WATER RESOURCES What are water resources? Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful to humans. It is important because it is needed for life to exist. Many uses of water include agricultural‚ industrial‚ household‚ recreational and environmental activities. Virtually all of these human uses require fresh water. Only 2.7% of water on the Earth is fresh water‚ and over two thirds of this is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps‚ leaving only
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Introduction Water plays a vital role in biological systems. Some species are able to survive in diverse environment such as fishes in salt water‚ Cactus plants in dry land and mammalian cells in aqueous surrounding because of the specialized underlying structures of these life-forms. In order for us to appreciate these special adaptation‚ we first need to know how a typical plant or an animal cell organelle behaves in different water and solute concentrations. In this lab‚ we will determine the
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Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies such as lakes‚ rivers‚ oceans and beaches. This occurs when large factories dump their waste products into the water. Water has the ability to carry many pathogens and bacteria. Because of this‚ water is responsible for many deaths and illnesses. This fact was discovered a long time ago when many people fell sick‚ and after tests‚ it was realized this was because of the drinking water. People‚ even back in the ancient times‚ would suddenly become ill
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The causes of water pollution Water pollution comes from a myriad of sources‚ both natural and from human activity. The most destructive causes of water pollution are man made‚ however. The largest sources include: The burning of coal in power plants emits ash particulates that contain toxic metals like arsenic and lead. Coal and petroleum also contain sulfur compounds. Combustion generates sulfur dioxide‚ a toxic gas‚ and oxides of nitrogen. When emitted from exhaust stacks‚ these two compounds
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Chennai NATIONAL SCIENCE SEMINAR WATER CRISIS ON THE EARTH PROBLEMS AND REMEDIES Submitted by A. NAVEEN ANTO‚ Sri Jayendra Golden Jubilee School‚ Sankarnagar - 627 357‚ Tirunelveli‚ Tamilnadu. Date : August 27‚ 2008 CONTENT ♦ INTRODUCTION ♦ WHAT DO WE MEAN BY WATER CRISIS? ♦ WHAT CAUSES & TRIGGERS THE WATER CRISIS ♦ IMPACTS OF WATER CRISIS ♦ REMEDIES FOR WATER CRISIS ♦ CONCLUSION WATER CRISIS ON THE EARTH PROBLEMS AND REMEDIES INTRODUCTION Water the elixir of life feeds the planets
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Draft Water Safety Plan For Kandana Water Treatment Plant Step 1: Catchment and intake Source: Surface water: Kalu Ganga Capacity (Max.): 60‚000 m3/day Kalu Ganga • Kalu Ganga is the second largest river basin (2719 km2)‚ starting from central hills (2250m) and running across the wet zone. • Main sources of water of the river are mountainous forests in the central province and the Sinharaja Forest Reserve. • Largest amount of water (4000 m3) is discharged to the sea at
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“WATER IS A GOOD SOLVENT” Water is very unique in all facets of its nature. The chemical formula for water is H2O as a water molecule consists of two atoms of the chemical element hydrogen (H) and one atom of the element oxygen (O). Water is the most abundant chemical compound on earth as its mass all exists together‚ naturally‚ in its gaseous‚ liquid and solid state. It is the most precious natural resource to man and is essential to life for all discovered living organisms. One of the unusual
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Water Scarcity & the Importance of Water Introduction: This report has been written to inform you of the world water crisis which is getting worse every second. It has also been written to inform you about the water scarcity and importance. Water Scarcity and importance: Clean‚ safe drinking water is not easy to find any longer. Today‚ nearly 1 billion people in the developing world don’t have access to it. Yet‚ we take it for granted‚ we waste it‚ and we even pay too much to drink it from little
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Introduction Water is necessary to life but it can be unhealthy too. In general‚ the water quality is poor in developing countries like Kenya. Water is a vector of diseases like yellow fever‚ diarrhea… Water purification is very important in these countries but people don’t have a lot of time to spare‚ they work or they are in the field and in general women must spend a significant amount of time walking to collect water. So we need to find a quick‚ easy‚ and economic solution that is as simple
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Uses of water: 1. For drinking and for life processes. On an average‚ a man consumes about 60‚000 to 80‚000 litres of water in his lifetime. The body of an adult contains nearly 40 to 50 litres of water at any given time and water constitutes about 66% of the average body make up. Aqueous solutions fill the cells in the body. Nutrients‚ oxygen‚ and metabolic waste products are transported by blood‚ which is mostly water. Digested food is absorbed in the form of an aqueous solution. In plants too
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