Water Pollutants Concern MLHS Students

Mt. Lebanon High School sophomore Emily Sholder knows how pollution can affect water systems.

She and her parents have lived for six years on property along a private lake. Three municipal sewers empty into Cedar Lake, and the contents often contain trash that the family must sift from the water.

"Sometimes there's just so much garbage," said Emily, 16. "We get a lot of cans, bottles, chip bags and even doggie bags from when people clean up after their dogs, and that's just incredibly gross."

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