http://balancingthebasin.armylive.dodlive.mil/2015/02/18/hartwellspringcleanup/
For my research proposal I have chosen the topic of the polluted state of lake Hartwell. This topic is important to me because fishing is my absolute favorite thing to do, and when I learned that a big beautiful lake such as this was actually unsafe, I felt I had to learn more. During my research I came across two academic articles that would give me the appropriate data and knowledge to identify the problem and find an appropriate solution. Both of these links serve a purpose, one is to go over the history and current problems concerning the pollution of lake Hartwell, and the other provides a solution. The first article, published in 2012 goes over the specific events that lead to the pollution of the lakes, for example it goes over how it all began due to an electric company’s dumping of PBCs into a dumping pond near the lake. the second source focuses on the cleanup of the lake and was published very recently. It speaks of a “clean up, green up” volunteering activity that will be held this fall by students and members of the lake community. This document relays a variety of methods that can, and are currently being taking to clean the lake. Both sources are reliable due to how recently they were published and the fact that they were created by former Clemson students who are familiar with the area. with these two articles I feel that I have the appropriate amount of reliable information to make an excellent research proposal.
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