WATER AS OUR NATURAL RESOURSE There are more than 326 million trillion gallons of water on Earth. Less than 3 % of all this water is fresh water and of that amount‚ more than two-thirds is locked up in ice caps and glaciers. With so much water around it seems like there is enough to see us through for millions of years. But did you know that even water‚ which seems to be in abundance‚ might one day become scarce? Each time you throw something as garbage‚ think of where it will finally end up. Whether
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human role in changing Fluvial Systems. * Huntington‚ T.G. (2005) Evidence for Intensification of the global water cycle: Review and Synthesis. Journal of Hydrology‚ 319. * Konikow‚ Leonard et al. (2005). Ground water Depletion: A Global Problem. Hydrogeology (13). * Nearing‚ M.A. et al. (2005). Modeling Response of Soil Erosion and Run off to changes in Precipitation and cover. Catena‚ 61. * Oki‚ Taikan et al. (2006). Global hydrological Cycles and World Water Resources‚ Science; 313. * Vorasmarty
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Rainwater Harvesting: Grab hold of Water Where it Falls! Mrs. S.D. Khandagale ‚ Mrs. V.A. Joshi # # * Lecurer‚ Instrumentation Department V.P.M’s Polytechni‚ Thane‚ MS‚ India smita_khandagale@hotmail.com * H.O.D‚ Instrumentation Department V.P.M’s Polytechnic‚ Thane‚ MS‚ India Abstract Till about thirty years back‚ the areas around our homes and offices used to be unpaved and the rain falling on these areas would percolate into the soil and remain there for being drawn through
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Publishing Partners AGI gratefully acknowledges the following organizations’ support for the Living with Karst booklet and poster. To order‚ contact AGI at www.agiweb.org or (703) 379-2480. National Speleological Society (with support from the National Speleological Foundation and the Richmond Area Speleological Society) American Cave Conservation Association (with support from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and a Section 319(h) Nonpoint Source Grant from the U.S. Environmental
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December 2011 Examiners’ Report NEBOSH National Diploma in Environmental Management Examiners’ Report NEBOSH NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DECEMBER 2011 CONTENTS Introduction 2 General comments 3 Comments on individual questions 4 2012 NEBOSH‚ Dominus Way‚ Meridian Business Park‚ Leicester LE19 1QW tel: 0116 263 4700 fax: 0116 282 4000 email: info@nebosh.org.uk website: www.nebosh.org.uk The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health is a registered
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Vision 2025. Tenth IGC foundation lecture. The Indian Geological Congress‚ Roorkee. Llamas‚ M. Ramon‚ Mukherjee‚ Aditi and Shah‚ Tushaar (2006)‚ Guest editors ’ preface on the theme issue "Social and economic aspects of groundwater governance. Hydrogeology Journal‚ vol. 14(3)‚ pp. 269-274. Ministry of Water Resources (2002)‚ National Water Policy. New Delhi. Minor Irrigation Division (1993)‚ Report on Census of Minor Irrigation Schemes – 1986-87. Ministry of Water Resources‚ New Delhi. Minor Irrigation
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SEMISTER 1 Statistics for Management: 1.Statistics plays a vital role in almost every facet of human life. Describe the functions of Statistics. Explain the applications of statistics. Ans:Branch of mathematics concerned with collection‚ classification‚ analysis‚ and interpretation of numerical facts‚ for drawing inferences on the basis of their quantifiable likelihood (probability). Statistics can interpret aggregates of data too large to be intelligible by ordinary observation because such data
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CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES GUIDE ON ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE TO GROUND WATER NEW DELHI MAY‚ 2000 GUIDE ON ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE TO GROUND WATER CONTENTS Page No. 1. INTRODUCTION 1-3 2. PLANNING OF ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE PROJECTS 3-9 3. ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE TECHNIQUES AND DESIGN 10 - 32 4. MONITORING‚ MECHANISM FOR ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE PROJECTS 33 - 36 5. CASE HISTORIES OF ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE IN INDIA 36 - 75 Annexure 1 --Format
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONSENTING REGIME FOR OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS IN SCOTTISH WATERS. ADAKU UFERE 1. INTRODUCTION Renewables are energy forms which are essentially inexhaustible‚ unlike fossil fuel sources‚ which are finite. Renewable energy sources include wind (onshore and offshore)‚ hydro‚ wave‚ tidal‚ biomass‚ solar‚ and geothermal. Renewable energy can be used for heating and transport as well as electricity generation. Generating energy from renewable sources continues
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Cover Product Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD). Version 5.0. MODIS Land Cover and Land-Cover Change Team‚ Boston University. Brunner‚ P.‚ H. J. H. Franssen‚ et al. (2007). "How can remote sensing contribute in groundwater modeling?" Hydrogeology Journal 15(1): 5-18. Caccetta P. A.‚ (2013)‚ An introduction to remote sensing‚ Mapping and Monitoring‚ CSIRP Mathematical and Information Sciences‚ Australia. Carpenter‚ T. M and K. P. Georgakakos (2006). "Intercomparison of lumped versus distributed
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