It was an interesting performance at the Stone Arch Bridge, yesterday evening...which will be repeated this evening at 8:15.
Hardenbergh is an artist in residence with the Center for Global Environmental Education at Hamline University, and there's always a table with literature about the source of pollution in our river... Part of the performance features a "cleansing ritual" by women who pour clean pure water into the river... As the water went into the river, I noticed a large fish, with bright silver skin dead and floating... and where the falls were churning, there was a large white plastic barrel tossed repeatedly against the rocks, and a little further away, islands of something...detergent?...and plenty more whatever that was on the surface of the river... Seemed tragic and criminal to see the river like that. I see the river every day and the volume of stuff I've seen on it lately is the worst its been in a long time. The recent City of Minneapolis Drinking water quality report enclosed with the Southwest Journal, mentions many possible sources... like lawn fertilizer and pesticides...BUT it's difficult to believe that THIS level of pollution is coming from residential sources. I suspect commercial/industrial concerns are doing some wholesale spewing into the river and if there are regulations, limiting their discharge of stuff into the river, they appear to not be enforced. Of course our high rainfall could be whipping it up more than usual... And so considering the current condition of the Mississippi, it's even more troubling to think about the words in the water quality report: " The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs and wells." Our drinking water comes from the Mississippi. Madeline Douglass Kingfield REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
