Essays on Water Quality

People around the world struggle to get a drop of clean water every day, which is something people living in first world countries cannot comprehend. Waking up without being able to shower daily, stay hydrated, and even brush one’s teeth sounds like a nightmare to people living in first world countries, but is a reality to many. Around the world, unsafe water kills two hundred children an hour and yet, despite the severity of this, no action is being taken.…...

As a country we have lost all love for our waters. We are placing two of the country’s great estuaries in grave danger. In “Poisoned Waters” the narrators dive deep into this issue. Throughout the years, United States citizens have proven that convenience trumps the lives and the habitats of thousands of animals. By far, the largest contributor to the destruction of the waters in this country is agriculture. However, agriculture is one of the world’s largest industries. In order…...

The state of California has just come out of an almost 10 year drought. With an abundance in rain, precipitation and heavy snow in the surrounding mountains in 2019; it was enough to replenish our ground water basins, lakes and reservoirs. Allowing us to come out of a decade’s long drought. After dancing in the rain and celebrating we must also tread lightly and continue to conserve and safeguard our precious naturel resource. As Earth is getting hotter and the…...

The following sample essay on "Water Quality ":a story about the impact of pollution on water quality. Water Quality Cassidy is a necessity for all life. The average person uses 80-100 gallons of water each day (USGS, n.d.). We wash our hands, bathe, drink, flush toilets, and cook with water. We even use it to grow our food and livestock. So how do we know if the water is not contaminated with dangerous toxins? In the 1970’s the United States…...

Shale Gas Development on Regional Water Quality Summary Natural gas is an important energy source that enables places around the world to reduce the need for energy imports. The gas is being extracted from from porous sandstone where it's been trapped under impermeable rock. The Marcellus Shale is predominantly found in the eastern part of the United States where extraction began in 2005. It covers roughly 70% of the state of Pennsylvania. It's been estimated that there is a 50%…...

I researched a bunch of recreational management problems and I came across a long and detailed list of some. Two that I decided to look at are about keeping fitness equipment clean and maintaining consistent water quality in a pool. I thought these two were interesting because I work out a lot and I want to know how workout equipment is kept really clean. Also, I like to swim so I want to know how water quality in a pool…...

Water Quality Researchers from many disciplines, including anthropology, have researched and written about the importance of improving water quality. Water is the single most essential component of life on Earth on is the most crucial part of our environment. Humans cannot live longer than around three days without water; our bodies are mostly composes of water, more than 60% in fact. With water being so crucial to sustaining human life it is important that all people have access to water…...

Water quality for human consumption has recently become a issue topic has recently gathered a lot of attention in the near future. With pollution of freshwater sources, drinking water resources could be diminished quickly if treatment from industrial, commercial, or private continues. The article argues that with the exponential human population growth, more problems will arise with available drinking water. The author also argues that about 70% of water sources that are renewable are not usable by the human population.…...

Water Quality: Cleared Land Doesn't Mean Clean Land Introduction Water is one of the most essential resources for humans. It is used for drinking, recreation, energy, cooking, bathing-in fact entire lives are centered around it. The earth is made up of 71% of water with the oceans holding 96.5% of it. From that, the water we use every day is small in comparison. According to Jeannie Barlow, a representative of USGS, Lower Mississippi Gulf Water Science Center, only about 2.5%…...

Desserie according that the 2004 asian moving ridge greatly wedged the event of early warning signals in coastal communities. in 2012 the cost-efficient native moving ridge early warning system for designated unsound coastal communities of the philippines was 1st established in albay and pangasinan. the technology is formed from a platform with a 15-meter high pole. 2 sorts of sensors are connected to the current pole: one that notes the increase and fall of the ocean level and also the…...

Having clean drinking water is a necessity for every person in the world. We need water to survive, and it must be up to the proper standards to drink it. Water quality can be affected by numerous things such as climate, pollution, and most importantly, storm run-off. Storm water run-off can contaminate a local water source to where it cannot be filtered well enough, making it undrinkable. Storm water run-off is a growing problem for many areas. Run-off occurs when…...

