...Love of Water Movie Questions Name:__________________________________ ___ Date:________________________ 1. How many people a year die from water-born diseases? 2. How much of the Earth is covered in water? 3. The green revolution brought chemical agriculture to India. What problems accompanied this? 4. What is the main pesticide used in the United States and what type of pesticide is it? 5. What is potable water? 6. What happened when Bolivia privatized the water systems in 1999? 7. How long do some people in South Africa go without clean water? 8. In India how have they made drinking water affordable? How much does getting water this way cost? 9. How big is the global industry of water? 10. Is bottled water safer than tap water? 11. Dams provide a valuable source of hydroelectricity. If you had to choose between keeping dams for clean electricity or getting rid of them for sustained water flow which would you choose and why? 12. How was a forest and farms created in the desert? 13. How much does Nestle pay to extract water from the streams? 14. Will this affect how often you buy bottled water? 15. What are they petitioning the UN for? 16. Name 1 alternative to supply water to small villages. 17. What are the benefits and disadvantages of privatizing water treatment facilities? Do you think that privatization will improve water treatments? 18. Do you think it is...
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...Clean Water The Controversy Up until the mid-20th century it was practice for cities to use bays, harbors, and rivers as dumping grounds and sewage run off. In fact major industrial parks built their waste pipes to spill directly into some of the rivers and lakes we use today as recreation (Congressional Digest, 1985). These are some of the Point Sources of water pollution. These are places that can be directly identified as points of pollution like city storm and sewer drains, sewage treatment plants ("Clean water act," 1972). Then there is a non-point source which is a combination of smaller sources that collect into lakes, rivers, and streams. These can come from agriculture farms or even contaminated wash from our freeways and roads. There are almost an infinite amount of water pollutants that run off into our waterways each day. Pathogens such has salmonella, novo virus, and parasitic worms grow and thrive within our waters. Chemicals such as insecticides, herbicides run off from farms and other agriculture areas. Storm water runoff can introduce many types of fuels and oils, and heavy metals. Then there is immense amount of industrial waste like ammonia, sulfur dioxide from power plants, trash from illegal dumping (Pitt, 2001). It’s it important to ensure our fresh water resources are protected and ensured. Although in most industrialized countries access to clean water is at 100 percent; in places such as Uganda and Mozambique where only 52% of the...
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...The water that we all have been drinking isn't as clean as we all think it is. The water actually has nitrates, which is in the fertilizers that farmers lavish on their crops and it's also a naturally occurring byproduct of nitrogen in soil. Drinking this water could not only be very unhealthy for you but could also be deadly. The article “Iowa's Nasty Water War’’ and “Dead Zones” published by National Geographic, explains the effects that Nitrates have one us and the world around us. Around the 1940’s a big disease spread called Blue Baby Syndrome. Blue Baby Syndrome is caused by nitrates getting in the water that babies drink. The syndrome deprives the babies of oxygen. In any healthy heart their is 4 separate chambers, the top two pumps blood into the bottom two. The bottom chambers or ventricles then pump the blood into the the lungs through the pulmonary artery, which gives our bodies oxygen. What Blue Baby Syndrome is doing is mixing the nitrates that are in the water that the babies are drinking and its making their blood become unoxygenated creating a blue color and making the babies a slight blue color. If the farmers were to stop putting so much chemicals in fertilizer on the crops then the fertilizer wouldn't leak into the ground and wreck the water. Also if we could clean the water we could save hundreds of 6 month year old babies from a terrible disease...
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...Would you pay for a service that no one is using? Of course not, that’s pointless. However, that’s the position you, Mr. Policar, are in right now, with water fountains. Water fountains are unused, dangerous, and unclean. The best options for our students to enjoy clean water are more bottled water vending machines. Bottled water vending machines offer a clean, safe source of water for students at a low price. Water fountains are avoided for one main reason, which is their contamination and possible bacteria. Bottled water is sealed till you drink it, ensuring that there is no filth or pollution. You may argue that the cost of this machine and restocking it would render it useless compared to water fountains, but this is untrue. Vending machines earn money for the school, water fountains are already wasting money with unused water, and infected water could sicken a student, resulting in lower funding by them not attending school....
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...The Unit for Continuing Professional Development wishes to thank those below for their contribution to this support guide: Ms Alina Hambelela Angula Mr Simson Shaakumeni Ms. Laetitia Willemse Ms. Agatha Lewin Mr Simson Shaakumeni Author Content Editor(s) Instructional Designer Technical Care of Template Quality Controller Water Contents About this support guide 1 How this support guide is structured ................................................................................. 1 Course overview 3 Welcome to Water (Natural Science and Health Education) ............................................ 3 Water (Natural Science and Health Education)—is this course for you? ......................... 3 Study skills ........................................................................................................................ 4 Need help? ......................................................................................................................... 5 Getting around this support guide 6 Margin icons ...................................................................................................................... 6 Unit 1 8 Water: Grade...
