bodies of water bearing an immense biological importance. Though they contain only about 0.0001% of the total amount of water in the world at any given time‚ rivers are vital carriers of water and nutrients to areas all around the earth‚ they are essential components of the hydrological cycle‚ for they act as drainage channels for surface water and they serve as habitat for various organisms (Hebert‚ 2011). With rapid increase of the country’s population and urbanization‚ bodies of water tremendously
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villages of Assam would show. Some problems in the villages of Assam: A major problem in most of the villages of Assam is the problem of safe drinking water. In Assam there are 23‚ 405 villages as per 1971 census‚ out of which 21‚715 have been identified as problem villages so far as safe drinking water is concerned. As a result‚ they have been affected by water borne diseases. Secondly‚ many of the villages still lack the modern amenities like electricity. Thirdly‚ lack of proper educational infrastructures
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Innovative Way of Purifying Water RESEARCHERS: Jay Mark Reponte Romarilyn Grace Maata Clark Ervin Conturno Julizees Malabar INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Drinking water is a basic human need‚ including food‚ shelter and clothing. The lack of safe drinking water is a leading cause of mortality‚ especially in local communities where waterborne diseases are persistent due to low quality surface source waters. Appropriate treatment technology can render this poor water resource into safe
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Should fluorine be added to water? Introduction: Fluoride is a natural mineral and a chemical‚ which is a compound of fluorine that is the most commonly used in water sources. However not only for that‚ it also has a various number of other uses in example: making molten metals flow‚ and burning materials etc. as it is an extremely reactive and highly toxic element‚ so when it comes to adding fluoride to public water‚ that’s when mankind is faced with some extremely
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How is water perceived in this world? After exploring many different sites and readings‚ just in the community that I go to school in‚ and a wonderful teacher of mine that is fully aware of the environmental issues that humans are creating‚ helped me perceive water in the world differently. Water is perceived in many different ways around the world by different people. In third world countries it’s a fight for water daily for many people in Sudan whereas if you were in America you could just
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effects. The estuarine flood that commonly caused by a combination of sea tidal surges caused by storm-force winds can causes casualties. The other effects are the contamination of water at the water supplies. The drinking water becomes scarce. This will causes diseases in unhygienic condition that will spread water-borne diseases. For example‚ amoebiasis (hand-to-mouth)‚ cryptosporidiosis (oral)‚ Microsporidiosis and other kind of diseases. The third effects is economics hardship that due to temporary
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STRATEGY OF MINERAL WATER INDUSTRY [A CASE STUDY OF BISLERI] A RESEARCH REPORT SUBMITTED IN THE PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY‚ DELHI 06) TO (2004- Submitted To : Submitted By : Mrs. Harpreet Kaur Nitesh Kumar BLS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT MOHAN NAGAR GHAZIABAD CONTENTS CONTENTS Acknowledgement Executive Summary INTRODUCTION About the industry Mineral Water Industry- Current
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agriculture production is able to produce enough food for everyone. “1.5 billion people worldwide DO NOT have access to clean drinking water”6. As people don’t have normal terms for living like lack of clean drinking water‚ they are so easily exposed on diseases and there after huge number of death. “In a Third World nation‚ a family with indoor plumbing‚ running water‚ decent food and clothing‚ and access to health care and education is quite well off. In the United States‚ however‚ millions
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September 2013 The World of Desalination Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be drinking originally dirty or undrinkable water? This could be something that runs through your head in the future because desalination is a potential resolution to the loss of water. In Ken Midkiff’s book Not a Drop to Drink‚ chapter 7 titled “Technological Solutions: The Skyrocketing Cost of a Glass of Water” describes his outlook on the process of desalination. He also talks a lot about the technology
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levels of Tap Water‚ Spring Water‚ Flavored Water‚ and Seltzer Water. Introduction This experiment was performed to investigate the following hypothesis: The following four different types of drinking water (spring water‚ seltzer water‚ tap water‚ and flavored water) we test will relatively have the same pH level. Our group decided to test different types of drinking water to see if a pH level of tap water is comparable to other types of water. Many people believe that city water has many chemicals
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