Quality Improvement Essay

This week’s lecture was titled “California Mining and Environmental Legacies” and it was lectured by Peggy O’Day, who is an environmental geochemist that specializes the use of spectroscopic and microscopic methods. The main argument of this week’s lecture is that gold was prominent and it brought much to California, however, it left behind last longing consequences of the discovery of gold, especially water. The lecture begins with the history of how gold possibly have formed in the Sierra…

The River Flint. Flint was in a state of financial emergency at the time, and they did this in order to save funds. Lake Huron’s water is much more pure than the Flint river’s, because the Flint River is contaminated by industrial waste, making the quality of water much worse. Another thing that puts them at fault is the fact that they didn’t add the anti­corrosive agent to the water. This made the water corrode the metal, putting large amounts of lead into the water supply. This was probably an…

Without water at our fingertips, how would society differ? Could inadequate water supply and water quality lead an economically thriving society into poverty? Insufficient water supply and water quality threaten the lives of over 2.6 billion people (Benjelloun and Tarrass 240). Many know water’s importance, but do they know the effects regarding the lack of clean water? Deficient water supply and water quality leads to inadequate sanitation, impaired education, increased food scarcity, and an…

Lake Erie needs our help desperately! The danger is that Erie is so polluted with raw sewage and poisonous chemicals, blue and green algae is a huge problem right now, because of the heat, it keeps on reproducing this fatal mush. 1960 was the most polluted it's ever been, so much pollution they protested to make the lake better. The lake was full of Nitrogen and Phosphate. Dead fish littered the shoreline, the lake was remembered as “dead lake’’. The United States signed a treaty with Canada…

Table 1: Water Observations (Smell, Color, Etc.) Beaker Observation 1 No smell and clear 2 No smell, oil and water don’t mix oil on top of water,look hazy 3 Little odor/can not determinethe clearnes 4 Slightly hazy/bubbles on top/no smell 5 The water is brown/no smell 6 Water is still brown/hazy no smell 7 Water brown/hazy/loud smell 8 Brown water/bubbles in soil Expriment 2- We compared and contrasted flitered water and comtaminated water. The contaminated water was brownish and had a loud…

Glow sticks have many uses to them and many people use them in a number of situations as well. One important aspect of glow sticks is that they are water proof, so if you ever go scuba diving or just want something to light up in your pool then glow sticks are perfect for that. Another feature of them is that they do not require any batteries at all so they are very simple to use, and one final thing that is interesting about glow sticks is they generate an insignificant, or small, amount of…

Good afternoon, I am Lorraine Burrows, and today I am here to speak about the flooding problems that Texas faces each year, and more specifically, the economic impacts that it has on our city and the state as a whole. My group members will be speaking about the social and environmental impacts that this flooding has, however, since money plays such a large role in this problem, I will be speaking about this. There is no doubt that Texas faces weird patterns in their water supply. From drought to…

Introduction The starch factory stream is located in Proctor Park in Utica, NY. This stream eventually flows into the Mohawk River. It is located on the Mohawk River watershed. The Mohawk River Watershed contains “4,086 miles of fresh water rivers and streams.” (McGivern 1). A water shed is the section of land in which run off “drains” into a “common outlet” (Lattuca 123 and Raven et.al. 66). The Environmental lab students conducted this study to answer few questions like: is the water less…

California groundwater law has been diverse. Aside from groundwater laws, the concept of adjudicated basins has been a way to manage groundwater. In adjudicated basins, the court has jurisdiction, watermasters are appointed, local management districts exist, and it is the economics associated with groundwater pumping that determines the behavior of the groundwater users (California Department of Water Resources California's Groundwater Update 2013: A Compilation of Enhanced Content for…

Fluoride is one of the most toxic substances known to humans. The substance is made up of a salt of hydrofluoric acid consisting of two elements, one of which is fluorine. You may have heard of this toxic acid, that is because it is commonly used at dentist offices. Fluoride is used by dentists to clean bacteria off your teeth and reduce tooth decay. Studies have shown that for years, the government has been poisoning the public water supply without citizens explicit consent. Many are convinced…