Animals Affected by Storm Water
When green waste decays in water it takes up oxygen, taking vital oxygen away from plants, fish, and other aquatic animals. Soil makes waterways cloudy and can suffocate fish by cogging up their gills. Litter clogs waterways and causes toxicity as it breaks down. It affects the health of birds, fish, and other animals in plants that live in the waterways. Sediment destroys aquatic habitats. Plastic bags, six pack rings, bottles, and cigarette butts washed into bodies of water can choke, suffocate, and disabled aquatic life like fish, turtles, and birds. Household hazards waste like insecticides, pesticides, paint, solvents, used motor oil, and other auto fluids can also poison aquatic life. Land animals can become sick from eating diseased fish and shellfish or ingesting polluted water.
If animals eat the garbage, that flow into a water body, it could strangle them or block the digestive system causing a slow death, or trapping animals within large debris leading to drowning, starvation, or attack by predators. Certain types of litter such as food scraps and other organic items can have chemical and biological impacts on rivers and streams. They can interfere with establishment of aquatic plants, affect the reproductive behavior of fish and other animals, contribute to algal blooms, and deplete the water of dissolved oxygen as waste decomposers. Further, toxic materials can leak out of certain kinds of trash and degrade water quality. This is how animals are affected by storm water.
If animals eat the garbage, that flow into a water body, it could strangle them or block the digestive system causing a slow death, or trapping animals within large debris leading to drowning, starvation, or attack by predators. Certain types of litter such as food scraps and other organic items can have chemical and biological impacts on rivers and streams. They can interfere with establishment of aquatic plants, affect the reproductive behavior of fish and other animals, contribute to algal blooms, and deplete the water of dissolved oxygen as waste decomposers. Further, toxic materials can leak out of certain kinds of trash and degrade water quality. This is how animals are affected by storm water.