You are camping and you have run out of clean clothes
for the trip. You decide to wash a tee shirt in the stream that runs
through your camp. You only have dish soap with you (which has phosphates
in it). You walk down to the side of the stream and begin to wash your
shirt in the water. Soap bubbles float downstream in the current.
- Is there anything wrong with the decision to wash
your clothing in the stream with dish detergent?
- What effects do phosphates have on the water quality?
- What are sources of phosphates?
- What law would you be violating by washing your
shirt in the stream with soap?
