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Zhuwei Elementary School (2015 CyberFair Project ID 7952)
Taiwan, New Taipei City
Official Status: Incomplete: under Development
Teacher:
Category: 5. Local Attractions (Natural and Man-Made)

We estimate 8 student(s) from 10 to 11 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: Plum Tree Creek origins from the dam of Guei-Zi Keng river. It’s an irrigation canal built in 50s. Total length 12km. The location of the head stream is an important finding of our research. According to scale survey on Google map, from Guei-Zi Keng river Pingding reservoir ? Pingding reservoir tributary ? Pingding aquaculture pond ? Pingding farmland ? Guo-hua golf club ? Wu’s house ? Shu-mei Keng ? Zhuwei plain ? Guan-Du New Villa ? Zhuwei river to estuary, total length is about 10300 meters. We also found the biggest tributary, Xiaobaliben Brook, total length 3Km. It was also an irrigation channel before the serious pollution. We sort out the cause of pollution of Plum Tree Creek as below: waste water from the golf club, cultivation, agriculture and husbandry from the head stream; pigsty of the midstream; domestic sewage of the downstream. It’s really sad to see the crystal stream of the upstream becoming dirty and smelly when it comes to downstream.

Project Description: A)The relationship between Plum Tree Creek and the environmental changes of Zhuwei B)Interviewing the elderly and experts about the ecosystem of Plum Tree Creek C)Visit the residents D)To investigate the drainage area and the route of the creek E)To investigate the major contaminates of Plum Tree Creek F)Water quality survey G)To investigate the variety and distribution of aquatic species H)Programming the improvement of the Plum Tree Creek I)Environmental education of Plum Tree Creek

There is a river passing through our community. The elderly people say that the Plum Tree Creek supplied water to the resident for the use of agriculture and drinking in the past when it was riches in fishes, shrimps and crabs. However, its beauty remains no more. Causes floods when typhoon occurs, dirty and smelly became the impression of Plum Tree Creek. We want to find out the reason of the transformation, deal with the pollution, bring the clear stream back and giving fish and shrimp a chance of survival. We believe people will get close to the stream once again and our community will become better and better.

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