Groundwater

The Ukiah Valley Groundwater Basin is located in the North Coast hydrologic region in Mendocino County, California. In 2009, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) launched the California Statewide Groundwater Elevation Monitoring (CASGEM) Program to monitor groundwater basins (groundwater table elevations) throughout California. DWR developed the CASGEM Groundwater Basin Prioritization process to classify groundwater basins and sub-basins as high, medium, low, or very low priority…

Summer of 2014, my life was changing quite a bit. As I come back from my first year at school in U.S. and more than prepared to live away from home, I pack my bags and go to São Paulo. Although it is very close to my hometown, Santos, it was still a great change: new swim club, new city, new friends. São Paulo it is much known to be a complete chaos: anywhere with 12 million habitants has to be at least somehow different. With too many people comes too many problems: air and river pollution,…

Mass wasting, also known as slope movement or mass movement, is the geomorphic process by which soil, sand, regolith, and rock move downslope typically as a mass, largely under the force of gravity, but frequently affected by water and water content as in submarine environments and mudslides When the gravitational force acting on a slope exceeds its resisting force, slope failure (mass wasting) occurs. The slope material's strength and cohesion and the amount of internal friction between…

How does the Earth’s Water Cycle works? The water cycle is a process in which Earth’s water never stops moving by three steps evaporation, condensation and precipitation. Water is if not the most one of the most important components of life. Water defines how most ecosystems are. The water cycle is also connected by several ways to every other system in Earth. What is the water cycle? Water in Earth is always in movement, but how does it move. The water cycle also known as the hydrological…

Xun chen Gec000000ah 470 Task1 1: lake Eyre in central Australia 2: gippslond lakes of Victoria 3: lake Victoria in Victoria 4: parking river in nsw 5: snowy river Victoria 6: old river Western Australia 7: mount Kosciuszko nsw 8: mount zeal northern territory 9: mount ossa Tasmania 10: pedirka desert South Australia 11: great Victoria Desert in Victoria 12: Tanami desert in northern territory 13: Western Australia has an arid to semi-arid climate with warm…

3.0 DETERMINATION OF CONSISTENCY LIMITS OF A SOIL 3.1 Introduction 3.1.1 Objective To determine the Atterberg Limits of Soils 3.1.2 Learning Outcomes Understand the Principle of Consistency and Atterberg Limits of Clay Soils Describe the Atterberg Limit Tests and their uses Perform the tests and obtain the Atterberg Limits Calculate some Indices (Flow Index, Plasticity Index and Toughness Index) for the Clay Soil 3.1.3 Consistency indices Fine-grained soils are formed in nature by the gradual…

Stava Dam Failure, 1985 This report will be about the construction and disaster that was the Stava tailings dam in Stava Italy. Since the 16th century, there have been silver bearing materials in the mountains of Stava Italy and the minerals that came from the mountains were worth its weight in gold. One of the main minerals that were in such high demand in the chemistry industry was the fluorite mineral [1]. In 1961, in Stava, there were mining organizations in the mountains of the city…

The Lowdown on Burial Vault USA Laws If you are looking for a burial vault, you will come across different kinds of materials. In the older days, it is usually built out of brick or wood but nowadays, concrete is used to keep the casket well-contained. The modern types of burial vault USA made have different styles which are either lined with bronze, fiberglass, copper or steel. Some can be inscribed with words or images. A burial vault is a lined housing that encloses a casket. It prevents…

Blog Post #3: Where is all of this contaminated water at? Contaminated water is a big part of the illnesses spread in the world today. This water is somewhere in every city, every state, and every country. There are many third world countries that do not have any clean water, and most of the children in these populations die from the water that is contaminated. We need to figure out the source of the impure water so we can help these people who lose friends, family, and children due to the…

AHCSOL303 Assignment 3- soil amelioration report 1.i have a soil that does not absorb water, and when i water it the water pools on the surface and does not infiltrate. What is wrong with my soil? The soil could either be hydrophobic or heavily compacted. Hydrophobic soil is where the surface tension does not allow for infiltration of water because of a waxy layer, which cause the water to form into little beads and can form a pool on the surface. Heavily compacted soil is soil that has…