Marques Rutlin  Dr.Martinez Research Team 1 2 September 2024 Water Quality in St.Louis Water quality is one of the most essential parts of any community, and we need water to survive. While St. Louis may not have the worst water quality, scientists have found microplastics. Microplastics are small plastic pieces less than five millimeters in size, such as trash, dust, and cleaning products. Of the 31 drinking-water samples collected, 87% had so-called normal levels of microplastics. That means the levels were within the range in most of the country. The first characteristic of a wicked problem is a vague problem definition.  Although there isn’t one solution that will cure microplastics,…