Students to Track Pollution

Scarborough High School students from Environmental Science classes will be involved in a year-long project designed to locate sources of pollution in Mill Brook. Students will collect and test water samples from the brook at several locations and then track the pollution levels as the year progresses. Because water from the Mill Brook ends up in the Scarborough Marsh, any pollution from the brook can affect wildlife, plants and aquatic species and then eventually can end up affecting our beaches, too. Friends board member Greg Bither is spearheading the project.