Water pollution

information collected by Fannie Mae in 2012 through industry wide Energy and Water Market Research Survey. Fannie Mae surveyed more than 1100 multifamily properties across the country to collect comprehensive data about energy and water from the property managers and owners. This dataset was then reviewed to remove any properties with missing or incorrect information associated with consumption and cost of energy and water. After cleaning the dataset, Fannie Mae published subset of 955…

PAGE 1 –INTRODUCING CYSTAL RIVER Crystal River, located on the Nature Coast of Florida, is known for pristine, crystal clear waters, bays and streams that give the area its name. With more than 70 springs, Crystal River/Kings Bay is the largest winter refuge for manatees on the Florida Gulf Coast and is a National Wildlife Refuge. Over the last 20 years, the springs that feed the river have gone through dramatic changes, which have led to a habitat that is being effected by unwanted algae. If…

Americans gets sick by consuming contaminated food or water each year. Hence it is important to detect the presence of disease-causing bacteria in drinking water. One the simplest way to tell if there is a disease-causing pathogen in the water is the presence of coliform. Just like most of the microorganisms, coliform bacteria, a Gram-negative bacteria that belongs to the bacterial group Enterobacteriaceae, can be found mostly in soil, surface and water. In addition, coliform can be found in the…

1. The biggest potential source of contamination of the locations we tested in the Distribution of Microorganisms would have to be the floor of the lab. The reason why this is the biggest potential source of contamination is because multiple people are coming in everyday from the outside world, bringing in microorganisms from the outside into the lab. And although we sanitize the counter and all the spaces that we work around, we don’t take precautions to necessarily clean the floor, making it…

There are plenty of factors that bring a rise to the problem of coastal degradation. For instance, harsh weather effects, deadly toxins, and even human interaction cause a rapid decline of the land. In the state of Louisiana, these situations are a deadly effect on its' coastline. Aside from these ongoing, or seasonal effects, a new threat has entered the group, and it goes by the name of the Nipponaclerda biwakoensis, or commonly known as 'the scale'. Louisiana is situated above the Gulf of…

SaskWater has received a Request for Service from the Town of Birch Hills requesting a peak flow of 130 igpm. An assessment was performed includes two of SaskWater existing systems. Option #1 the Melfort Regional Treated System (CLPOWSS); three scenarios were considered while investigating the CLPOWSS. Scenario #1 connects the Birch Hills community with the CLPOWSS, plus twining 5.5 km of the existing pipeline between Melfort and Kinistino, which would allow for 100% of average daily…

relatively higher salinity that the South pond and is subject to tide oscillations. The Cofferdam was built to separate the North and South ponds primarily to control the tidal influxes from the North Pond into the South Pond. The dam is used to control water levels within the South Pond and prevent contaminated sediments from migrating into the North Pond, and ultimately into the Sydney Harbour (Earth Tech, 2006; AMEC, 2004).…

species were the Yaupon Holley, and Farkelberry shrubs. When we used the quadrat method our target species were the Little Bluestem, Sedge, and Chasmanthium. Lastly, when we used the point-center-quarter method, our target species were the Post Oak, Water Oak, Sycamore, and Honey Locus. White-Tailed Deer Sampling. In addition to plants, we also collected data on the white tailed deer population. We used active trail cameras located in the bottomland forest and post-oak savannah to measure the…

for three groups. The length was chosen so that varies water flow and habitats could be studied. Each group took the same type of samples and measurements for each section to create three replicates.…

SHOULD WATER CHLORINATION BE BANNED? The recorded deaths due to waterborne diseases have demonstrated that water treatment is critical. Thus, methods like water chlorination have been developed to achieve water quality. This procedure has exhibited notable decreases in diarrhoeal diseases, and has shown prolonged disinfecting effects on many microorganisms when used with ammonia. However, there exists protozoa that are resistant to chlorination, and such spores have led to outbreaks that…