To regulate the climate and shaping the land, water is the most important compound. It is one of the most important compounds that profoundly influence life. Initially, mankind used water for domestic purposes such a drinking, cooking, washing. However the present uses of water may be classified as domestic, public, commercial and industrial. Rapid industrialization and indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in producing crops are causing heavy and varied pollution in aquatic environment leading to deterioration of water…...

Water quality management is examined within three broad sectors-urban, agriculture, and environmental systems-to investigate how water quality sustainability is defined by each and across the three sectors. The Author, Katherine, elevates how many aspects of how water quality and use are distributed among sections of organizations. As Katherine stated in her article, “water is considered as a limited resource that must supply all competing interests, one does not yet exist and is even hindered by current policies and regulations.” This…...

The multiple experiments conducted were various tests concerning the water quality of water from a koi pond that was shielded from the natural environment and the water quality of water from a river exposed to the environment. The water was tested for amounts of dissolved oxygen, phosphate, nitrite, nitrate, pH levels, and for temperature. This was done at Cambrian International Academy, in the science lab with pre-made tests for specific chemicals and elements. These tests are extremely important to the…...

Life on earth would not be possible without water because, Water is the driven force of nature. Human, plants and animals require an adequate and safe water supply. Inadequate quantity and unsafe quality of water supply is one of the major challenges in the world, particularly, in developing countries. At present, close to a billion people living in the developing world have no access to adequate and safe water, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. Ethiopia is ranking among the lowest to…...

TEMPERATUREThe temperature of water is one of the most important characteristics that determines, to a considerable extent, the trends and tendencies of changes in the ground water .Increased water temperature decreases the solubility of dissolved oxygen and water temperature above 27°C are “unsuitable” for public use. In the present study, all measured sample its temperature present in permissive threshold valve. \n pH \n The pH value is an important factor in maintaining the carbonate and bicarbonate levels in water. The…...

IntroductionWater ecosystem or the aquatic ecosystem comprises of the biotic components of the environment that lives in water bodies their entire life and thus obtain all the nutrients and fulfill their requirements from the water bodies itself. In other words, an ecosystem composed of biotic communities that are structured by biological interactions and abiotic environmental factors is refrred to as aquatic ecosystem. Types: There are two types of water ecosystem: Fresh water ecosystem Marine water ecosystem Marine ecosystem Characteristics of…...

Moyna block in Purba Medinipur district (West Bengal) experiences drainage cramming and waterlogged because of substantial rainfall during the monsoon season and resultant standing water in low laying agricultural land (Sahu et al., 2009). This causes failure of crop cultivation, emergence of vector borne disease (e.g., malaria) and water-borne disease (e.g., cholera) and communication problems etc. consequently, the development of river canal during the period between 1985 and 1986, local people transferred low laying agricultural lands into pisciculture to earn…...

This is due to the inconsistent and poor quality of public water supply. Groundwater is mostly used for domestics, industrial and agricultural purposes. In 2018, The Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation estimated that 60% of the total population in Nigeria were dependent on groundwater as the main source of drinking water: 73% of which are living in rural areas and 45% in urban areas.There are variations in the estimated of total renewable groundwater resources in Nigeria Nigerian…...

Water is one of the most essential natural resource known in the world, covers around 80 percent of the earth’s surface and it is elixir of life without water life is not possible and it represents a fundamental requirement for all life activities and it is essential to human, plants and animals, but only small portion of the water in the world is available to manage human use (WHO; Anunan, et al., 1993).Supply of water is among the most essential…...

Water is considered as the most important and priceless commodity on planet Earth. Water on Earth moves continually through the water cycle of evaporation and transpiration, condensation, precipitation and runoff, usually reaching the sea, It is one of the most essential thing that is required for every living being. In order to develop a healthy and hygienic environment, water quality should be monitored such that it lies within the respective standards. (Monika, 2013)The environmental problems is caused by the increased…...

