tap water and cup B was bottled water. I was right. Although the bottled water tasted better, I'm going to start drinking tap water, because it's basically the same thing, and it's free.
-Danya Gutierrez
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ReplyDeleteThis week was very interesting. It made me think twice of buying bottled water. Before this weeks lecture I thought that bottled water was better quality than tap water. However, it's the opposite. Many commercials want consumers to think that bottled water is healthier, but New York City's tap water has way better quality. We also learned that bottled water increases pollution because once we are done using the bottle we usually throw it out and all these bottles are dumped in the ocean and end up in places called gyres. This contaminates the water and life in the ocean. Many have found fish that have plastic inside of them. Due to this lesson learned in class I've decreased the amount of water that I drink from bottled water and increased the amount of water i drink from the tap.
ReplyDeleteThis week in class we learned about what it’s like under the streets of NYC. What it sounds like underground, what you find their we met Steve Duncan an urban historian who explores the underground water system and what it takes for our water to get to us. He explained to my class what it was like to be down there what he experienced like all of the things he saw. He mentioned that there’s always running water coming down through there mostly waste but it is usually very diteriated because there’s so much more water than waste. He also described how there was a subway system, volts, random holes, water, boiling steam pipes, dirty floor, pliers, darkness, gas lines, puddles, exposed wires and other more dangerous things that one could find underground.
ReplyDeleteIn class we also saw a video that explained how companies are selling us the same water that we are able to get from our own houses tap. It describes how those companies make the bottled water that they sell more appealing to us by advertising that the water they have is healthier, better and it comes natural from nature. The problem that this video is showing is that people are actually buying the bottled water which is not only more expensive and that there over paying by 2000 times the amount of their tap water, but the truth of how it is more hazardous to the environment.
The things that I learned in class this week got me thinking how pointless it is to actually buy bottled water if it’s the same thing that I can get from my house for free. Also if I begin to use a reusable water bottle and convince those around me to do the same a real difference can be made in our environment since we’re not throwing so much plastic into our world. The trip with Steve gave me a better understanding of my community because there are some things that I have been seeing around my whole life but never knew what it was or the importance of it now I have a deeper appreciation for the things around me and know the important purpose they once served and still are.
Stef Garcia
ReplyDeleteThis week in Environmental Science class, we’ve been discussing the story behind
bottled water. One of the activities that interested me the most was, trying to find the
different tastes between bottled water, and tap water. In this water tasting activity, I
told the difference between tap, and bottled water. One of the questions we discussed
was how often do you drink water from sources such as, water fountains, reusable
water bottles, disposable water bottles (plastic), tap water, or filtered water at home.
My response to this question was how I always drink filtered water, instead of directly
drinking from the tap.
The video “The Story of Bottled Water”, taught me many things that I did not know
about bottled water, for instance how it contains one third of tap water. Tests that were
taken of Fiji water and tap water from Cleveland showed, lower quality, and costs more
than the tap water. Other facts I found to be very interesting to me was how bottled water
cost two thousand times more than tap water. Therefore, since the water we buy is half
filled with tap water, we are wasting our money in something that we can get for free
anywhere we go. However, Americans still don’t understand the truth, and buy half a
billion bottles of water each week.
Companies want to keep growing, so they keep selling us more things. They do this by
taking different steps. First they scare us using commercials, and ads. Therefore, they
manipulate us in thinking that tap water is not clean enough to be consumed. Then, they
seduce people in buying the water from their company, through these ads/ commercials.
For example, they will say that their water is clean and pure when it really is more tap
water than any other water source. Finally, this all leads to the companies misleading us
into buying the water bottles. What the companies don’t realize is that though they are
manipulating us, and taking “control” they really do not see that they are having a much
bigger impact in the environment itself. So, basically it is affecting the people whom are
working in that company as well.
This activity changed the way I thought about bottled water. I always thought it would
be cleaner than tap water, but truth is that water bottles also contain tap water as well.
Why waste our money if we can get clean/ pure water from our tap right at home? I
believe that we should take a part in this issue, and make a difference. We should start
by not using plastic water bottles, since it is harmful to our environment, and start using
reusable water bottles instead. If we come together to make a change it will benefit our
environment, our health, and our wallets. So lets make a change now! Start drinking tap
water!
-Estefania Garcia, 12B
this week in class we were able to learn about where our water comes from and the obstacles it faces to get into our homes.our water originally comes from our reservoirs in the catskill mountains.when we are done with our water it goes down through pipes which eventually goes through sewage pipes , which travels lots of miles to reach a treatment plant which cleans our water to be reusable, and this cycle happens over and over. our actions affect the water massively because we tend to liter a lot which can affect our water because when it rains the garbage travels to the sewer which eventually travels into our water.Ways we can help keep our waters clean is by not litering and not drinking so much bottled water because for all the wrong reasons bottled water finds its way into our water and pollutes our drinkable water which can cause unsafe drinking. with unsafe drinking and everybody drinking water it can result in a spread of diseases because we are letting dangerous bacteria into our systems which can harm our body dramatically.
