Indoor air quality

The American River is the second largest tributary to the Sacramento River, a critical component of the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta system. The Lower portion of the American River Watershed begins at Folsom Dam and flows about 30 miles to its confluence with the Sacramento River near downtown Sacramento. The watershed size is about 1875square miles with a watershed length of 30miles. The average annual precipitation is about 23inches.The Folsom Dam, which is within the…

determine if the fish from the stormwater ponds had higher concentrations of these metals, and if there was a difference in the concentrations of the metals in each of the species (Campbell 1994). Stormwater ponds not only improve surface water quality and flood protection, they are also required in some stormwater management systems including central Florida. The St.…

Lead Wars Growing up, I have been pretty darn lucky. I was born and raised in Rochester, Michigan, an upscale, privileged, urban area. There has not been a lot to complain about, my family is happy, and I grew up in a nice, new house without any serious issues. I have never really encountered lead, at least to my knowledge. I grew up in a house that was relatively new, around 12 years old, and it utilized city water. Everything in the house was ”up to code,” and the only worry we…

Introduction The purpose of this paper is to help compare and contrast the recent Flint, Michigan water crisis to similar incidents around the world using a sociological viewpoint then analyzing the gathered information to help determine how the crisis in Flint should have been handled. Flint The town of Flint resides in the state of Michigan and has been the attention of national news due to the high lead levels that were present in the city’s municipal water system. This is all started…

America’s Water Used for growing food, cleaning, and making up sixty percent of the average human body, water is a basic need of practically all living things. Although not everyone has access to this basic need. As of 2015 it was estimated that 43.1 million people are living in poverty in the states out of 320.9 million. These numbers will continue to grow in population increasing demands to sustain this, but our resources start to dwindle. Water being a main source for everyone has already…

The agriculture region, which incorporates CAFOs, is the principle contributor of pollutants to lakes, rivers, and reservoirs. it has been positioned that states with immoderate concentrations of CAFOs offers with not unusual 20 to 30 extreme water fantastic troubles every 12 months. due to manure management troubles (EPA, 2001). This contamination may be because of surface discharges or different kinds of discharges. surface discharges may be due to heavy storms or floods that purpose garage…

Chittenango Ovate Amber Snail. The Chittenango ovate amber snail was federally listed as endangered in 1978 (43 FR 28932 28935, July 3, 1978). Their range is restricted to one location, a 100 foot waterfall located at Chittenango State Park in Central New York. This species feeds on species grown within the waterfall spray, such as minute algae and microflora. Chittenango ovate amber snails live approximately two and a half years and mate from the months of April until June. They are…

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…