Creating Awareness of Water Pollution through Monitoring of Lake Fierza

Boulanger, Robert Daniels; Donti, Arun Nagaraja; Domanico, Robyn Angela; Cruz-Diaz, Zulean

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Creating Awareness of Water Pollution through Monitoring of Lake Fierza

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Lake Fierza, an artificial reservoir in northeastern Albania, suffers from pollution (heavy metals, urban, agricultural, and industrial waste) but lacks publicly accessible data regarding the contaminant levels and sources of pollution. Our project will establish a summer program for university aged students and local residents to sample and monitor Lake Fierza and to educate the local community about the causes and effects of pollution in the lake. We recommended ways Borderless can publicize and run the program, establish community support, monitor pollutant and chemical levels of the lake, as well as publish monitoring data. We created a guidebook that also contained a schedule of activities included in the program and the budget required to host students and run these activities.

This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

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