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Introduction

 Hello, my name is Grace, and I am challenging you to help 

clean up city of Danbury.   I am here to tell you about ways that 

we can prevent water pollution, which is all the germs, 

bacteria, chemicals and litter gets into our water.   Do you like 

going fishing, swimming, or playing at the beach?   Well, some 

of the water that we are swimming in, or fishing in is not clean.  

When people throw litter or don't clean up after their pets, all of 

this sits on the ground until it rains.   When it rains, all of this 

will percolate into the ground, which means to soak into the 

ground.   This is called groundwater.   This will eventually get 

to the ocean.   It gets to the ocean by the surface runoff, 

which means it goes from rainfall, to a stream, to a river, to a 

lake and eventually to the ocean.

The Water Cycle

Here is a diagram of The Water Cycle.   The water cycle is the way the 

water works.   First, the water turns from a liquid to a gas, which 

means to evaporate.   Transportation is when the water evaporates 

off of trees and plants.   The water goes up to the sky when it 

evaporates.   Then the water turns from a gas to a liquid which creates 

a cloud form.   This is called condensation.   After condensation, it 

turns from a solid to a liquid, and rain, sleet, or snow falls down.   This 

is precipitation.   When the water gets to the ground, it either 

evaporates or percolates into the ground.   When percolation 

happens, that is called groundwater.   If the water doesn't evaporate 

or percolate, it goes to the surface runoff and eventually gets to the 

ocean.   Then the cycle repeats.

 Surface Runoff

Surface Runoff is after rainfall, (precipitation) if 

the water does not percolate into the ground or 

evaporate, it would travel to the surface runoff.  

This is when the water goes down a stream or river 

and eventually gets to the ocean.   This water does 

go to lakes, and this is where we swim in and go 

fishing in.   If there is litter on the ground or waste, 

all of this will get to the lake.   We want to have 

clean water because it keeps the environment 

healthy.

Watershed

This is a map of Connecticut with it's major rivers, and 

it's watersheds.   A watershed is an area of land where 

all the water drains from a highest point to the lowest 

point.    People throw litter or waste on the ground, and 

it all sits there.   When it rains, all of this travels with the 

water along the surface runoff.   The water and all of the 

garbage goes from a stream, to a river, and then to a 

lake.   We don't want all of this garbage and bacteria to 

be in the place we swim in or fish in.   Also water that 

comes from wells and reservoirs is the water we drink.  

If that water is polluted, then we can get sick.   This can 

also harm the environment.

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