increasing population and rapid economic growth as well as lax environmental oversight have increased water pollution. Therefore‚ deterioration of drinking water quality continues to be a major problem. Continuous emissions from manufacturing are the largest contributor to lowered drinking quality across the country. China’s major river systems exhibit the scope of the problem. Perhaps 70 percent of their water is so polluted that it has been deemed unsafe for human contact. In addition to untreated sewage
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The Water We Take for Granted Imagine living in a world without the luxury of running water. Almost all Americans take their access to water for granted every single day. In an average day water is used for bathing‚ cooking‚ washing clothes‚ removing bodily wastes and many other functions. The average water use per person per day in the United States is an amazing 550 liters. That is 145 gallons. However‚ there is a multitude of people across the globe that do not have this kind of access
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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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Water pollution and pollution in general is a problem that people don’t like to deal with. Water pollution can cause so much damage to people and to the animals that live in that body of water. The laws that we have are doing what they need to but we need to monitor the water more closely because if we don’t catch the pollution when it happens it could cause a big disaster. It could kill all of the plant life that lives in the water and the animals that live there to. Some of the pollutions that
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Topic: Tap Water vs. Bottled Water Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that tap water is as safe as or safer than bottled water Central Idea: With bottled advertise and claim to be from pure sources‚ tap water can have alike or better quality sources of drinking water than bottled water. INTRODUCTION Attention-getter: Bottled water has become the indispensable item in our lives. It starts the day in lunch boxes; it goes to every meeting‚ lecture hall‚ and soccer match; it ’s in the cubicles
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Water Shortage Water shortage problem is when humans or living creatures suffer from a scarcity of water another definition for water shortage is either the lack of enough water or lack of access to safe water and it happens because of the dreadful use of water and polluting rivers‚ oceans and lakes. Water is the reason for our existence; Water everywhere on the planet is a basic part of the global hydrologic cycle‚ it ’s a finite resource. The amount of water supply in the global hydrologic
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Historical Account of the Industry 1.1 When and how did it start in the Philippine Setting? The National Water Resources Board (NWRB) was created in 1974 as the authoritative national organization to coordinate and integrate all activities in water resources development and management. Its main objective is to achieve scientific and orderly development and management of all the water resources of the Philippines consistent with the principles of optimum usage‚ conservation and protection to meet
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the National Drinking Water Quality Standards (NDWQS) in 1983‚ with the most recent revision in 2000 due for circulation for use in 2002. The standards stipulate limits for physical‚ chemical‚ microbiological and radiological parameters and compliance with these standards is mandatory for all private water suppliers. Supporting documentation is available to ensure effective implementation of the standards and include information on the National Programmed for Drinking Water Quality Surveillance‚
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Essay’s topic: Water scarcity is one of the key environmental issue of our time. Identify some major causes of water scarcity and describe two solutions. Water plays an important role in developing and maintaining healthy ecosystems. However‚ water scarcity is an increasing and widespread phenomenon in many countries in the world. Water scarcity refers to either the lack of enough water or lack of access to safe water. The shortage of water is turning out to be more pressing than prediction. This
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quality due to low mineral content (particularly sodium). Perrier plans being perfect anytime by providing the best tasting sparkling water on the market. They are not only marketing for the rich and/or famous‚ they want to be an everyday thirst quencher. Perrier vision is to be the number one sparkling mineral water in the world. Perrier’s mission is to offer bottled water to meet consumer needs anywhere‚ anytime. In May of 1989 in an issue of Fortune the company was depicted as one of six companies
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