especially useful during the rainy season where rain unpredictably come and go. 5. Prevent Groundwater and Waterways Pollution A lawn irrigation system equipped with a rain sensor minimizes wasteful runoff such as pesticides‚ motor oil‚ fertilizer‚ pet waste and sediments from reaching your waterways. It also minimizes garden pollutants such as herbicides and fertilizers from getting into your groundwater
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life.[2] On Earth‚ 96.5% of the planet’s water is found in seas and oceans‚ 1.7% in groundwater‚ 1.7% in glaciers and the ice caps of Antarctica and Greenland‚ a small fraction in other large water bodies‚ and 0.001% in the air as vapor‚ clouds (formed of solid and liquid water particles suspended in air)‚ and precipitation. Only 2.5% of the Earth’s water is freshwater‚ and 98.8% of that water is in ice and groundwater. Less than 0.3% of all freshwater is in rivers‚ lakes‚ and the atmosphere‚ and an
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http://www.icmrindia.org/casestudies/catalogue/Business%20Ethics/BECG093.htm However‚ the company came in for severe criticism from activists and environmental experts who charged it with depleting groundwater resources in the areas in which its bottling plants were located‚ thereby affecting the livelihood of poor farmers‚ dumping toxic and hazardous waste materials near its bottling facilities‚ and discharging waste water into the agricultural lands of farmers. Moreover‚ its allegedly unethical
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Wetlands span the surface or sub-surface interface‚ storing water in various times as groundwater‚ soil moisture and surface water. They are vital ecosystems that support wildlife and perform valuable ecosystem services‚ such as flood protection and water cleansing. They also provide livelihoods for millions of people who live within and around them. For example‚ the Inner Niger River Delta in the Western Sahel zone supports more than a million people who make their living as fishermen‚ cattle breeders
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Detection of plasmids in arsenic (As) resistant bacteria isolated from As-contaminated groundwater Mahima Rani and Pinaki Sar* Department of Biotechnology‚ Indian Institute of Technology‚ Kharagpur‚ West Bengal–721302‚ India mahima06bt11@gmail.com‚ Ph: +91 8348523016 Abstract Role of plasmids in conferring resistance to several heavy metals and antibiotics to naturally occurring bacteria is well known. In contaminated environments‚ presence of metal resistant genes on plasmids often provide
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3. Coping Strategies – The concept of coping strategies‚ “highlights the active or even proactive role played by the poor in providing for their own sustenance despite their lack of access to resources and services to an adequate income’’ (Schmink‚ 1984 cited in de Haan and Zoomers 2005‚ p.28). To cope with water deficit‚ both women and men were found carrying out a plethora of these strategies‚ with positive as well as negative outcomes. Some of these were noted during field visits. • In village
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Water pollution through urban and rural land use and freshwater allocation in New Zealand New Zealand has 425‚000 kilometres of rivers and streams‚ almost 4‚000 lakes larger than 1 hectare in size‚ and about 200 groundwater aquifers (Ministry for the Environment‚ 2010). By international standards‚ freshwater in New Zealand is both clean and in good supply. However‚ some aspects of water quality are getting worse in areas dominated by intensive land use. Demand for water is increasing‚ particularly
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Water Resource William Reynolds SCI/275 2/17/2013 Karen Stelly Our disputants put me in mind of the skuttle fish‚ that when he is unable to extricate himself‚ blackens all the water about him‚ till he becomes invisible. -Joseph Addison In The Spectator‚ no.476‚ 5 Sept. I always love to look at ocean‚ sea‚ lakes‚ any body of water that overwhelms me when I look at it. It’s exciting to go to a park and just be around‚ respecting it present and the depth of the life it hold
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Akther‚ H.‚ Ahmed‚ M.S. & Rasheed‚ K.B.S. 2009 Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Groundwater Level Fluctuation in Dhaka City‚ Bangladesh‚ Asian Journal Earth Sciences‚ 2‚ 49-57. Haigh‚ M.J. 2004 Sustainable management of headwater resources: the Nairobi ‘headwater’ declaration (2002) and beyond‚ Asian Journal of Water‚ Environment and Pollution‚ 1(1-2/2004)‚ 17–28. Hoque‚ M. M. & Shahabuddin‚ M. 1998 An Evaluation of Groundwater Conditions in Dhaka City”‚ Proc. International Conference on Hydrology in a
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high desert town of Hinkley‚ California were getting sick. Some had died. Since residents depended on the local groundwater supply for all their needs‚ were the illnesses somehow related to PG&E’s Gas Compressor Station located nearby? On December 7‚ 1987 officials from the company advised the State of California they had detected levels of hexavalent chromium (chrome 6) in a groundwater monitoring well north of the compressor station’s waste water ponds. The levels were ten times greater than the
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