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horribly and were dangerous to civilization. Two men, William Tuke and Phillipe Pinel began to change the way mentally ill people were treated. Based on the article, The History of Occupational Therapy, Pinel and Tuke began what was called “Moral Treatment and Occupation” to treat the mentally ill. Later…

In chapter two of Progress, Johan Norberg explores the concept of sanitation. Norberg talked about food being necessary to sustain life, yet life would be shorter and miserable without a safe way to deal with human waste. According to Norberg water has been the source of great suffering in the world through history, despite the fact that it is the source of all life. Water contaminated with human waste due to the lack of sanitation and inadequate provision of safe water was the cause of diseases…

COMPANY PROFILE Aqua Resources, also known as Aqua America, is a wastewater and water service company that was found on January 4th, 1886. This company was created by professors at Swarthmore College who wanted to provide the citizens of Springfield Township, Pennsylvania with a great supply of water (Aqua America 2018). They also provide sewer line repair services. Aqua America services customers in Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, Texas, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Indiana.…

Different Types of Surgical Hair Restoration Procedure Today, hair loss is a very common concern for most of the people around the world. It can not only affect the scalp but sometime the entire body. Men, women or children anyone can experience hair loss. While one of the common causes of baldness is hereditary another cause of baldness can be hormonal imbalance or others. Most people shed 50 to 100 hairs daily that don’t cause hair thinning of scalp as new hair grows at the same time. However,…

There are tens of thousands of companies out there that sell water treatment equipment. Some companies prefer to work with city supplied or treated water, while other companies will treat private well water, spring and even recycled water. Regardless of what type of water is being treated a certain amount of testing should be done to ensure that the treatment equipment will handle the problem and that it is sized correctly. Those treating city water, have the advantage that this water is…

The prevention of the Asian Carp in the United States has been long standing battle. While first introduced as a food-fish and now for sport, Asian Carp is now viewed as an invasive species. In the summer of 2007 the U.S. Department of the Interior invoked the Lacey Act. In 2012, Congress implemented the “Stop Invasive Species Act”. This act charges the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to increase the speed of their strategies of controlling the invasion. Urgency is required due to the fact that the…

Residential reverse osmosis systems have been around for the last thirty years or so. When people first started to realize that their drinking water might be contaminated, they turned to existing reverse osmosis technology to treat their water. At first it seemed like a great way to purify your water. Yet, over the years, the popularity of residential reverse osmosis systems has steadily decreased. There are three reasons for this. The first reason is the recognition that reverse osmosis strips…

To begin, many times the water systems installed in Guatemala are to provide them with water; however, not potable water in which many are not aware of and ends up affecting many’s health. For instance, most of the times when engineers install pipes that only have the purpose in providing water, people are not hygienic and don't boil the water. This is detrimental to their health because people are drinking contaminated water. What is the most devastating is that children not only in Guatemala,…

A perfect storm of economic downfall, incompetence and politics’ ideology over elected leaders doing what's right for the people. The Flint city stop buying Detroit water and join the Karegnondi Water Authority, a new pipeline project. The state agreed to switch, because it would save them 19 million over eight years. After a couple weeks, residents started buying bottled water as many people complained of poor tasting and bad taste. Then after some time city council members called the city to…

Sewage Filter System: The Psychological Reassurance Sewage-filter systems help human fulfilling their daily needs of clean water. Since some individuals connect the history of their water to contamination, the idea of drinking our own sewage disgusted some. A science writer, Elizabeth Royte publishes an essay about the process of water filtering from the sewage and the pros and cons of having it. Her argument is basically saying that the recycled water is safe enough to use after several…