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    Water Quality and Contamination Melody McBride SCI-207 Dependence of man on the environment Robin Glenn September 28‚ 2014 Abstract The lab was conducted at the McBride residence. For this experiment vegetable oil‚ vinegar and liquid detergent was use to contaminate the water. Testing of how ground water is affected by different contaminants was the bases of the experiment. The results were interesting in that when vinegar is filtered through dirt it came out fairly clean‚ it also

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    Water quality and contamination Tijuana R Harvey SCI207 Dependence of Man on the Environment Instructor: Kathryn Garland Nov.3‚ 2014 Water Quality and Contaminants Water being one of our most precious resources we have to question the quality of our water quality and things that maybe contaminating it. Water affects not only humans it affects other living things such as animals‚ plants‚ and aquatic life and hydroelectric machinery. Some would believe that it should be a human right to have clean

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    Lab 2 – Water Quality and Contamination Experiment 1: Effects of Groundwater Contamination Table 1: Water Observations (Smell‚ Color‚ Etc.) Beaker Observations 1 Water is clear and uncontaminated. 2 All of the vegetable oil goes to the top of the beaker. 3 The water looks slightly cloudy but not too contaminated. 4 The water changed colors with the detergent and was clearly contaminated. 5 Water was murky from the dirt. 6 The water did not look as contaminated filtering with oil as it did with

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    Lab 2 – Water Quality and Contamination Experiment 1: Effects of Groundwater Contamination Table 1: Water Observations (Smell‚ Color‚ Etc.) Beaker Observations 1 Clear no smell 2 Oil was on top and did not mix with water and it had a slight smell 3 A slight haze look to water with strong smell of vinegar 4 Water turned cloudy with bubbles on top and was the hardest to see through 5 100 ml of water filtered through 60 ml soil resulted in slight brown soil colored water 6 100 ml water

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    In this lab we tested the purity of water by looking for the chemicals free chlorine‚ chloride‚ sulfate‚ nitrate‚ copper‚ total hardness‚ iron‚ hydrogen sulfide‚ lead‚ pesticides‚ pH‚ total alkalinity‚ and total chlorine inside a water sample. The chemicals that produced a 0.0 result meant that there was no trace of that chemical inside the sample. The chemicals not found were copper‚ hydrogen sulfide‚ free chlorine‚ lead‚ iron‚ pesticide‚ and total chlorine. As a class we found the results of

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    Water Quality and Contamination Tamekia Roberts SCI 207: Dependence of man on the Environment Instructor: Michelle Kozlowski November 24‚ 2014 Introduction Background- The ever-increasing popularity of bottled water means that it is important to analyze not only its mineral content but also‚ above all‚ it’s content of possible contaminants‚ especially the organic ones. In this respect‚ bottled waters are a special case‚ because apart from organic chemical contaminants

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    Water Quality and Contamination Water Quality and Contamination Introduction Abstract My lab report was based on how ground water could be affected by contaminants that surround us everyday. “ Access to safe drinking water depends not only on the quality of water at source but also on contamination throughout it’s way to the user and practices related to purification and sanitation” ( Mishra‚ S.‚ & Nandeshwar‚ S. 2013).I was very surprised that the detergent

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    Water and Quality Contamination Rashundra Stakley SCI2-7: Dependence of Man on the Environment Instructor: Shameema Sarker October 27‚ 2014 Water and Quality Introduction. Background: According to the Millennium Development Goals Report 2012‚ 783 million people‚ or 11 per cent of the global population‚ remain without access to an improved source of drinking water. Also the United Nations has long been addressing the global crisis caused by insufficient water supply to satisfy basic

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    Water Quality and Contamination” Shirley Tinsley SCI207: Dependence of Man on the Environment Instructor: Oleg Maksimov July 07‚ 2014 ABSTRACT: Experiments were done on the water quality and the contamination of groundwater. First‚ I observed the effects that different pollutants had on groundwater. I predicted that the experiments with the oil and vinegar would create the most contaminations to the water. When the laundry detergent were mixed with the groundwater

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    capital of India‚ There is a country named Mumbai‚ formerly known as Bombay. Was recently a headliner for high increase in water contamination in due to mismanagement of BMC. BMC- Bombay Municipal corporation‚ is a corporation of the water and sewage systems dealing within the city. Water crisis in Mumbai is beyond unbearable‚ 19% of water consumed is contaminated with sewage water‚ E. Coli‚ sand particles‚ and other harmful bacterial content besides other foreign particles. "According to BMC’S own

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