ECEgv

CLERI<’S

OFFICE

JUN

22

2009

STATE

OF

ILLINOiS

Pollution

Control

Board

Dear

State

Pollution

Control

Board,

I

hope

that

the

Illinois

Pollution

Control

Board actually

fixes

the

pollution

in

the

Chicago

River.

It’s

killing

the

environment.

As

a

student

of

Waters

Elementary

we

learn

a

lot

about

the

earth

and

I hope

they

fix

it

someday.

If

they

don’t

we will

all

be

in trouble.

The

bacteria

and

disgusting pollution

in

the

river

is

revolting.

They

should

gather

a team

and

keep

working

time

at a

time

and

get

everything

out

of

the

river.

Us

at

the

school

work

hard

to

learn

ways

we

can

improve

the

water.

So

we

all

should

start

doing

our

part

to

help

now!

Ways

we

can

improve

are

by

getting

things

like

chip

bags,

soda

cans,

and

other

garbage.

We

can

also

filter

the

water

and

get

all

the

things

out

from

our

dish

washing

liquids,

detergents,

and

the

things

we

put

in

our

sinks.

We

learned

a

lot

of things

on

the

field

trips

we

took.

On

the

first

one

we

tested

the

dissolved

oxygen,

BOD,

Phosphates,

and

other

things.

All

together

our

grade

was

a

C

for

the

river.

On

the

second

trip

we

went

to the

locks

and

to

an

animal

center

to

learn

about

the

animals

that

are

out

there

by

the

river.

We

also

learned

about

the

river

and

about

things

we

can

do

at

the

center.

The

most

recent

trip

we

went

back

to the

river

to

take

the

tests

again

only

to

find

out

that

the

river

hadn’t

got better.

But

the

good

thing

is

it

didn’t

get

any

worse

but

it still

needs

improvement.

I

think

we

should

start

a

new

era for

clean

pollution

free

water

in

Chicago.

Sincerely,

Solomon

L.

L5L()

CPP—-

C’t°

---

ECEVED

CLERK’S

OFFICE

JUN

2

2

2003

STATE

OF

ILLINOIS

Dear

Illinois

State

Pollution

Control

Board,

Pollution

Control

Board

—

ç

.•

A

few

weeks

ago

I and

my classmates

went

down

to

the

Chicago River

to

test

a

few

water

samples

to find

out

how

dirty

the

Chicago

River

really

is.

There

are

three

scores one,

two,three,

and

four.

Four

is great

and

if

the

river

got

this

score it would

mean

that

it

is healthy

and

does

not

need

any

cleaning. Three

is good

and

that

means

that

nothing

bad

is in

the

river

but

it might

need

some

cleaning.

Two

is fair

and

that

means

the

river

is

not

really

clean

but

not

really

dirty.

One

is

horrible

and

means

that

the

Chicago

River

is

in

need

of

serious

cleaning.

The

tests

were

ones

and

two’s

and

that

is pretty

bad.

Only

a

few

tests

came

back

as four’s

and

that

is

good

but

not

many

were

four’s.

The

amount

of

dissolved

oxygen

in the

river

was

pretty

low.

There

were

a

lot

of

bugs

in

the

river.

We

found

Saul

bugs,

blood

worms,

and

Cray

fish.

That

is

pretty

good

and

I

am

sure

that

this

will

only

get

better.

If

you

need

any

more

proof

fish

and

geese

live

in

the

river.

Know

it’s

the

time

to clean

the

river

and

I would

appreciate

it

if

you

at

lest

read

this

letter

and

it

might

give

you

a

little

inspiration

to clean

the

river

because

I

am

not

the

only

one.

My

classroom

and

the

entire

school

would

love

to

clean

the

river.

If

you

need

a

bigger

motive

to clean

the

river

then

you

should

just

take

a

look

and

see

how

much

foam

and

sewerage

is

in the

river.

Since

the

tests

came

back

negative

and

all

the

foam

and

---

sewage

that

is in

the river

is polluting the

river

only

one company

can make

a

difference,

you.

So please I urge

you to clean

the river

and

make it safe

again. The

city

of

Chicago

is

counting on you

so

do

not let

them down.

Sincerely,

Said Dardagan

I

/

U

/

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(I

frez)

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O

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