In this picture I see a drain with a large warning posted right next to it.
I noticed how hard it is to miss the warning as it uses colors that contrast the surrounding environment and how many of these drains have the same warning next to them around campus.
This picture makes me realize how much of a problem public dumping that leads to rivers is in our community. If there was no problem or if it was a small problem, there would not be so many of these warnings around our community.
I feel guilty when I look at this picture because I, along with many others, occasionally throws some small item of trash into these drains without thinking of the consequences to the environment. However, I feel better that there are actions being done to prevent this.
I think this picture reveals that there is a problem with public trash being drained into the river, but that there are actions being taken to prevent this phenomenon.