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    Bottle Water

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    Competition in the Bottle Water Industry From 1996 to 2001 the bottle water industry worldwide sales went from 21 billion gallons to 32 billion gallons‚ with an annual growth rate average of 8.7%. The world’s largest market for bottled water‚ the United States attributes their 9.2% annual growth rate to consumer’s concerns regarding the purity of tap water‚ and a more health conscious society. The convenience and portability of bottle water made it a perfect match for the active lifestyles of

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    Water Polution

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    Science 12:008/159:008 Spring 2002 Water Pollution July 22‚ 2005 Water Pollution Pollutant Any substance that does not belong in the natural system and disrupts the natural balance Water Pollution Degradation of water quality in a manner that disrupts/prevents its intended or original use. Surface Water Groundwater MCL and secondary MCL MCL=Maximum Contaminant Level The highest concentration of a pollutant allowed in drinking water by law Concentration above which adverse

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    Water Conservation

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    Water Conservation Water conservation is important because we depend on it. So many of our daily activities‚ like bathing or flushing the toilet‚ require fresh water. Our body even needs water to function correctly. Seventy-one percent of the Earth’s surface is made up of water. Ninety-eight percent of it all is salt water‚ leaving only two percent as fresh water. More than half of the fresh water is permanently frozen in glaciers or is in the form of snow. That leaves just a tiny

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    Bottled Water

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    The controversy concerning bottled water and tap water has been around ever since I can remember. Think about it‚ if you were walking down the street and someone offered you a cup of water from one hand and a bottle in the other‚ which would you take? Which is safer? Which is more portable? Which is more tasteful? Here are three main reasons why bottled water is not as bad as you think. Not so surprisingly‚ bottled water is one of the first things to clear the shelves in lieu of any type of natural

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    Water and Bonding

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    WATER IS A GOOD SOLVENT” Water is very unique in all facets of its nature. The chemical formula for water is H2O as a water molecule consists of two atoms of the chemical element hydrogen (H) and one atom of the element oxygen (O). Water is the most abundant chemical compound on earth as its mass all exists together‚ naturally‚ in its gaseous‚ liquid and solid state. It is the most precious natural resource to man and is essential to life for all discovered living organisms. One of the unusual

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    Water Notes

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    8.4 Water 8.4.1 Water is distributed on Earth as a solid‚ liquid and gas y y y Define the terms solute‚ solvent and solution Solution a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances Solute a substance that is dissolved in another substance or the component of a solution present in a lower amount. Solvent a substance which can dissolve another substance or the component of a solution present in a greater amount. Identify the importance of water as a solvent Water is essential as a reactant

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    Water Purification

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    What is water purification? Water purification generally means freeing water from any kind of impurity it contains‚ such as contaminants or micro organisms. Water purification is not a very one-sided process; the purification process contains many steps. The steps that need to be progressed depend on the kind of impurities that are found in the water. This can differ very much for different types of water. In which ways is polluted water treated? Settling Before the purification process begins some

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    Water Misuse

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    Water use and misuse OUR pot of water woes is brimming over. That does not seem surprising‚ according to Ramaswamy R. Iyer‚ since even though India is one of the few countries in the world which is blessed with an adequate quantity of water‚ there is a tremendous amount of mismanagement of water resources. While the country has over 4‚000 billion cubic meters (bcm) of annual rainfall and almost 2000 bcm of river flow‚ the reality remains that we have had constant lamentations about the shortage

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    waters of the earth

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    Surface Water - Surface water is water on the surface of the planet such as in a stream‚ river‚ lake‚ wetland‚ or ocean. It can be contrasted with groundwater and atmospheric water. - Non-saline surface water is replenished by precipitation and by recruitment from ground-water. It is lost through evaporation‚ seepage into the ground where it becomes ground-water‚ used by plants for transpiration‚ abstracted by mankind for agriculture‚ living‚ industry etc. or discharged to the sea where it becomes

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    Ethel Waters

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    With all that Ethel Waters has contributed to music and film‚ it is surprising that she is often forgotten. She was a talented blues singer whose unique style distinguished her from other blues singers and she was a jazz vocalist as well. Her talent extended beyond singing‚ when she became a dramatic actress who earned award nominations for her performances. What was most remarkable about Waters ’ performances was how she reconstructed the mammy character into one that challenged stereotypes. Career

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