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One positive thing is a judge rules lake pollution lawsuit against Vermont stands .The Conservation Law Foundation sued the state, saying its regulations allow too much phosphorous to enter Lake Champlain. Vermont officials argued the judge should throw out the suit because New York shares responsibility for cleaning up the lake and is not named in the complaint. Monday, U.S. District Judge William Sessions ruled against the state, saying the Environmental Protection Agency can impose stricter phosphorus pollution limits if convinced by the Conservation Law Foundation that they are needed.
 * Positive **

One of the negative things that humans have done to lakes and ponds is physical pollution. Humans wash the sediments off the streets and roads into the lakes and ponds. Once the sediments are in the water they go to the bottom of the river where they get buried and sit. They also ride with the current to different areas. The reason this is bad is because some of the sediments are polluted so they infect the fish and other animals.
 * Negative **

One problem that needs to be fixed is the lake water that can be drank. The toxic chemicals are polluting the drinking water from lakes. The solution to water pollution is the elimination of pollutants at their source. This can be accomplished by reducing the use of polluting chemicals in the home and industry, by treating point sources to remove pollutants, and by each individual being more mindful of how human activities affect the landscape and the aquatic environment.
 * Problem 1 **

**Problem 2** Another problem is that in urban areas with lots of land covered by roads, streets, parking lots. The problem is that when it rains or when there is melting snow the precipitation rapidly streams into lakes. But the bad thing about this is that the water can contain fertilizer, trash, oils, heavy metals, pet wastes, etc. This can also harm and destroy animal habitats. The way that we can treat this problem is the water is treated and disposed properly via a septic system.

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