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...student in Snellville, Georgia. And in my Social Studies class we are learning about Africa and all the challenges they are facing, like the lack of water supply. And in this essay I am going to write about the challenges they face. Deforestation occurs when forests are to cut trees for clear space, like cultivation (of crops), grazing (of animals) or settlement (for humans). This is a problem for Africa because people are cutting down trees, that don’t need to be cut down and are harming the animals and their living space and people are cutting trees down, because after they cut so many trees their grazing for animals is less. The next thing that I am going to talk about is Africa water Quality. Africa’s Water Quality is very low, Africans have very limited Amount of water and only 47% of Sub-Saharan Africans have access to safe drinking water, and we need everyone to have safe drinking waterhave of the country doesn’t have safe drinking water.Because the water that they have is not clean and people are getting sick from this water. So to fix this problem people have been building “play pumps” theses “play pumps” allow the kids to play on it and, when the kids are spinning this around the Africans are getting clean, fresh water from underground. I think if they build a lot of these Africa will have access to clean water. The next thing I am going to talk about is Desertification. Desertification is the land in arid and dry sub-humid areas, resulting primarily...
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...Missouri and Water Pollution Action needs to be taken to reduce water pollution in Missouri for the sake of health, cost, and the preservation of wildlife. In a recent conservation Survey 97% of Missourians voted water pollution as the number concern in conservational issues. Why are so many Missourians concerned about water pollution? 2.5 million Missouri residents rely on streams for drinking water. Water treatment and cleansing is not a cheap process, it is expensive and comes out of the pockets of Missouri citizens. When more money is spent on water treatment and cleansing it is safe to drink the higher the water bills go up, causing the residents of Missouri to pay more. Not only is the issue the cost but the health risks as well. In 2008 more than 12 citizens in Cameron Missouri was diagnosed with brain tumors, within seven months. The only thing that links these people together is the drinking water. Cameron is a small town, and this is just one example. Missourians pay the price whether it is their health or extra expenses because of water treatment. The pie-graph below (Image 1), for example shows how much of the population near the Missouri River rely on the river for drinking water. Image 1. (Missouri Department of Natural Resources, 2007) Why is water pollution a big issue in Missouri? Congress decided to change the number of waterways protected in Missouri in 2001. The president of Missouri Conservation Federation, Glenn Chambers stated “Just...
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...Week 5 – Water Quality and Contamination Final Lab Rona Harris SCI 207: Dependence of Man on the Environment Instructor: Jacqueline Poole 10/6/2013 Week 5 – Water Quality and Contamination Final Lab Abstract Testing of how ground water is affected by different contaminants was the bases of the experiment. The results were interesting in that when vinegar is filtered through dirt it came out fairly clean. This is surprising because I did not think that any of the contaminants used would affect the water the way it did with vinegar. I figured all the water would have dirt mixed in with the water that was filtered. This shows that maybe we can find a way to find a safer choice on how we filter and purify water. Introduction In this Lab we will explore how contaminants affect the water supply. Contaminants can be anything from human waste, chemicals used in farming and industrial factories to the laundry detergent and cooking oil that you use at home. We are going to asking how and why this affects us when we drink water from the faucet. One contaminant that is found in water is lead. Studies have shown that lead can led to developmental delays in kids and can cause cancer in adults. According to Bruce Lanphear a pediatric epidemiologist, “Lead in water is an underappreciated service of lead intake" (Renner, 2009. A544) It is estimated that 10-20% of children are exposed to lead through the drinking water according to the Centers for Disease Control and...
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...the water,” some might think this is an exaggeration, but this is actually advice that should be followed. Most of the water in Mexico is at least a little contaminated, which is very bad for people’s health. In addition to that, there are millions of homes that have unsafe tap water and rely on water trucks to get clean, purified water. Some people say that Mexicans are fine and they built up the resistance to fight against the bacteria in their water, Although, there are facts to prove that this is not necessarily true. Plus, they still need to worry about their tourists too, because their water is more dangerous for tourists. On...
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...Water management schemes and how it helps to improve people’s quality of life Water management schemes are all the schemes in general that provides water to people, for example; water transfer schemes are one of the many water management schemes, water transfer schemes are projects that collect water from areas that have a higher rainfall and divert it to areas that have a greater need and a higher demand for water. Water is collected and stored in reservoirs for further use. Another example of water management schemes is sanitation systems which are in order for those who do not have access to appropriate sanitation. Overall, the water management scheme is a scheme that ensures that everybody has access to clean water and sanitation. Water is one of the most important natural resources which are essential for ALL living things. Water is used for drinking, washing, cooking and irrigation. There is only 3% of pure water in the world, that we can drink, 2% of that water is stored in icebergs, if the demand for water continues to increase at rapid rates; the access to water will become more difficult. Figure 1 In figure 1, the more successful countries which are MEDC’s and the more urbanised areas such as the USA, Canada Australia, Italy and France show that the more water they use per capita. They have the access to clean water, so they tend to take advantage of it and waste more, whereas the countries that have little access to clean water tend to manage...
