On our earth‚ only One percent of our fresh water is drinkable‚the rest is in ice glaciers‚ Due to human intervention‚ the supply of freshwater is now unsustainably incompetent to meet with modern demand.Humans are now fully aware of the limitation of this natural capital and to cope with our dilemma have tried to regenerate as much of this natural capital as possible. As seen in the documentary Tapped‚ the bottled water industry is a main culprit for inadequate distribution of drinkable water
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Ella January 2nd ‚ 2014 Hydraulic Fracking in the United States Petroleum‚ natural gas‚ oil…do we really need them? These products power so many things today that humankind “depends” on. Machines in factories‚ automobiles‚ and an abundance of other electronics are fueled by the result of hydraulic fracking. Hydraulic fracking‚ or hydraulic fracturing‚ is used among companies that drill underground for oil and natural gas. The drillers inject millions of gallons of water‚ sand‚ salts and chemicals—some
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Christian Thiel – Curriculum Vitae in Table Form – 14.10.2012 1/3 CURRICULUM VITAE IN TABLE FORM PERSONAL INFORMATION Surname‚ Given Name: Birth: Citizenship: Degree: Thiel‚ Christian Joachim st 21 June in 1975 (Crimmitschau) German “Doktor rerum naturalium” SCHOOLING 1982 – 1988 1988 – 1990 1990 – 1991 1991 – 1994 1994 Polytechnic Secondary School “Ernst Schneller” in Altenburg Polytechnic Secondary School “Fritz Gaebler” in Gera “Zabel-Gymnasium” (Grammar School) in Gera “Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium”
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Treatment of Antibiotic Pharmaceutical Wastewater Using a Rotating Biological Contactor One of the treatment of the wastewater is the treatment of antibiotic pharmaceutical wastewater using a rotating biological contactor. For your information‚ Rotating Biological Contactors (RBC) are effective for treating wastewater‚ while they are rarely reported to be used for treating antibiotic pharmaceutical wastewater (APW). Next‚ the biological treatment processes have been widely used in wastewater treatment
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though two third of earth’s surface is covered with water‚ fresh water sources accounts less than 2.5%. Out of this‚ only a small fraction of water is easily available for access to humans as the remaining is locked in glaciers and deep underground aquifers. Rising population and improved standard of living have escalated per capita demand for fresh water. India had more than 2500 m^3/annum of water per capita availability in 1950 but now it is hardly 1800 m^3/annum‚ slowly approaching water stress
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At present‚ the people are facing severe loadshedding/blackout problems due to shortage of power supply. Industries are closing down. Millions of Man hours have been lost leading to an increase in poverty and economic loss of billions of rupees to the country. It is happening despite the facts that about 60% of Pakistan’s population has an access to electricity. And according to World Energy Statistics 2011‚ published by IEA‚ Pakistan’s per capita electricity consumption is one-sixth of the World
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502: Describe : Groundwater is the water we drink. Few countries go to the great expense of locating‚ tracking‚ and testing aquifers. Volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) contaminate 90% of the U.S. aquifers‚ but 2% of samples had unsafe VOC levels. The US found that ⅓of the 26k industrial waste ponds didn’t have liners to prevent toxic liquid wastes from seeping into aquifers. The EPA had completed the cleanup of 297k of the 436k underground tanks that were found to be leaking gasoline‚ diesel fuel
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source of water in Davao City‚ is now in danger of expansion and encroachment of banana plantations in its protected area‚ especially at the foot slopes of Mt. Apo and along the steep slopes from the river’s tributary to Lipadas river‚ the City’s Aquifer. The presence of banana plantations and their continued expansion poses a clear and present danger on the groundwater resources of the watershed. Moreover‚ the activities of these plantations cause health problems to residents in surrounding areas(DCWD)
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“Potential impacts of a Warming climate on water availability in snow dominated regions”‚ nature journal‚ vol. 438‚ 2005. [6] Carnerio J.F.‚ Boughriba M.‚ Correia A.‚ Zarhloule Y.‚ Rimi A.‚ Houadi B.E.‚ “Evaluation of climate change effects in a coastal aquifer in Morocco using a density dependent numerical model”‚ Environmental Earth Science‚ vol. 61‚ pp. 241 – 252‚ 2010. [7] Chattopadhyay‚ N. and Hulme‚ M.‚ 1997. Evaporation and potential evapotranspiration in India under conditions of recent and future
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Book Reviews Water as a Source of Contention and Cooperation Water Resources in the Middle East: Israel-Palestinian Water issues — From Conflict to Cooperation edited by Hillel Shuval and Hassan Dweik. Berlin: Springer‚ 2007. 454 pp. Olli Ruohomäki Dr. Olli Ruohomäki. former deputy representative of Finland to the Palestinian Authority‚ is currently .senior advisor with the Ministiyfor Foreign Affairs. Finland. The arid landscape ofthe Middle East and the expanding human settlements suggest
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