Introduction to fact sheets on water Contents • Presentation • Introduction to fact sheets on water • Introduction to fact sheets on sanitation • Introduction to fact sheets on hygiene education The quantity and quality of the water that we drink is directly linked to health. If the water is contaminated with germs or chemicals‚ health will be affected. Outbreaks of diseases transmitted by water have a major impact on human health. Examples of diseases which can be transmitted by water
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Freshwater Resource Challenge | Description | Surface water | Precipitation that remains on the surface of the land and does not seep down through the soil. | groundwater | The supply of fresh water under Earth’s surface that is stored in underground aquifers | runoff | The movement of fresh water from precipitation and snowmelt to rivers‚ lakes‚ wetlands‚ and‚ ultimately‚ the ocean. | Ocean Water Resource Challenge | Description | Sewage Contents | Fisherman and ships do not properly dispose of
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WaterAid in Pakistan Water Quality Testing Protocol November‚ 2010 This protocol and instructions are mandatory for all partner 0rganizations implementing water supply components with WaterAid funding Table of Contents 1.0 1.0 Background Background 1.1 1.2 2.0 Country Context Current Situation/Issues in Pakistan Policy on Water Quality Policy 2.1 2.2 2.3 WaterAid’s principles & objectives WAP Context Objectives of the Policy 3.0 N ational National Stakeholders
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allocating freshwater resources and the cooperation of states over transboundary water sources‚ one must consider that there are more than 260 international river basins which are shared by more than 144 countries and an great number of international aquifers (underground layer of water -bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials from which ground water can be extracted). Failure to reconcile competing claims over transboundary freshwaters between two or more states may lead to serious economic
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It will also cross the Ogallala Aquifer that provides drinking water for two million Americans. These water sources also provide water to farms. People believe that there is a higher probability that the Keystone XL will leak because of the dozens of oil spills that TransCanada was in charge
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originated in a damaged nuclear plant. This radioactive dust‚ consisting of material either directly vaporized by a nuclear blast or charged by exposure‚ is a highly dangerous kind of radioactive contamination. It can lead to the contamination of aquifers or soil and devastate the affected ecosystems years after the initial exposure. Worldwide effect After an air burst‚ fission products‚ un-fissioned nuclear material‚ and weapon residues vaporized by the heat of the fireball condense into a fine
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city is more well-known by its older name of Madras. Currently‚ Chennai is inhabited by more than 7 million people in an area of 176 sq km. Water supply for this population is maintained by tapping a combination of surface storage reservoirs and aquifers. The Chennai Municipal Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB)‚ a statutory body established in 1978‚ is responsible for water supply and sewerage services in the Chennai Metropolitan Area. The main sources of public water supply in the city are
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Pollution Introduction Pollution is when water‚ air or land becomes very dirty. Pollution can come in 4 different types effecting different types of areas in the world. Air pollution affects the air‚ water pollution affects the water and marine life‚ land pollution effects the land destroying life and the environment and there is also noise pollution that can effect our hearing. We all contribute to pollution in some way or another. Whether it be with a large amount or small amount we can still
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The Forgotten Truth of the Dirty-Thirties HIS-190 19 November‚ 2010 When you consider the disaster of the American Dust Bowl of the Dirty Thirties on the Great Plains‚ no wonder Stephen Long of 1821 concluded that the American West was “almost wholly unfit for cultivation‚ and of course uninhabitable by a people depending upon agriculture for their subsistence.”1 It seems that Timothy Egan’s book‚ The Worst Hard Times‚ hit the nail right on the head as to the cause of the worst natural disaster
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therefore unusable for drinking because of the concentration of salt as a result of salinity. About 2% of the planet’s water is fresh‚ out of it 1.6% of the water is locked up in glaciers and polar icecaps. Another 0.36% is found underground in wells and aquifers and the remaining 0.036% of the total supply of planet’s water is found in lakes and rivers. Compared to the thousands of trillions of gallons water available‚ very little is accessible‚ so there is need to conserve our fresh water resources. Water
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