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SHIFTING SEDIMENTS

Shifting sediments can be Silt, Sand, Gravel, Detritus and decaying animals.

With a dam, the water is slowed down and drops its sediment just in front of the dam. This causes sediment buildup which is not good. The reason why this is not good is because it cost money to dredge these sediments.

Autotrophs like phytoplankton that live underwater are going to have a hard time living because of the murky water from the sediments that fall and bury the plants and animals. The murky water doesn't let in much sunlight, so the plants deep in the water don’t get any sunlight to do photosynthesis and they die.

We plan to build a bridge right next to the "Wild River" sign. One of our thoughts is to have an Olde Mill Paints parking lot on the west side of the building because we don't want it to be to close to the river. It will also be tilted slightly to the west side so all the sediments from land and pollutants from the cars won't be able to slide into the river. No industry should be closer to the river than Olde Mill Paints. Click Here To See Map.

Also in the space between the housing developments there will be a walking bridge for the people who don't have a form of transportation to go to work, and the children that want to get across the river.

The sediments get to the estuaries by the current in the water. Sediments are not good for the estuaries because the sediments can fall and the estuaries can become shallow, If the water is shallower, then the animals have no where to hide when they are in danger. I think that Basgo should not put up dams, and I don’t think that they should put in bridges. If they do put in a bridge or a dam in I think they should get the government to pay to dredge it.

Too much sediment will make too many problems.Dams might cut off the sediments from going through but when sediments build up the river is going to have many problems. The sediments come from the expansion of the industrial park.