Is desalination a viable solution to the production of water in victor harbour? Introduction Desalination is one of many methods to produce water that is clean enough to drink from; a desalination plant would take a lot of space and money to maintain‚ so is it really worth investing in a new plant? Background information Freshwater is becoming scarce as more people are moving into major cities such as Los Angeles where the water is constantly being purified and reusing all the water as often as possible
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example. The result is over-harvesting‚ which threatens the survivability of mangrove forests. River changes Dams and irrigation cause a reduction in the quantity of water that gets to mangrove forests‚ thus changing the salinity (salt) level of the water in the forests. Where salinity levels become too high‚ the mangroves die. Freshwater diversions may also threaten the survival of mangroves. Erosion‚ which is caused by deforestation of land‚ may also deplete mangrove forests. This is so since deforestation
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The Fukushima Nuclear Plant The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was built in Okuma‚ Fukushima‚ to provide Japan with electricity. The plant consists of six nuclear reactors that were built during different times in the 1970s. The reactors were built close together primarily because finding a new location would make a new reactor very expensive‚ compared to the addition of a new reactor. The plant was constructed near the sea because nuclear plants consumes massive amount of waters just
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A careful examination of the " The Great Gatsby"‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald reveals that his intention was to satirize the Corruption of society. Set in the core of America‚ Fitzgerald portrays a hedonistic society decaying in morals and consumed in materialism‚ he expresses this through the symbolism of colour and nature. Likewise‚ The critic‚ J.S Westbrook suggests the failure of American society are " symbolized by two patterns of reference one revolves around the problem of seeing‚ the other around
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Progress in Organic Coatings 50 (2004) 75–104 Review Antifouling technology—past‚ present and future steps towards efficient and environmentally friendly antifouling coatings Diego Meseguer Yebra‚ Søren Kiil∗ ‚ Kim Dam-Johansen Department of Chemical Engineering‚ Technical University of Denmark‚ Building 229‚ DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby‚ Denmark Received 28 January 2003; accepted 15 June 2003 Abstract The imminent ban of environmentally harmful tributyltin (TBT)-based paint products has been the
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Deforestation Plants give us oxygen which is the most important thing for our survival. They undergo a process of photosynthesis in which they give out oxygen and take carbon dioxide. Plants consume the air‚ sunlight and the carbon dioxide we breathe out to make food and oxygen. So if trees are cut‚ plants will not produce oxygen and the concentration of carbon dioxide will increase. Increase of carbon dioxide in the air is harmful for human beings and also disturbs the water cycle and hence the
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Figure 1. Map of Butig Island showing the seven plots Field Sampling Physico-Chemical Parameters The physico-chemical parameters‚ including temperature‚ pH‚ and salinity of each plot were determined in situ. Water temperature was measured using a thermometer. The pH was determined using a pH meter‚ and salinity was measured using the handheld ATAGO refractometer. Mangrove Damage and Recovery Assessment The methods employed in this study were based from Roth (1992) and Taylor et al
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light penetrated the water and turbidity is the measure of the light scattering property of water. In this experiment‚ Secchi disk was used to directly measure the amount of penetrated sunlight and indirect amount of the suspended materials in the seawater. The study site was at the littoral zone of the ocean. The coordinates recorded for the study site were found to be N 160 23’ 56.0” E 1190 54’ 06.5” and N 160 24’ 02.5” E 1190 53’ 59.5”. When the rope was lowered down until the disk was no longer
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Pencils 2. Note papers 3. Cap 4. Sunglasses 5. Hand lens 6. Thermometer 7. 1 m2 quadrat 8. Transect line 9. Plastic bags and vials 10. Compass 11. Drinks or distilled water 12. pH papers 13. A light string 14. Hydrometer instrument for measuring salinity 15. Long ruler 16. Long plastic water pipe 17. Deionized water 18. K2CrO4 solution 19. AgNO3 solution‚ 0.05M BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF ROCKY SHORE HABITAT Rocky Shores are the regions with strong waves all the time which erode the rocks surface
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A Healing place－Miyako Island‚ Okinawa‚ Japan Miyako Island is the best place to spend a vacation for three reasons. Before starting my recommendation‚ how much do you know about the island? It is located in the Pacific Ocean and about 300 km southwest from Okinawa Main Island. The land is flat‚ shaped just like a right-angled triangle and much of the arable land is used as sugarcane fields. And also‚ the island is a very popular vacation place among Japanese people because of its mild
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