The feasibility of different techniques for providing fresh water to arid regions in the world 1.0 Introduction Water is the most valuable and indispensable resource for all forms of life. People need it for every activity: domestic use‚ agriculture and industry. Access to fresh water is regarded as a universal human right (United Nations Committee in Economics‚ Social and Cultural Rights‚ 2003). Drought has become an increasingly important problem in many parts of the world. Water scarcity
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FC/PM501 Skills for study 2 | Feasibility of different techniques for providing fresh water to arid regions of the world. | Final report | | Word count 1200 | Tutor: James Belcher | | 1.0 Introduction Everything which lives needs water to survive. There are a lot of places in the world where we can find such problem as lack of clean water‚ and most of these places are developing countries. These include areas in the north of China‚ India‚ and the western United States. Global
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An investigation on the feasibility of different techniques for providing fresh water to arid regions in the world. Located in a semi-arid zone‚ South Africa is one of the thirty driest countries in the world with limited water resources‚ which are unevenly distributed. In this country‚ five million people of the population have no access to safe drinking water and nearly fifteen million lack basic sanitation. The lack of drinking water is a serious problem‚ since there are more than 1.6 million
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problem of water every year is becoming increasingly important‚ forcing scholars and political scientists talk about the inevitability of future conflicts over ownership of this strategic resource. Indeed‚ the population in the Middle East and Africa is growing at a rapid pace‚ and the sources of the water almost as quickly exhausted. Arid climate‚ uncontrolled population growth and other factors make water a truly "transparent gold» XXI century. Stocks worldwide oceanic and continental waters are 1
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1.0 INTRODUCTION It is important for humans to have access to clean water and in regards to economic development one of the most significant inputs is water (Allam and Allam‚ 2007:205). In countries like Egypt‚ the importance of water is recognized due to hot‚ dry summers with moderate winters; its desert climate results in aridity (FAO‚ 2013). A major part of the country is desert land with very low and uneven rainfall with an average of about 51mm annually (ibid). The Egyptian territory comprises
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Recommendation report for water provision methods in an arid or semi-arid region 1 Introduction Water shortage is a very serious problem in arid and semi-arid regions such as Australia. These regions are very vulnerable to drought‚ and the impacts drought tends to be more serious for the environment and the communities which rely on the land for food. This problem of water shortage is happening due to the huge rise in population and also the increase in the use of water for agricultural‚ industrial
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TWO WATER PROVISION METHODS FOR AN ARID REGION VEERANATHA PIMOLTIP Table of Contents Introduction Nowadays we can’t deny that the water is important for humans‚ plants and animals life. All living things around the world can live without water in every day; we use water for drinking‚ agriculture‚ industrial‚ travel‚ transportation and many other things. However some areas still have the region arid too. There are lacks of available water to use
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Introduction Fresh water is an indispensable resource for human livelihood‚ agricultural irrigation and economic development (Brooks‚ 2007). However‚ due to the rapid population growth and the limited reserves‚ increasing regions have faced serious scarcity of fresh water (Williamson‚ 2010). Saudi Arabia is one of the driest countries in the world (CIA‚ 2011). According to World Bank (2011)‚ the world average fresh water consumption is nearly 7000m³/year/person‚ while the water resource per capita
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Title: A recommendation report for water provision methods in arid region of Egypt 1 Introduction 1.1 Aim This report aims to compare and recommend water provision methods for arid region of Egypt. In order to identify what water provision methods are suitable for arid region in Egypt‚ this report will firstly compare two water provision methods which are desalination and water reuse by considering three requirements in relation to the specific situation
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Similarities The greatest similarity between fresh and salt water is that both are basically the same chemical - water‚ although the contents of other materials dissolved in it differ. Both contain some amount dissolved chemical in it though the quantities vary. Both form different links in the water cycle of the nature. Both are homes to aquatic life. Difference: Salt water contains much higher quantities of dissolved chemicals as compared to fresh water. This higher concentration of chemical
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