AbstractThis undertaking accentuation on Design and Analysis of the River Water Cleaning Machine. The work has done taking a gander at the ebb and flow circumstance of our national streams which are dump with crore litters of sewage and stacked with contaminations, lethal materials, garbage and so on.The legislature of India has assumed responsibility to clean waterways and put gigantic capital in numerous stream cleaning ventures like "Namami Gange", ''Narmada Bachao'' and many major and medium tasks in different urban…...

One health issue affecting American citizens is poor health outcomes due to an unhealthy environment caused by human activities. The World Health Organization defines the environment as the physical, chemical, and biological factors that are external to a person. An important thing that humans look for in an environment is safety and security (American Public Health Association, 2020).This is because humans interact with the environment constantly that may influence them to certain behaviors and affect the quality of life. One…...

The biggest social issue that has been going on in Ethiopia is the lack of fresh clean water. Certain villages are so remote that the only water that is readily available to them is dirty, mudding, and possible infested water. These people know that this water is not good for them, but they have no other choice unless they want to walk for miles to the nearest lake. There are what is call water spots were a well was dug…...

Little potential exists for contamination of ground water and air from fertilizers and pesticides applied to turf in a golf course environment if management practices that minimize detrimental environmental impacts are used.Fertilizers and pesticides applied to turf on golf course greens and fairways do not contaminate ground water or air if management practices that minimize detrimental environmental impacts are used, according to the results of a simulation study conducted by Marylynn Yates, Environmental Microbiology and Ground Water Quality Specialist at…...

IntroductionAccording to Dudgeon et al. (165), the magnitude of the world freshwater crisis together with the risk associated with it have been significantly underestimated. It is crystal clear that around one billion of people globally are without reliable supplies of safe water. Moreover, more than two billion people lack basic sanitation. Water is the key element when it comes to attainment of the United Nations millennium development goals whose aims were set to expire on 2015. However, the world still…...

Function of the speech.The purpose of the speech is to persuade the audience to support the clean water centauries Act of 2011. The speech will focus mainly on the pros and cons of the bill. Impacts of the passing of the bill will also be featured on this speechIntroductionA. AttentionIn the year 2011, an amendment to the clean water estuaries act of 2010 was made to the federal water pollution control act that was seeking to restore authority to the…...

1.Introduction:Punjab is the land of five rivers (the Indus, Ravi, Chenab, Sutlej and Jhelum) and it is also known for its lush green irrigated lands. The Sutlej river is the longest river of the five rivers. It flows through the historic crossroads region of the Punjab in northern India and Pakistan. The Sutlej River is also known as the Red River. It is the easternmost branch of the Indus river. The source of the river is at Lake Rakshastal in…...

ABSTRACTBackground: Food borne diseases have been associated with microorganisms like bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites. Outbreaks often take place due to the ingestion of pathogenic bacteria. Food handlers are potential carriers of these food borne bacteria. Periodic screening of food handlers can prevent life threatening outbreaks.Objective: To determine the carriage rate of Salmonella and Shigella spp. among food handlers at a tertiary hospital in Ilorin, North Central Nigeria.Method: A cross-sectional study that involved screening of all food handlers for specific…...

Dermatotoxins and Gastrointestinal toxins are toxins that affects the skin and mucous membranes, and causes allergy-type reactions such as rashes, eye/nose/throat irritation, and asthma, as well as headaches, fever, and gastroenteritis (nausea, stomach cramps, vomiting, diarrhea) most times leading to tissue necrosis. Examples include lyngbyatoxin and lipopolysaccharide endotoxins.Cyanobacteria are group of prokaryotic and autotrophic microorganisms that contain the photosynthetic pigments (Chlorophyll a, carotenois, phycobilins and phycoerythrin in some species). From what we know, over 2,500 species have been identified, mainly…...

