Groundwater is an important source of drinking water for more than half of the nation’s population and nearly all its rural population. In recent years‚ widespread reports of bacteria‚ nitrate‚ synthetic organic chemicals and other pollutants in groundwater have increased public concern about the quality of groundwater. What do we know - and what don’t we know - about groundwater quality? What causes groundwater contamination‚ and to what extent are the nation’s groundwater supplies at risk?
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Solution(s) to the Problem of Waste Contamination in Water - Eutrophication By Patricia Lopes The degree of eutrophication in water bodies depends‚ mostly‚ on the concentration of nutrients usually phosphorus in the water‚. Calculations show that because of the increase of population growth and urbanization‚ the world input of phosphorus into the rivers will have reached 2.56 million tons per year by the end of the 20th century. Also‚ an additional 0.6 million tons‚ are added mainly due to agricultural
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WATER QUALITY IN RURAL INDIA The rural population of India comprises more than 700 million people residing in about 1.42 million habitations spread over 15 diverse ecological regions. It is true that providing drinking water to such a large population is an enormous challenge. Our country is also characterised by non-uniformity in level of awareness‚ socio-economic development‚ education‚ poverty‚ practices and rituals which add to the complexity of providing water. The health burden of poor
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Solvent/Water Trap Diagram Rodney Atwaters Halle Bair May 28‚ 2013 Chemistry 36100 Introduction The purpose of this lab was to produce benzoic acid by mixing sodium benzoate with hydrochloric acid. The Hydrochloric acid used in the experiment was a stock solution made by mixing HCl Acid and deionized water. HCl acid‚ historically called‚ muriatic acid or spirits of salt‚ hydrochloric acid is produced from sulfuric acid and common salt‚ NaCl (Princeton.edu). Since the early 1900 ’s‚ sodium
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What my project is about: I will be comparing results from water testing I did at two different water bodies to prove that the catchment area has an influence over the water quality in the different water bodies. The first water body I tested was the small dam in the bokkie park situated in between residential areas and in the middle of a piece of land solely used for animals. The second water body I tested was the small dam across the road from the Trinity Church in Boksburg on Rondebult Road‚ which
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Abstract: Water potential is the measure of free energy of water in a solution. The purpose of this lab was to find the water potential of a potato cell. The problem of this lab was‚ if there was a high molarity of solute‚ would it have a positive or negative water potential? The hypothesis of the experiment was‚ if there is a high molarity of solute then the water potential would be lower or negative. After obtaining potatoes‚ we cut them into pieces‚ weighed them‚ and then placed them in a solution
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Station #1: Water and Ice Station Observations on a frozen and a normal can of soda being placed in a pool of water: The normal can of soda Is alright The frozen can of soda Is compressed Observations on Ice cubes being poured in ethanol: Ice cube in ethanol The ice cube floated Ice cube in water The ice cube sank Station #2 Cohesive properties of Water Observations on waters cohesive properties using a paper clip and a coin: Paper clip The paper clip stayed on top for a few
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Lab Title: "The Effect of Salt on the Boiling Point of Water" Lab Question: How does adding salt to water affects it’s boiling point? Prediction : In this paper‚ a newly proposed model based on solvation between pure solvent and salt for prediction of salt effect on vapor–liquid equilibria is presented by using only the vapor pressure depression data of pure solvent+salt systems that compose the mixed solvent with salt system Materials : 200 mL of distilled water‚ 2 beakers
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Macromolecules of Life Hands-On Labs‚ Inc. Version 42-0085-00-01 Lab Report Assistant ________________ Name: Akil Kelly Exercise 1: Testing for Proteins Data Table 1: Biuret results. Substance Tested Predicted Results Biuret Color & Number of drops added 1: Egg white Contains Protein Purple color – 9 drops 2: Pepsin Contains Protein Purple color – 9 drops 3: Sugar Doesn’t contain protein Blue
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Lab 2: Protiens and Starches Purpose: An introduction to testing procedures for two large‚ organic molecules: proteins and starches. Hypothesis: In the test for protiens the water‚ being that it is inorganic will not test positive for protiens; it will serve as the negative control. The milk and 50% egg solution should test positive for protien as they are subsatnce derived from animals which contain protiens in order to carry the functions of life. The sucrose will test negative due
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