Sewage

Everybody loves the big city of Chicago, and knows that our drinking water comes from Lake Michigan. Well, imagine that water being filled with sewage and chemicals. That's the way that Lake Michigan used to be, and thanks to reversing the river, we will never have that problem again. A closer study of this historical event will illustrate how the workers completed this impossible sounding task, what impact this had on the Chicago people, and how reversing the river may have created more…

Rumors have been heard about China’s having a water-scarcity crisis. The scary part is that the the rumors are correct. North China’s water scarcity has been a major crisis, making North China have a shorter amount of water than South China. The rivers frequently dry up before reaching the sea. North China relies on aquifers heavily, which are underground water sources. Besides the crisis itself, there are three main causes of China’s water scarcity crisis: water pollution, global warming,…

Coral reefs are among the most beautiful and important ecosystems on Earth. They cover over 280,000 square kilometers and support over eight hundred species of coral and four thousand species of fish. They are often referred to as the “rainforests of the seas”. Coral reefs are crucial to the ocean and humans as they provide a barrier to coasts from waves and storms. They are also spawning grounds for many species of aquatic life and provide humans with medicine and food. The estimated yearly…

When was the last time you bought an article of clothing? When was the last time you wore it? The industry of fashion has a more sinister story behind it than most people may realise, but the mistreatment and abuse of fashion industry workers cannot be heard. Asking the question of how our clothes are made and who makes it is simple enough, but would we as a society ever have thought that the people that make them for us live in extremely poor conditions? Children and Developing Countries are…

Infrastructure is a significant part of society’s existence. At nearly any given time, we are surrounded by pipes, wires, roads, and all of the other pieces of substructure that guide our world today. For something that is such a huge part of our lives, it is incredible how little most people know about what goes into it. In the book On The Grid by Scott Huler, the author sets out to learn more about the mysterious infrastructure systems. His journey begins in his hometown of Raleigh, North…

aversive response to problems like heavy rates of deforestation; coastal waters polluted by industrial waste, sewage, and oil spills; damage to coral reefs; air pollution in Kingston from vehicle emissions. Among the government agencies charged…

The Germ Theory of Disease which is, specific diseases are caused by specific microorganisms, changed the medical field completely. It battled the Spontaneous Generation theory that dominated the medical thought as the cause of disease. The theory originated through the work of many different physicians and would eventually change and improve the medical and public health systems. The Germ theory of disease came about around the mid 1800’s. The work of Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch would…

and really over crowded. With it being super dirty and crowded if one person got sick they all got sick that is if it was contagious. But under the tenement house act “all schools sinks and privy vaults or other similar receptacles used to receive sewage shall before january first 1903 be completely removed” Excerpt from the New York Tenement House Act 1901. Which in one way brought an increase to property values as it took out some of the poor conditions and brought in new water closets with…

average time being 3 years. Even once these people do finally get a home, the conditions are tough. It’s not uncommon to see 3 generations of a family living in a 2 bedroom house. Less than 50% of homes are connected to a sewage system. The over crowdedness and lacking of sewage makes it easier for disease to spread. Everyday Americans take utilities such as running water, electricity, heat, etc, for granted while most reservation housing is without these things. The lack of funding the…

treatment faculties, including sewage, about 20 billion m of untreated wastewater is directly discharged into water bodies." (Document E) When water is contaminated it is unsafe to drink, people are to blame for the pollution and contamination in the water. If one body of water is contaminated and it flows into another, the whole body of water is unsafe and cannot be ingested. Without realizing it people have directly polluted their own source for water with sewage, fertilizers, and so many more…