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    Paragraph on Water Water is a precondition of life. Besides various uses of water‚ it is mainly used in irrigation as India is an agricultural country. Water is a renewable resource. Life is impossible without water. Its uses are limitless whether it is in home or in fields or in industries. We get water mainly from rain‚ rivers‚ wells‚ ponds and lakes. Sea-water is almost useless for domestic or industrial purposes. India is said to be a Monsoon country. But the distribution of Monsoon rainfall

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    Journal of Spatial Hydrology Spring Vol. 5‚ No. 1 Spatial Analysis of Urban Stormwater Quality M. Ghafouri1 and C.E. Swain Abstract Urban stormwater non-point source pollutants are recognized as a major cause of receiving waters quality deterioration. To date most research has focused on specifying temporal variations of stormwater quality parameters which includes high uncertainties and also increases the risk of pollution control structures failure. Traditionally‚ the temporal variations of quality

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    | Desalinization of Water | | | Sara Reed‚ Myp2 | | Chemistry | | * Our world consists of 70% of water‚ from which‚ only 2.5% is fresh water‚ and 1% is drinkable water. Because of this low drinkable water rate‚ desalinization is a very important process which will help us provide a higher percentage rate. * Desalination is a process in which salt water is turned into fresh water‚ by extracting its water and minerals. Desalination is used on many ships and submarines

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    Salt Water Intrusion and Salination By: Ryan Tallman University of Phoenix 2009 In this modern world we are faced with many different issues. Sometimes we forget that the majority of our earth is covered in oceans and freshwater. Almost two thirds of the world’s population lives within 250 miles of an ocean coastline. One of the many issues we are facing in our waters is saltwater intrusion and salinization. Saltwater intrusion and salinization is defined as the increase of chloride ion concentrations

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    The first successful efforts to control the flow of water were made in Mesopotamia‚ Egypt and Levant. These lands were home to the earliest civilizations that thrived because of the water management practices they used. The Nile River played an important role in the lives of Egyptians‚ they practiced a form of water management called basin irrigation‚ a productive use of the natural rise and fall of the river. Egyptian farmers did not experience the problems that plagued other irrigation societies

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    Water Scarcity & the Importance of Water Introduction: This report has been written to inform you of the world water crisis which is getting worse every second. It has also been written to inform you about the water scarcity and importance. Water Scarcity and importance: Clean‚ safe drinking water is not easy to find any longer. Today‚ nearly 1 billion people in the developing world don’t have access to it. Yet‚ we take it for granted‚ we waste it‚ and we even pay too much to drink it from little

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    million residents. This means the demand for consumable water is high‚ and with this demand comes depletion. Many areas of the Central and West Coast Basins are experiencing ground water depletion‚ which has resulted in an intrusion of saltwater in coastal aquifers‚ “natural filters that trap sediment and other particles (like bacteria) and provide natural purification of the ground water flowing through them” (Idaho Museum of Natural History). The Water Replenishment District of Southern California has

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    The Fluidity of Water Desalination Period 2  Desalination‚ desalinization‚ or desalting refers to any processes that remove some amount of salt or other minerals from salt water. More specific‚ desalination is also the removal of salts and minerals‚ as in soil desalination. Desalination is used on many ongoing ships and submarines. Most of the modern interest in desalination is focused on developing cost-effective ways of providing fresh water for human use. Along with recycled wastewater

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    Description the water infrastructure consists of built to pump‚ divert‚ transport‚ store‚ treat‚ and deliver safe drinking water. The infrastructure consists of a large number of of groundwater wells‚ surface-water intakes‚ dams‚ reservoirs‚ storage tanks‚ drinking-water facilities‚ pipes‚ and aqueducts. Briefly I’ll give you a quick rundown on how the service is provided. The groundwater naturally is stored in underground geologic formations‚ and is pumped from its subterranean source via a

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    POTABLE WATER SUPPLY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIAN CITIES‚ TOWNS AND URBAN CENTRES – A CASE STUDY OF AUCHI‚ EDO STATE. BY 1 2 3 4 FADELE .S .O.‚ USMAN .D. D.‚ ELAMAH .D.‚ EBUBE .O. C. (1‚2‚3‚ & 4) DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING TECHNOLOGY AUCHI POLYTECHNIC AUCHI EDO STATE ACCESS TO POTABLE WATER SUPPLY FOR

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