WATERGY: A Water and Energy Conservation Model for Federal Facilities By Dr. Sharon deMonsabert‚ P.E. Associate Professor‚ Urban Systems Engineering George Mason University Fairfax‚ VA 22030-4444 Phone: 703-993-1747 Fax: 703-993-1706 Barry L. Liner Consultant - Management Practice Water Research Center (WRc inc.) 7700 Leesburg Pike‚ Suite 400 Falls Church‚ VA 22043 Phone: 703-918-9573 Fax: 703-749-7962 Presented At CONSERV’96 Orlando‚ Florida January 6‚ 1996 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: The
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solutions to the problem of water shortage in Australia. Water is the resource which is under increasing stress for most countries‚ especially for the developing countries. Australia is one of the experiencing typical water shortage countries. In Australia‚ in the recent years‚ water scarcity is a controversial and high-concerned issue since the global warming‚ land desertification‚ population growth‚ increasing use of hydropower and irrigation factors have intensified the water shortage phenomenon
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Bottled Water the Unknown Enemy Water bottle sales have been going up exponentially these last few years. According to the International Bottled Water Association (IWBA). People who are buying bottled water are being cheated. Tap water is cheaper‚ more convenient‚ and the change in taste is almost nonexistent. It is the better choice. Water bottles do not have as many perks as tap and is not reliable. The first big selling point about tap is how cheap it is. Consumer Reports News reports
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New Vehicle Technology challenges first responders N.V.T. seems to be the buzzword with extrication these days. Today’s vehicles are safer‚ smaller and more fuel-efficient. The recently imposed legislated improvements to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 214 and most recently 216‚ deal with side and roof strength and also the integrity of motor vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) is the governing body that imposes these standards backed by the American
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Protecting Our Nations Water Supply Imagine when you wake up tomorrow and there is no running water to take a shower‚ brush your teeth‚ or even have a cold drink. In today’s society‚ we have been experiencing an extreme drought and it is progressively getting worse and worse every day. We as Americans do not realize the harm and danger we are bringing to ourselves by wasting water without even realizing it. Most people don’t know how much water they are using; on a daily schedule the average person
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Consequently‚ should people be held accountable if they were in a life-or-death situation‚ they should be held accountable for their actions. Therefore‚ people that have a lack of judgment‚ will suffer from survivor guilt‚ and don’t want to pay the cost of rescues should be held accountable for their actions. To begin with‚ life-or-death situations are caused by people that lack judgment skills and a lack of training. Lack of training and lack of skills is very common‚ even in places where there could be
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Because they are doing an irresponsible act and they are putting rescuers lives in danger as well as their own and just want fame. In the article‚ “Ranger Killed During Rescue of Climbers on Mount Rainier” by the Seattle Times states‚ “As Hall‚ 34‚ was preparing some climbers for helicopter evacuation at 4:59 pm.‚ he fell down the mountains northeast side from the 13‚700-footlevel.” This does show that the rescuer risked
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Tap Water should be the Water of Choice Scientists have warned for years that when bottles are stored in warm and hot temperatures‚ the plastic been showed to leach chemicals into the water. There are increasing effects of polyethylene terephthalate bottles on our environment. Even the price of bottle water is increasingly outrageous. With the economy the way it is‚ why spend the money on bottle water. The EPA conducted studies on chemicals found in bottled water. Even though the studies found
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Water has many unique properties that make life possible on Earth. One property is cohesion. The cohesion property is properly defined as the binding of water molecules by hydrogen bonds. Water has this property as a result of the chemical bonding between water. Cohesion of the strong hydrogen bonds allows the water molecules to stick together‚ almost as a unit of one. A force exerted on one of the molecules will be exerted on all of the adjacent molecules as a result of cohesion. Cohesion‚ often
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The Miracle of Zam Zam Water Come the Hajj season‚ and I am reminded of the wonders of Zamzam water. Let me go back to how it all started. In 1971‚ an Egyptian doctor wrote to the European Press‚ a letter saying that Zamzam water was not fit for drinking purposes. I immediately thought that this was just a form of prejudice against the Muslims and that since his statement was based on the assumption that since the Ka’aba was a shallow place (below sea level) and located in the center of the
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