the National Drinking Water Quality Standards (NDWQS) in 1983‚ with the most recent revision in 2000 due for circulation for use in 2002. The standards stipulate limits for physical‚ chemical‚ microbiological and radiological parameters and compliance with these standards is mandatory for all private water suppliers. Supporting documentation is available to ensure effective implementation of the standards and include information on the National Programmed for Drinking Water Quality Surveillance‚
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Water shortage may be next cause of world war While much attention and debate have been correctly focused on the impending planet-wide oil shortage‚ a far greater calamity awaits us as the reality of the looming global water crisis becomes more apparent. It is not unreasonable to wonder whether the next world war will be fought over oil or water. No resource on Earth is more precious than water. While ongoing events draw our attention to oil‚ we ignore what will become the most serious resource
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Paragraph on Water Water is a precondition of life. Besides various uses of water‚ it is mainly used in irrigation as India is an agricultural country. Water is a renewable resource. Life is impossible without water. Its uses are limitless whether it is in home or in fields or in industries. We get water mainly from rain‚ rivers‚ wells‚ ponds and lakes. Sea-water is almost useless for domestic or industrial purposes. India is said to be a Monsoon country. But the distribution of Monsoon rainfall
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’ Water! Water! Water! ’: These are the words of a person dying from thirst‚ which me or you might be hearing or even crying it out aloud in the near future‚ because human being’s most serious problem and dilemma in the 21st century might not be war or hunger or disease or the collapse of civic order‚ it may be the lack of Fresh Water‚ according to a United Nation’s (UNESCO) report. At present 1.1 billion people lack access to clean water‚ while 2.4 billion lack access to proper sanitation‚ nearly
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Essay’s topic: Water scarcity is one of the key environmental issue of our time. Identify some major causes of water scarcity and describe two solutions. Water plays an important role in developing and maintaining healthy ecosystems. However‚ water scarcity is an increasing and widespread phenomenon in many countries in the world. Water scarcity refers to either the lack of enough water or lack of access to safe water. The shortage of water is turning out to be more pressing than prediction. This
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Water Resource Plan Everyone knows that to survive you need water. What everyone does not know is that what is being put into the water that we drink‚ that we swim in‚ and the water that we use for everyday activities has made it unsafe for everything that needs it to survive‚ plants‚ animals‚ and even humans. To sum it up our planet and everything in to can not survive without water. Many states have water that is very unsafe to drink and has made a lot of people very sick. Without water plants
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The problem is that the state of Michigan switched their water supply from Lake Huron to their own which is the Flint River. The Flint River is contaminated with eroded iron and lead which attacks people immunes systems because they are consuming it as tap water. It is a problem because the whole population uses the tap water in their homes for personal usage ‚ which is detrimental to their health and will cause later medical issues in the long run. Forty percent of the population is living in Michigan
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Global Fresh Water Shortage Fresh water shortage is a global issue. There are more than one hundred countries face different levels of fresh water shortage‚ and thirty years later there will be 28 to 33 hundred billion people have shortages of water. People lived in fresh water shortage countries cannot even have water to keep them alive. Because of the fresh water shortage‚ people lived near the southern Sahara desert abandoned farmland‚ and 200‚000 people died from that. Africa‚ Asia‚ North American
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the current water shortage on Oahu. For the purpose of this paper‚ our group has chosen to discuss what we believe to be the top three most feasible technological solutions. In order of current usability they are; 1. Water recycling 2. Desalination 3. OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion) Water Recycling Water recycling here on Oahu is an important part of ensuring a sustainable water supply for future generations. Through the natural water cycle‚ the earth has recycled and reused water for millions
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Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies such as lakes‚ rivers‚ oceans and beaches. This occurs when large factories dump their waste products into the water. Water has the ability to carry many pathogens and bacteria. Because of this‚ water is responsible for many deaths and illnesses. This fact was discovered a long time ago when many people fell sick‚ and after tests‚ it was realized this was because of the drinking water. People‚ even back in the ancient times‚ would suddenly become ill
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