ScarcityScarcity means limited accessibility of a commodity which may be in demand in the market or by the commons. Scarcity also comprises of an individual’s lack of resources to purchase products. The opposite of scarcity is abundance. Scarcity refers to the gap between the limited resources and the limitless wants of the consumer. The thought of scarcity is that there are never enough resources to satisfy all needs of the consumer even at advanced states of human innovation. Scarcity means…...

Earth, our home, our abode, is rebooting. Mother Earth is healing. All components of air, water, and the nature is purifying itself. This world pandemic’s only good thing might be that our greens will be green again.Our two-life supports, air and water, and its protector, the trees have sighed a heave of relief as almost every kind of environmental pollution has drastically fallen due to the numerous lockdowns imposed by different countries across the globe.As the world fights coronavirus, nature…...

The Earth currently has well over seven billion people, and these numbers have been suggested to increase in the near future. With this in mind, I believe that the Earth is overpopulated because mortality rates have decreased due to extensive research on medicine. The problem is not that birth rates are increasing because it has been demonstrated that economic development and urbanization have led to decreased birth rates (Knox and Marston, 2016). Instead, the transitional stage of the Demographic Transition…...

Introduction and Problem StatementArsenic is a ubiquitous metalloid with an atomic number of 33 and a relative atomic mass of 74.92. It belongs to Group VA of the periodic table and is an isotope, existing in four valence states: −3, 0, +3 and +5. The most common oxidation states are the pentavalent and trivalent forms which are seen in the variety of arsenates and arsenites found in water, soil and food. It has many allotropic forms such as elemental, sulfide…...

IntroductionPunjab is the land of five rivers (the Indus, Ravi, Chenab, Sutlej and Jhelum) and it is also known for its lush green irrigated lands. The Sutlej river is the longest river of the five rivers. It flows through the historic crossroads region of the Punjab in northern India and Pakistan. The Sutlej River is also known as the Red River. It is the easternmost branch of the Indus river. The source of the river is at Lake Rakshastal in…...

Mitchell and Fisher have many similar qualities. However, there are some obvious percentages between the two. When it comes to high quality water indicators, the Mitchell River outweighs the Fisher significantly in aquatic insect and fish indicators. EPT insects as well as DMS fish can help determine a streams water quality. In the comparative pie charts below, the percentages of high-water indicators between the rivers are large, resulting in the Mitchell to have higher quality water (Figures 1&2). The water…...

 General Overview of the Study AreaThe study area is found in Tigray region, central zone, which is situated about 1025 km north of Addis Ababa. It is located on UTM coordinates between 1547650-156700 N and 458000- 480000E, Including Aksum town and its surrounding areas with a total area of 425. 7 sq km. according to the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), the population of Aksum town was 49523 and according to population projection…...

Life on earth would not be conceivable without water, since water is the driven force of nature. Human, plants and animals needs an adequate and safe water supply. Insufficient amount and unsafe quality of water supply is one of the major challenges in the planet, especially in developing countries. At present, near a billion people living in the developing world have no access to adequate and safe water, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. Ethiopia is ranking among the lowest to accessible…...

IntroductionWater is one of the most essential natural resource known in the world, covers around 80 percent of the earth’s surface and it is elixir of life without water life is not possible and it represents a fundamental requirement for all life activities and it is essential to human, plants and animals, but only small portion of the water in the world is available to manage human use (WHO; Anunan, et al., 1993).Supply of water is among the most essential…...

Life on earth would not be conceivable without water since, Water is the determined power of nature. Human, plants and creatures require a satisfactory and safe water supply. Deficient amount and hazardous nature of water supply is one of the significant difficulties on the planet, especially, in creating nations. At present, near a billion people living in the creating scene have no entrance to sufficient and safe water, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa. Ethiopia is positioning among the most reduced to…...