Wastewater

which is the process of injecting sand, water, and chemicals at high pressures “in order to blast open shale rock, releasing the trapped gas inside” (Easton, 174). This process causes toxic pollution by “contaminating water supplies and affecting wastewater treatment not designed to cope with such hazards” (174). This ultimately leads to methane leakages that cannot be sufficiently contained or prevented; they are also known to produce earthquakes in regions that utilize fracking. As a result,…

Deforestation increase the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere because when trees are burned carbon dioxide is released, carbon dioxide is also, released when trees are decomposed by microorganisms. Cutting down trees also, reduces the amount of carbon dioxides taken up by the photosynthesis and trapped in the wood and carbon dioxide is greenhouse gas therefore, Trees play a huge role in the carbon cycle. They convert the CO2 in the air to oxygen, through the process of photosynthesis.…

1. INTRODUCTION By 2050, it is expected that the current global population would have increased by more than 50%. The countries with the greatest population growths ( Figure 2) are also situated in areas with the least availability of fresh water ( Figure 1). These countries are also predominantly poor and cannot implement expensive water retrieval and treatment methods. This results in great economic stress on wealthier countries. This report will provide information on the current water…

Industrial Pollution in the Great Lakes Pollution within the Great Lakes region has been an issue since before the 1970s, when pollution in this area caused concern, resulting in the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between Canada and the United States. This was in place to improve water quality of the Great Lakes region. However, we are still struggling with pollution in the Great Lakes- and all over the world. As countries develop, they become more industrial to meet high market demands of…

What the stream team will be doing is going to the stream and seeing how much nitrate, phosphates, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, temperature, and pH is in the water. The stream team will look at the effect on water quality, the effect on plants and animals, the acceptable levels for swimming, sources and sources categorized, the best management practices, whether the sources are point source, or nonpoint source pollutants, and the test results. The stream team will be doing all of those topics…

Aim: This experiment will investigate the effects of different concentrations of fertilizer on the growth of duckweed. Hypothesis: It is expected that the cup with the most amount of fertilizer (cup D) over the 14 days will have the most amount of growth compared to cup A, B and C. Apparatus: 4x polystyrene cups 20x duckweed fronds (5 in each cup) 1x 5ml medicine teaspoon 1x tweezers 1x syringe 1x marker fertilizer Method: 1. Label each cup as A, B, C or D with the marker 2. Using the…

Most Americans do not realize this, but water plays a significant part towards our survival. We use it for almost any basic need; drinking, cleaning, entertainment, and so on. Water is always there when we need it. However, in California, water is diminishing. Residents are finding out that they cannot take a shower, brush their teeth, or even drink water. “You don’t think of water as a privilege until you don’t have it anymore,” says Yolanda Serrato. Lakes and rivers are disappearing and…

Pesticides kill 26 people a year, hospitalize 1,419, and send 20,116 to health clinics to be treated. Pesticides are the only toxic substances that we release intentionally into our environment to kill living things, this includes chemical substances to kill weeds (herbicides), insects (insecticides), fungus (fungicides), rodents (rodenticides) and many others. Farmers, landscapers, and commercial pesticide applicators apply about 1 billion pesticides a year to agricultural land, urban areas,…

all do these things, as well (Environmental, 2016e). However, because this pollution does exist, it is necessary to watch how we go about disposing of waste, whether it be dealing with water or garbage or the systems we use to do so. Water and wastewater systems need to be more energy efficient; these account for about 3-4% off all energy used in the United States. Making these more efficient could potentially save about 15-30% of this energy (Environmental, 2016h). Using water wisely, or even…

earth. The earth only contains a certain amount of land; we cannot just make new land, or get new fresh water. Once the land is desecrate there is no going back. Richard Rinaldi, an editor-in-chief for the Widener Law Journal, writes that, “Fracking wastewater contains hexavalent chromium and radium, among other toxins that can contaminate water supplies, injure people, and kill livestock” (Rinaldi). The cleanup would be extremely hard to accomplish. Joe Hoffman, a science teacher at Montana…