The topic that the article, “River Plan Too Fishy for my Taste Buds” by Bill McEwen shows a lot of credibility by proving the plan of going on with the river rights project should not be allowed and I chose this because McEwen convinced me throughout his article. He showed me his credibility and he can be trusted with all the experience he has. His article can be trusted because it was published in the Fresno Bee, March 26,2009. He publics this because he believes the project is unhelpful or meaningful. The city of Fresno is hard working not that wealthy. It is also one of the fastest growing population country with a usual weather of high temperature. On the other side the other article was published in The Sacramento Bee, April 26,2009. Meanwhile…
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The field trip to the Conodoguinet creek taught me a lot about water pollution. The results of the water we tested showed positive. On the scale the numbers shown below seven so the creek is not very polluted. This means the phosphates and nitrates are not high in the creek so the neutralise isn’t hurting anything. We saw some algae that was eutrophicating the richness of the pollution. The one thing our group did not see are crustaceans because the creek was fresh water. It was fun to investigate the waterlot in the conodoguinet…
Evaluate your intake of potassium. Did you meet the target intake for this day? If not, what foods could you include in your diet to increase your intake of this mineral?…
The central argument of the film is that there is a risk caused by contaminated drinking water from ground water sources which tends to be a result of hydraulic fracking. All water is connected so if an individual or company pollutes an area where the water is, the water will inevitably become polluted over time as well. This argument is effective mostly due to the fact that the film showed that the government and large cooperations were getting away with being responsible for causing health concerns for both humans and animals. Additionally, this documentary used the stories of real people that were living through terrible situations.…
Crisis struck Walkerton in late spring of 2000 when the small town of 5000 was struck by an outbreak of E. coli. People of the town were being sickened from their own water source. As time carried on seven people died. The problem that was on hand was a matter of ethics rivaled with Ontario drinking water quality standards. In examination of the problem it can be determined that the undermining source of the outbreak was the budget cut in the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MoE) because; the worker on site didn’t have proper training, he was not being checked on by MoE employees and he didn’t have enough budgeting to test the water frequently enough for government standards.…
Matt Weiser’s article “Water Controversies Boil Over” from Sacramento Bee’s opinion column explains how the world’s bad management of water has led to scarcity. Weiser claims that human’s careless behavior with water is going to cause a war. He validates his argument with facts from the World WAter Forum, U.N Environment Programme, and International Alert to support his reasoning.…
In the movie “A Civil Action”, the environmental problem was that trichloroethylene and silicone was placed into the water in the town of Woburn. It happened through a tanning company pouring chemicals on the hides of animals and it seeping out. The company also placed a lot of barrels with the dangerous chemicals into the ground and it seeped out into the wells of the town. The damage it caused to the environment and to the people was a huge amount. It poisoned the town and children were killed because of it. The chemicals caused the children to get Leukemia and they died. The people blamed the companies Beatrice Foods and W. R. Grace & Co for neglecting proper cleaning habits.…
The Flint Water Crisis began with a decision about cost as many poor ethical decisions are. Flint wanted to switch from Detroit water to the Karegnondi Water Authority (KWA) and enlisted ROWE Professional Services to facilitate this transition. The switch was said to be more reliable, equal in quality, and reduced in price compared to Detroit water (Connexions, 2013). And in order to save about $5 million in the two years that it would take to switch to the KWA, the city decided to treat water from the Flint River for use. This decision may have been made with the best of intentions as Flint is working towards a comeback, but what resulted led to great controversy.…
Proper cleansing is perhaps the key component for acute and chronic wound management. Cleansing methods differ among health care providers and institutions, and many times is based on an individual’s experience and preference. Many cleansing solutions exist today. In this research, the author focused on the use of tap water versus sterile cleansing solutions such as Normal Saline and sterile water. Many cleansing solutions are safe and have been proven to provide effective results, whereas others may damage the tissue, destroy cells, increase infection rates and delay the healing process.…
What is desalination? Desalination is the separation process of removing or reducing excess salts and other mineral from substances. 1 The process of desalination may be used on different substances however this paper will focus on the desalination of water. The desalination of water is very important to human and animal life. For centuries humans have used the process of desalination to obtain water safe for consumption.Various methods of desalination have been produced however only some of those methods are widely used today.…
The native American Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has a legitimate concern. These particular grounds have been under their influence for hundreds of years. This tribe along with many other have the right to express their concern. It is not uncommon for Native American tribes to live off land immediately within their proximity. If the water was to be contaminated it would have dire consequences for this tribe and many others. It would probably be safe to assume many burial sites and locations of worship would be disturbed as well. Any self-respecting corporations would recognize this dilemma immediately and take the appropriate actions to mitigate collateral damage, public scrutiny and most the degradation of a prideful…
Recently, Alumina has been accused of repeatedly contaminating the waters of Lake Dira by a local woman named Kelly Bates. Ms. Bates is claiming that her 10 year old daughters’ consumption of the contaminated water is a proximate cause of her daughter leukemia. She also alleged, to the newspaper, that her daughter ailment may be as old as Alumina’s first instance of environmental violation. To preserve their image as an organization, Alumina quickly conducted independent test to ensure they…
There are several facts issued through the issue that have different levels of importance. The oil spill happened a long time ago in the 1950 and it stayed in a vertical plume and slowly diffused into a deep aquifer. The surface water and 400 feet deep into the groundwater there was zero gasoline concentration. The state law acquires reporting all spills, however the plant manager decided to do nothing. Peter and Jesse agree on the facts but disagree about…
In conclusion, after conducting the lab, the emergent properties of water were tested and proved. These trials and experiments were able to verify the adhesion, cohesion, polarity, temperature stabilization, solvency, and density changes exhibited by water.…