ReplyDeleteIn the week that we went to highbridge, Steve Duncan an experience traveler that traveled to many aqua ducts and sewer pipes showed the environmental science classes where do the water comes from. I learned that many of the water came from the Bronx river and that many the Bronx highway was expand for the river can travel through many places. New York city and other city and states get their water from Catskill mountains which is the reservoir that maintain water for the societies. Steve Duncan also showed the class one of the places that cleaned the water and its in 181st in Amsterdam. Also he mention that tap water its a bit more healthier than bottled water. According the the video that the class was watching the people in the video say that it isn't fair that water companies take water from the communities and then then sell them to people and the companies end up making a profit. The people that fund money into the water valleys or reservoirs don't like the idea of taking their water and selling it back to the people. Steve Duncan can also tell the difference between the different kind of water ducts.
ReplyDeleteThis week of class we went on a tour with Steve Duncan. Steve is an underground explorer of the New York City underground tunnels. Steve gave us a tour on high bridge park where I use to play at when I was younger. We learned about the Croton systems, where our water came from. Steve told us how back in history high bridge played a big role in the transportation of the New York City’s water. Getting information from Steve was really important because he’s actually been down to the New York Cities tunnels, so he knows how it’s like and how it works down there. I think what Steve does is amazing how he goes underground explores the water system and interviews underground settlers. This can be very dangerous because you don’t know what’s underground and what those settlers have in mind of doing to you. The trains are also underground so that can also be a risk. When Steve visited us I learned a lot because in all my years that I have going to high bridge I never realized how important it was to the transportation of water before, I also didn’t know why their was a big rock in the middle of the park but Steve told us that it was to cover the tunnel that was there before.
ReplyDeleteIn this week, my live has really changed dramatically. I learned things in which I thought I knew but actually didn’t. We took a trip to high bridge park located on upper Manhattan, 176-179 Amsterdam. On the trip we met an amazing guy, Steve Duncan in which is an urban explorer who explores places such as, tunnels, wells, under city...etc. He spoke to us about his personal experiences that e had while doing his explorations. One exploration in which he talked about was when he went under city where our waste goes through. He said that it was nasty, stinky, messy, one of the worst places to be in. I personally thought that it was pretty clean down our wells. He also spoke to us about the pool in which most of us go to on summers that it was there in the pool where they use to store all the water that was collected from high ridge. Then from there it was taken up to the well in order for gravity to make the water travel throughout the city building pipes. He also told us that high bridge was the oldest bridge in New York City, which was pretty hard to believe because most people aren’t aware of high bridge. There’re more aware of other more popular bridges such as, Brooklyn Bridge, George Washington Bridge. Not knowing why high bridge was created therefore they don’t mind learning from it. I think that people should become more informed because they’re simple things such as the high bridge which have significant reasons in why they were created and people not knowing about them.
ReplyDeleteIn Environmental Science Mr. Fox invited a speaker name Steve Duncan. Steve Duncan took us to a trip more like a lesson about the water channels and was water comes from and travels to go to our home. HE took us to high bridge to see the High Bridge Tower which was the tower that gave water to watching to height and benefits many people moving in the area. The high Bridge was a successful even that change many lives and that also gave sanitizes water to people in the neighborhood since a lot individual started moving around the area. My life change a lot after this lesson for the following reasons I learn a lot about what they did not to only get water in our homes but also to sanitize the water so that we won’t get sick. Steve is and Urban explore who has a very difficult and has done a lot of hard work to maintain our water clean. He has been down in the sewage were our waste goes this was disturbing. There is not only water underground but there is also electricity down in those tunnels which can be also very dangerous. Who would know where we walk n top every day so many things happen under that benefits us. I was excited because who would know that the pool that everyone goes to every summer was something that changed people life before. The high bridge pool was where they reserve water extra water this was good because that meant that people living there had more water.
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me like each every day Mr. Fox has something new and exciting in stored for us and I am definitely not complaining about that! This whole week I was looking forward to having one of Mr. Fox’s good ol’buddys, Steve Duncan come in to speak to us. I was excited because we touched a bit on who Steve Duncan is and whit is it that he does. Steve Duncan is an urban explorer and has explored places like the New Croton Aqueduct. We heard a tape recording of one of his expeditions and it didn’t seem like something anybody would be cut off for. I can tell that is would be a scary but learning experience if I got the chance to explore the aqueducts like Steve Duncan. Not only did he come and speak to us, but he also took us to High Bridge park, which is plays a major role to our city’s water system. I found it so crazy that I would pass by that area so many times and not once think about that. The greatest part of that mini trip was at the very end when we ran into a very small, harmless snake. Its not everyday that you see a snake in the city.
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