The Clearwater Corridor: A Pollution-Control Simulation
Act as counsel to a regional environmental response team. Make seven linked decisions, examine the consequences, and submit a named completion report.
The Clearwater Corridor has a coal-fired power plant, an expanding metalworks, a municipal treatment plant, farms, wetlands, and an impaired river. Residents report summer ozone and particulate matter; fish kills follow heavy rain. A treatment facility also sends wastewater into an injection well near the river.
Your choices will affect legal accuracy, environmental protection, and implementation. Some legally defensible choices involve tradeoffs; read the feedback before moving on.
PLG-203 · Chapter 3. Estimated time: 15–20 minutes. Your answers remain in this browser session until you download or print the report.
Advise the regional team
Write a short recommendation (at least 120 characters) that addresses: (1) the most urgent air and water actions, (2) one legal uncertainty requiring more facts, and (3) how monitoring and enforcement will test whether the plan works.
Simulation complete
Review your decisions and reflection below. Download or print the report for submission.
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