DAMS [pic] INTRODUCTION A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water‚ while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are often used in conjunction with dams to provide clean electricity for millions of consumers. It can also be used to collect water or for storage of water which can
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List of Environmental Problems The earth’s environment has become a pervasive and global problem. There is growing awareness about the need to conserve our environment. Read on to know the different environmental problems. Today the earth’s environment is in a sorry state. Wherever one looks‚ one encounters pollution. Forests are disappearing. The green patches in the city are being replaced by concrete buildings. Waste products are being dumped indiscriminately. Water is too toxic to drink.
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The environmental problems in India are growing rapidly. The increasing economic development and a rapidly growing population that has taken the country from 300 million people in 1947 to more than one billion people today is putting a strain on the environment‚ infrastructure‚ and the country’s natural resources. Industrial pollution‚ soil erosion‚ deforestation‚ rapid industrialization‚ urbanization‚ and land degradation are all worsening problems. Overexploitation of the country’s resources be
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discussions concerning the development of the Bakun Dam in the East Malaysian state of Sarawak. If built‚ the dam would be the largest in South-East Asia. The Bakun Dam: A Case Study indicates that generating 2400 megawatts of power‚ it would provide electricity for all of Sarawak‚ and for industries and cities in mainland Malaysia‚ through a cable under the South China Sea. At 650 kilometres‚ this would be by far the longest cable in the world. The Bakun Dam has been a highly controversial issue spanning
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Problems Caused By Air Pollution Some people think that air pollution is not harming the earth or the people‚ but it is doing worse‚ by killing the earth and getting people sick. "Air pollutants‚" according to Gay‚ "are known to cause respiratory diseases‚ cancer‚ and other serious illnesses" (12). Air pollution not only threatens the health and life of humans but also causes damage to the environment (Gay 13). First‚ air pollution causes a great deal of health problems. Wanting clean air is
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Sydney Silfies 11-25-10 Science 7A Animal Vs World In the ever changing environment it is a daily struggle for animals to maintain there natural habitats. With the environmental and man made challenges that animals face it is important that we take steps to ensure their survival on earth. If we choose not to help wildlife in the future‚ not only will they suffer‚ but we will suffer for the losses. I will attempt to explain what will happen if we don’t take measures now to ensure their survival
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Environmental Problems of Mumbai CED Owi Kale St. Xavier’s College Environmental Problems of Mumbai Mumbai- the name conjures up images of high skyscrapers‚ wide roads‚ the sea-kissed Marine Drive‚ a land of opportunity and enterprise. A city full of paradoxes‚ Mumbai is a microcosm of India in many ways. If one were to ask a set of people to describe the present Mumbai‚ we would get a wide variety of answers ranging from the financial capital of India to the next target of militant groups. For
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The Problems Caused by the Modern Inventions As one famous commercial says‚ “Technology always comes from humanity.” In this modern world‚ we have been counting on technology. It deprives us of our time and energy‚ although we can no longer live without it. Since it has made a huge impact on our lives‚ some negative effects caused by the technology are not irrelevant to us. Thus‚ as I have observed‚ the problems caused by the modern inventions are the distancing among people‚ the limitation of
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the word dam can be traced back to Middle English‚[1] and before that‚ from Middle Dutch‚ as seen in the names of many old cities.[2] Early dam building took place in Mesopotamia and the Middle East. Dams were used to control the water level‚ for Mesopotamia’s weather affected the Tigris and Euphrates rivers‚ and could be quite unpredictable. The earliest known dam is the Jawa Dam in Jordan‚ 100 kilometres (62 mi) northeast of the capital Amman. This gravity dam featured an originally 9 m (30 ft)
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causing respiratory health problems . Objectives- 1. Making an analysis/ comparing health problems faced with vehicles. 2. Bringing awareness in my area. 3. To arrive at a possible ways to reduce the vehicular pollution causing these problems. Methadology- 1. To fulfil my first objective I paid a visit to Government hospital. Over there I interviewed Dr Rekha this is how the interview proceeded- a) Me- So doctor‚ can you please tell me about the respiratory problems in Lucknow. DR- yes ‚ surely
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