Can you imagine getting lead poisoning from drinking what you may think is clean‚ filtered water? Well‚ that is exactly what is going on in Flint. The amount of lead found in this water is harming children and adults. Even the color doesn’t seem look right‚ I mean‚ why is this water brown? And why does it smell and taste awful? The Flint Michigan water crisis has gotten out of control and has been for the past couple of years. In class‚ we were showed a mini documentary on how bad this situation
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Crisis and Intervention An environmental crisis situation occurred on New Year’s Eve 2011. A tornado touched down in the area I serve in Missouri. I was one of the first on the scene after the first responders. Many of the victims had been evacuated and were not being allowed back into the area. The few people that I did service were in such shock that just a cup of coffee and help in communicating with their loved ones was all they wanted at the moment. Cell towers‚ phone lines‚ power lines
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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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Water scarcity is the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a region. It currently affects around 2.8 billion people around the world‚ on all continents‚ at least one month out of every year and more than 1.2 billion people lack the access to clean drinking water.[1] Water scarcity can be a result of two mechanisms: physical (absolute) water scarcity and economic water scarcity‚ where physical water scarcity is a result of inadequate natural water
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Recently‚ in the United States‚ there has been a major water shortage due to the lack of rainfall. It is mainly in California and other Western states. According to the U.S. Geological Survey‚ “In 119 years of recorded history‚ 2013 was the dries calendar year for the state of California.” California’s snowpack usually provides about one-third of the water used in Californian farms and cities. In January 2014‚ it measured in at 12%. The water shortage has had many effects of people‚ farming‚ and
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Crisis: * occurs when there is a perceived challenge or threat that overwhelms the capacity of the individual to cope effectively with the event * unexpected emotional (depression) and biologic (NVD‚ HA) responses occur. Functioning is severely impaired * if positive‚ there is opportunity for growth and change as new ways of coping are learned. If negative‚ suicide‚ homelessness‚ or depression can result * generally lasts NO more than 4-6 weeks. (by definition there is no such thing as
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CRISIS MANAGEMENT The secret of crisis management is not good vs. bad‚ it’s preventing the bad from getting worse. -Andy Gilman. The key characteristics of a crisis are that you cannot control it – that’s why it is called Crisis “management.” You have to understand‚ in real time‚ when to yield and when to tilt. And even if you navigate to perfection the threat could be existential. Crisis management is the process by which an organization deals with a major event that threatens to harm the organization
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Introduction……………………………………………………………………..…………p2 What do we need water for………………………………………….………………p2 How much water do we use…………………………………………………………p2 What do we use water for…………………………………………….………………p2 Causes……………………………………………………………………………..……P3-4-5 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………..………p6 References……………………………………………………………………………..……p6 Water: Why is it the most precious resource and what can be done to preserve and conserve it? Water is the world’s most precious recourse. We need water for everything. We need it to drink
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to clean water and basic sanitation due to the lack of water. Water has becoming one of the most important potable water in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia‚ according to Fischer (2011)‚ said that even oil is not as valuable than water in the middle east‚ due to the saline water and climate change it has hyper-arid and endless desert. The aim of this report is to compare and recommend water provision method in arid region basis on cost and environmental impact for desalination water and water transport
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Water resources should be nationalised If the rivers are Nationalized we can get a massive improvements of Agriculture over complete India and there will be more productivity and consumer will get all goods at very cheaper price and can export too. According to me nationalization of water resources has its own pros and cons. The brighter side promises reduced inter -state conflicts‚ lower exploitation by individual states‚ higher portion of water available to farmers and greater monetary
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