COMPANY PROFILE Manila Water Company The true value of water is realized only when there is lack of it. It’s also why this is often taken for granted; water is so much a part of our everyday lives that the concept of not having it is too overwhelming. Unfortunately‚ this was once a way of life those Metro Manila residents faced every day. Before 1997‚ the capital’s water supply and distribution was in disarray. Communal water sources were shared by hundreds of families who had to line up for
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resource An economic or productive factor required to accomplish an activity‚ or as means to undertake an enterprise and achieve desired outcome. Three most basic resources are land‚ labor‚ and capital; other resources include energy‚ entrepreneurship‚ information‚ expertise‚ management‚ and time. Natural resources are derived from the environment. Many natural resources are essential for human survival‚ while others are used for satisfying human desire. Conservation is the management of natural
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9/19/2014 Water scarcity - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Water scarcity From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Water scarcity is the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a region. It already affects every continent and around 2.8 billion people around the world at least one month out of every year. More than 1.2 billion people lack access to clean drinking water.[1] Water scarcity involves water stress‚ water shortage or deficits
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Natural Resources Resources on the Earth Biosphere: The whole combination of animals‚ plants and non-living beings which by their interaction make the planet earth a live and vibrant place is called biosphere. Biotic Components: Living things constitute the biotic component of the biosphere. Abiotic Components: The air‚ the water and the soil form the non-living or a biotic component of the biosphere. The air is called the hygrosphere‚ the water is hydrosphere and the soil is called lithosphere
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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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Water conservation refers to reducing the usage of water and recycling of waste water for different purposes such as cleaning‚ manufacturing‚ and agricultural irrigation. Water conservation and water efficiency [edit] Water conservation Water conservation can be defined as: 1. Any beneficial deduction in water loss‚ use‚ or waste 2. A reduction in water use accomplished by implementation of water conservation or water efficiency measures; or‚ 3. Improved water management practices that reduce
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WATER CRISIS IN INDIA India has many social problems and frequent water crisis in India is one of them. Food and drinking water are quite essential for people’s comfortable living. When these two are scarce sometimes people suffer untold miseries. India suffers from water shortage for cultivation and drinking despite the fact that many big rivers‚ some of them perennial rivers‚ flow through some parts of India. In the south there are the Krishna‚ Godavari‚ Cauvery‚ and other rivers. In the north
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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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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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sector (PEM‚ 2003). As stated in the EMB report‚ domestic wastewater discharges contribute highest to the BOD load as the lack of sewage treatment system allows more than 90 percent of inadequately treated domestic sewage to be discharged into surface waters‚ which contain bacteria and viruses that threaten human life. Geographically‚ data show that one-third (30 percent) of BOD generation comes from Metro Manila and Region IV alone‚ at 18 and 15 percent‚ respectively (PEM‚ 2003). Industrial wastewater
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