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something that we all do and we probably don’t stop to think about its impact on the world around us. When we take a shower we use approximately 3 gallons of water per minute and since I am pretty sure that no one takes one minute showers we use way more than 3 gallons. The average person takes about 10 minutes in the shower, which in turn would be 30 gallons of fresh water being dumped down the drain. Fossil fuels are also being burned to keep hot…

The amount of water we could be saving with simple water conservation methods is unimaginable. With Seattle’s dramatic drop of an average water use of almost 70 gallons per day, other major cities should then learn the benefit of saving water. Cities can start by raising more awareness of water saving techniques and education for the younger generation. People sometimes argue that they won’t make an impact even if…

agricultural chemicals, water, land, and labor needed to produce it. Let’s bring the example of a typical lunch. A loaf of bread requires about 240 gallons of water, and a pound of cheese takes about 382 gallons. So, a simple cheese sandwich takes about 56 gallons of water. Throw in a small bag of potato chips at 12 gallons and you just ate about 68 gallons of water Produced but uneaten food occupies almost 1.4 billion hectares of land; representing nearly 30 percent of the world’s agricultural…

NY, 65,000 residents rely on the Elmira Water Board to provide a fresh source of surface water. Local filtration plant produces on a daily average 2.26 billion gallons of fresh drinking water, which approximately 6.2 million gallons are used on average each day. Approximately, six million residents of the state consume an average 110 gallons of drinking water per day, per person. New York State Dept. of Health evaluates the water quality throughout the state as well as the Elmira Water Board by…

The cause of a leak that spilled more than 140,000 gallons of crude on the Santa Barbara was of external corrosion in May.The spill occurred after pumps on the Plains All American Pipeline. This is were shut down and restarted, sending a larger volume of oil surging through the 2-foot-wide pipe at higher pressure. This company is known with a history of violations. After the leak, the alarm in the system was sent off and did not shut down for about 30 minutes.State and federal prosecutors are…

trillion gallons of water, the possibly that they could cast the Norovirus, and surprised by celebrities are raising money for their state. On August 26th,2017, Harvey had started on the Texas Coast and the last landfall was on August 30th in Near Cameron, Louisiana. Bringing nearly fifty-two inches of rain which is a total of about four feet and nineteen trillion gallons of water in Texas (Tropical Cyclone Names,1). In Louisiana, the rain was a total of five and a half trillion gallons of water…

highly cost-effective and very rapid method of reducing greenhouse gas emissions requiring no new technology or special equipment. The average American consumes 209 pounds of meat each year. Everyday, a person that eats a plant-based diet saves 1,100 gallons of water, 45 pounds of grain, 30 sq. ft. of forested land, the equivalent of 20 lbs. of CO2 and one animal’s…

Enterprise Analytics Virginia International University Submitted by Stephen Agbolosu-Amison Submitted to Dr. Hammad Elbedour Introduction What is the performance of a car with regards to a cars transmission type against the miles per gallon used? Big data analytic implementations cuts across every aspect of an organization. According to Davenport and Thomas (2012), "This term usually refers to data that is either too big, too unstructured, or from too many different sources to be…

desire is to paint the external parts of the school back in its original colours which are primarily red and yellow while blue, orange and green are in lesser need. As such, to complete this task 4 gallons of Red paint, 4 gallons of Lemon Yellow paint, 1 gallon of blue, orange and green paint each and 4 gallons of White paint will be required. The school would be most thankful if your company could assist in whatever manner possible in order for this venture to come to fruition, which would also…

The omnivorous diet has been the main stream for a very long time, but some people are now preferring the plant based diets. This issue affects many people including farmers, government, business owners, and schools in the economic lens. There are several studies that promote both the omnivorous diet and the plant based diet. The omnivorous diet requires the growing and slaughtering of livestock. With this there comes many costs including the loss of grains and water. Although some people may…