How Does Saltwater Affect Drinking Water

How is saltwater affecting our drinking water?

Saltwater is becoming a problem to our drinking water because it is getting into the rivers that we get our drinking water from and it and the saltwater it is also intruding aquifers. The place where you can see the most change is in Florida because of the climate change. Because whenever it floods in Florida the seawater gets into the rivers and also seeps into the grounds. When it seeps into the ground it gets into the aquifers and that’s how Florida is losing its water. It is also pushing the freshwater more inland which is contributing to aquifer depletion. Also the way we are drying up most of the aquifers lets the water from the coast to get into the ground. That happens when people around
The sunscreen has something in it called oxybenzone which is used for UV-filtering and it has been found in high amounts near Hawaii and the Caribbean. Not only does it affect the coral reefs but scientists have also discovered that it causes DNA damage in adults! It affects the corals DNA by damaging it when it first starts to grow which makes them unlikely to develop properly. According to scientists they say that the way that the oxybenzone gets into coral system is when people go scuba diving the substance gets off of their skin and it infiltrates the system. We are losing our coral reefs by over fishing, coastal development, pollution, careless tourism, and El Nino. Another problem that causes the reef not to grow is bleaching. Coral bleaching is when the algae that lives inside the coral reef leaves and the reef loses a valuable source of nutrition causing it not to grow. Many people ask what they can do to stop the loss of coral reefs. Scientist say that people should wear wet suits instead of just scuba diving in their bathing suits. If they dive in wet suits they would not have to put on the sunscreen which in case would not have to put sunscreen on. No sunscreen=Safe