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...Bottled Water Can Be Harmful in Many Ways Heather Johnson Rogue Community College 10/30/2013 Bottled Water Can Be Harmful in Many Ways Clean fresh water is essential to our survival. The quality of our drinking water is of utmost importance to all of us. Is the drinking water available to us today actually safe? The huge bottling companies play on the fears that our tap water may be contaminated. Many of us take it for granted that we have water available to us at every corner. However, the convenience of bottled water is not worth the destructive outcome on the environment or our wallet When I was a little girl I never worried about where the water I drank came from. We lived out in the woods and we had a fantastic well. Neighbors down the road used to come over to our home and fill up containers of our water. I thought to myself how strange it is that they don’t like the taste of their water. It wasn’t until I got married and moved to Southern California that I realized how lucky I was to grow up with such great tasting pure water. I hated the taste of the water so much that I turned to sugary sodas and juices instead of water. I would go down and buy water but it was inconvenient to have large jugs of water all over the house. Every restaurant I ate at I would ask if they had bottled water or tap. I only lived in California for a year before I moved back to Oregon. However, during that time I became very aware of the taste of water and...
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...MADURAI: With the monsoon playing hide and seek, the drinking water situation is turning chaotic in Madurai city with many parts of the city not getting proper water supply. However, the situation is due to technical snags in the drinking water supply system rather than the water level in Vaigai reservoir, according to officials. City councillors for a few months have been raising the issue in the council meetings, saying the drinking water supply is erratic. They also highlighted the fact that sewage was getting mixed with drinking water in many wards. Meanwhile, demonstrations are being held in many parts of the city of late with people picketing the roads owing to lack of drinking water. Recently, people from Tiruparankundram picketed the road over the drinking water issue on Monday and there was a tussle between the public and police as a result. ower supply problems affecting water supply Monday, December 24, 2012 ST CATHERINE, Jamaica - National Water Commission (NWC) customers in sections of St Catherine served by the Sue River Water Treatment Plant are being advised that power supply problems affecting the plant have resulted in the current disruption in water supply. Areas that are affected include: Free Town, Benard, Sue River, Mizpah, St Faiths, Cassava River, Glengoffe, Goffe Road, Jambos Pond. Big Road, Accles Hill, Above Rocks, Zion Hill, Harker's Hall, Retirement, Edward Piece, Barnett, Centre Cut, Ennis and Mt Mattis. The company is reporting that every effort...
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...Bottled Water Is Better Than Tap Water Putting tap water. This is a terrible decision. I can go miles why the school should not ban tap water. Tap water is disgusting The school is making a change to remove all the bottled water from vending machines and. Especially school water. I don’t know what about it is but, it just taste different. And some people are not even tap water type people. I recently heard that LED has gone into the school water supply. I don’t know about you but I don’t want to get badly sick. I also think that tap water isn’t fully cleaned. You always want stuff clean. Such as the stuff you put into your body. Or more specifically water. Water is basically the only thing you should put into your body besides...
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...in the Bottled Water In the meeting room, a lot of boxes of bottled water are put on the floor. Some workers are taking the bottled water from the boxes to the meeting table. Lines of bottled water are standing on the table tidily. This view is easy to see before every important meeting in China. After the meeting, some of these bottles of bottled water were opened and almost all of them were not drunk to the less. They will be thrown in to the dustbin. This behavior is become a fashion in China. However, do we really need to drink bottled water? No, we don’t really need the bottled water. The bottled water causes a lot of problems for our society. Currently, bottled water has become the most popular drink in the world. Americans like the bottled water so much. “The United States is the largest consumer market for bottled water in the world, followed by Mexico, China, and Brazil.” (Wikipedia) Here is some data about bottled water in 2008, “U.S. bottled water sales topped 8.6 billion gallons for 28.9% of the U.S. liquid refreshment beverage market, exceeding sales of all other beverages except carbonated soft drinks, followed by fruit juices and sports drinks.” [ (Wikipedia) ] Some people think the bottled water is a very important thing in our life. But I don’t think so. The bottled water is not a requisite in our life. “It is not you chose me, but I chose you.” as the Bible said. It is not that we chose the bottled water, but the producer of bottled water chose us. There...
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...In Flint Michigan, water was being contaminated. It started when Flint changed their water source from treated Detroit water to the Flint River. A flint woman named Melissa Mays said clumps of her hair were falling out, she developed rashes and came down with a lung infection. Many people think when they turn on the faucet, clean water will come out. A lot of people take clean water for granted. Every person needs about 2.5 quarts of clean water per day to stay healthy. But there are 1.5 billion people that don’t have clean water, mostly in developing countries. Water pollution needs to be controlled because it gives diseases and sometimes kills humans, it is hurting the environment, and it is ruining the food chain. Many people not only take clean water for granted but also take fish for granted. Many people think that all fish are healthy and clean to eat. That is not the case. Fish are being contaminated by water pollution. Fish get contaminated by toxins. Fish or other animals that eat the contaminated fish retain the toxins. Biologists have found more toxins in larger fish that have longer life spans than smaller fish with shorter life spans. This is because the larger fish eat the smaller fish that have...
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