Topic 6 Water Quality and Water Management What determines water quality? Drinking water should be colorless‚ odorless and flavorless; this means that there are no organisms and sediments in the water‚ but it does not mean that if your drinking water look‚ smells and taste clean‚ that does not mean that there is nothing else it. Water also contains dissolved solids: •Sulfur •Calcium •Magnesium If water contains a lot of dissolved calcium and magnesium it is called hard water
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How Important is Water?As we all know‚ water is essential for mankind ’s survival. However‚ people seem to believe that our water supply is endless since there is more water than land on this Earth. Water regenerates and is redistributed through evaporation‚ making it seem endlessly renewable. So why worry?Actually‚ only one percent of the world ’s water has the capability of being used by us. About ninety-seven percent is salty seawater‚ and two percent is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps.
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been launched already of course cannot be reversed or even stooped‚ but we can and we must slow them down in order to spend a few more decades here‚ on the planet Earth. The problem is - even the majority is not enough to save the planet‚ only all together we can save ourselves. Yes‚ exactly "ourselves” but not "the planet”‚ because as George Carlin‚ a popular American comic says: "the planet is fine!” – It is more than 4‚5 billiard years old and it would be strange if it might be destroyed
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-Work left to complete: To be completed by 24th September 2015 and emailed to assessor Unit 030: 2.1 - Identify the positive outcomes for children and young people that practitioners should be striving to achieve. (Talk about Every Child Matters – these are five outcomes that practitioners should be striving to achieve) 2.2 - Explain the importance of designing services around the needs of children and young people 2.3 - Explain the importance of active participation of children and young people
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Hardness of Water by EDTA Titration Introduction Water hardness is caused by natural minerals that are dissolved into the water‚ predominantly calcium and magnesium‚ and is measured as the equivalent concentration of calcium carbonate (in milligrams per litre). Water hardness is usually noticed because of difficulty in lathering soap and the formation of a scum in the bathtub. Ca2+ and Mg2+ form insoluble salts with soaps causing precipitation of the soap scum. Another effect of hard water is “boiler
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The importance of water Water is one of the weirdest compounds known to humans. The difference between the boiling point and freezing point of water is one of the largest ranges of any compound. It is this span of temperature that mirrors the range of where life can exist‚ from bacteria to humans. Water also has a very high specific heat‚ which means that it can absorb or lose much heat before its temperature changes. This is important in maintaining body heat in mammals. It also takes a lot of
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How to we save the earth Our planet is in great danger. The people of earth have wasted and misused the natural recourses of earth. Several plans have been developed to stop the abuse of earth.Environmental problems have become so complex that many individuals feel they can have no effect on them. Problems like oil spills‚ hazardous waste‚ loss of rain forests‚ endangered species‚ acid rain‚ the ozone layer‚ the municipal waste crisis can feel out of our control. At the very least‚ these problems
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Chapter 1: Every trip is a quest (Except when it’s not) Paragraphs: There is five main reasons that authors use to tell why a character goes a quest. There’s the actual person‚ the destination‚ a purpose‚ challenges that will come with going on the quest and a reason for the person to actually go on the quest. Authors never say the reason why the character goes on the quest and usually the character fails. The way the author grabs the attention is by stating a task and making us and the character
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Present State of Indian Cricket team The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)‚ it is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status. Although cricket was introduced to India by European merchant sailors in the 18th century‚ and the first cricket club in India was established in Calcutta in 1792‚ India’s national cricket team did not play its first Test match
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Global Water Scarcity - Problems And Solutions Posted: 23.12.2009 author: Tater‚ Prof. Dr. Sohan Raj Importance of Water Water is a source of life of every living organism. Without water living beings cannot survive their lives. There is 60% water in human gross body. It is a natural resource that sustains our environments and supports livelihood. Water is the blue gold‚ and that future wars will be fought for water. So‚ not a single drop of water received from rain should be allowed to escape
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