A Walking Tour of Millinocket Stream

The sand is stained red with rust, or whatever else it might be that causes the sand, the stones, the grass, and the water to have a red stain.

Water has a remarkable ability to renew and cleanse itself. Pollution occurs when too much of a substance or too many substances are discharged into a stream, overwhelming its ability to assimilate the substance or cleanse itself. Water pollution may also occur if even just a little of a highly toxic substance is discharged into a receiving stream.