The quality of the Tukituki river

                                                     The quality of the Tukituki river

The Slime/Algae living in the Tukituki river is called Phosphorus. The Hawke's Bay Regional Council think that it may be caused by the amount of light reaching the streambed, the bed of the river is like the the frequency of floods in the river.  Plant nutrients, particularly nitrogen and phosphorus , sunlight and water temperature determine the amount of slime and algal growth in rivers and streams.

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Ways that we could reduce the Algae: We could try and keep the farmers stock from crossing the rivers and entering bacteria onto the water.  The Council could find some sort of Algae eating fish in the river to help slow the growth. They could do some sort of bacterial treatment to the water. While they do that they could close down the river and see what the treatments do. Since the sunlight is affecting the Algae maybe make some sort of shelter over the main parts of the Algae. Maybe plant some overhanging trees? 

Ultrasonic Algae Control

Inquiry unexplained creatures

This term our topic in inquiry is explaining the unexplained. Which means explaining in detail creature or legend that some people believe in and some don't eg. The lochness monster or bigfoot. I'm doing a legend about a road called Talamini. On that road some people have heard a mysterious moaning. Here is what i have write so far...

Weird NJ have done many articles on the moaning of Talamini road. People have reported hearing a mysterious moaning on Talamini road Bridgewater. Legend has it that maybe it could be a  ghost of a person who had been in a car crash. At this exact spot a little girl was said to be killed in a car accident. Her ghost is said to come out when people drive more than thirty five miles per hour. She warns you to slow down with a very faded moan. You have to listen very well to be able to hear it. But you would pretty silly to go that fast because the road is a very sharp corner! River drive Totowa is now known as “Annie’s road” named after the accident the happened to the little girl.

By Isabella