Veolia Indianapolis Water Construction

After reading this article I was disgusted with the Veolia Indianapolis Water Company’s actions in terms of ‘restoring’ the canal downtown. By taking such careless actions as to not take into account the repercussions their construction on the canal would bring onto the natural wildlife and environment that has developed in and around the canal, the company reflects its self-interest and purely financial reasons for this hasty construction. That, and the fact that the company has not even applied for a DNR permit for construction in the canal. Careful maintenance and construction can be done in an environmentally efficient and green manner, but apparently the company has no regard for this. More investigation is needed, and more care and attention needs to be placed on the turtles and other wildlife and botanical life along the canal. If I were handling this project, I would make sure to not move ahead with the project until all effects and possibilities in relation to the wildlife and ecology in the canal would be analyzed. And, once I understood the effects, I would make sure that the project would only restore the parts of the canal that needed restoration or construction; I would also outline and input a plan that fits with the construction codes of a green, environmentally safe project. The preservation of life and ecology would be my priority. The study of zoology is very important in this situation as it would allow the understanding of what the effects of this project could have on population such as the turtles, muskrats, etc. in the canal, as well as how they would adjust in terms of this situation. If this project is permitted, which I hope not, then the effects upon many of the populations of animals living in the canal would be dire. The company plans to remove large stretches of bushes and trees growing along the canal; by doing so would eliminate the environment around the canal. Construction would also change the habitat that many of the turtle species have developed to, and the population would have to adapt to the new changes in their environment in order to survive as before. They would have to develop new nest behaviors as well, as the locations as to where they were able to lay their eggs will be completely covered y the new construction.