Specific surface area

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…

Visual Observation Dry Texture Test Wet Texture/ Rolling Test Smear Test Nutrients Quickness of drying Sand Particles visible with eye. The heaviest. Feels gritty and falls apart Crumbles No smear Few nutrients Dries quickly Does not hold water well Silt Just enough big to see them with a magnifying glass. Not as heavy as sand but heavier than clay Holds together, feels smooth and powdery Holds together, moderate crumbling, cannot be rolled in a strand Some smear More nutrients than sand Takes a…

Phosphorus is an essential nutrient to all forms of life and is required for building DNA, RNA and amino acids (Paytan, 2011). Phosphorus is often a limiting nutrient in ecosystems, along with nitrogen, and therefore its abundance determines the amount of primary production that can occur within a system (Schindler, 1971). The two main types of phosphorus are inorganic phosphate minerals, such as calcium phosphate rock that is mined for fertilizer, and organic compounds containing phosphorus…

On October 1st 2013 in Glen Park library, a branch of the San Francisco Public Library; an FBI agent presented Ross Ulbricht a warrant for his arrest, Ulbricht was the founder and the operator of the notorious, and highly illegal Silk Road Market, operating deep within the internet, which is not accessible by standard search engines, nor is indexed by these search engines. The arrest have sparked a nationwide interest, and introduced a variety of new terms, unknown to most computer users, the…

Installation of street lighting and wire rope safety barriers All of the above activities will involve the removal of topsoil, and would, therefore, have some potential to harm Aboriginal cultural heritage if it was found to exist within the Activity Area. The construction of new alignments from the intersection of Childers Cove Road…

water erosion, Rill, Rill is a type of water erosion that creates small channels of water on a sloped surface. Splash, Splash erosion is direct movement of the soil when it splashes on the ground, soil can be splashed up to 3 ft away by rain. Gully,Gully erosion is when water creates wide channels in the soil. lastly Sheet. Sheet erosion is when a thin layer of soil is removed from a large area. Water erosion is more likely to occur during the springtime when rain is most common especially in…

year 1.2 trillion gallons of untreated sewage, storm water, and industrial waste are dumped into U.S. waters. Stormwater, according to United States Environmental Protection Agency, is runoff that flowed through any surface modified by humans. With the addition of more urbanized areas, the increasing damages of stormwater which has been revealed as a danger to life. Storm water damages all life, including mankind. More specifically, stormwater damages the aquatic life due to the water…

You shouldn’t mow in this area except once or twice a year otherwise the roots may get damaged and the lack of plants to kind of filter the toxins and bad things into the water (Munson Township, 2016). The simplicity of this solution causes it to not need installation or anything…

The Google Earth Pro "Watershed Characteristics" for Santee show that the dams in this area are primarily used for recreation. 80% to be exact in 2001. I can only imagine that this number may have slightly increased since then, but I hope I'm wrong considering the cost of dams. Habitat alteration is a huge factor that can have ripple effects…

maintain and operate the Wilkshire Hills WWTP plant and continue to remain in compliance with the EPA permit requirements. This plant is the largest one in Tuscarawas County and it serves the Wilkshire Hills area which includes: The Village of Bolivar, the Village of Zoar, unincorporated areas of Lawrence Township such as Lawrence Township Industrial Park and Hunters Green. The average daily design flow of…