Reducing carbon inputs would slow or reverse this. Increasing sewage runoff would make the problem worse. Raw sewage contamination is a huge problem: https://

Reducing carbon inputs would slow or reverse this. Increasing sewage runoff would make the problem worse. Raw sewage contamination is a huge problem: https://environmentamerica.org/center/resources/safe-for-swimming/ https://environmentamerica.org/center/resources/safe-for-swi... Don't go swimming too soon after it rains if you want to be safe from E. coli. Overdevelopment, underfunded utilities, and factory farms put runoff at a level that's barely tolerable when it's dry, and when there's excess surface water, they overflow in unsanitary ways that result in nutrient blooms and oxygen depletion.