The article “Goodbye, Bottled Water?”, by Gail Hennessey, was written to convince bottled water users to stop purchasing bottled water due to environmental impacts. To begin with, Hennessey pointed out such serious toxic pollution cause by throwaway plastic bottles. According to San Bernardino’s mayor, “ More than 1 billion plastic bottles end up in California's landfills each year.” Then, the plastic bottles will sit there for 1000 years to biodegrade and leaving toxic pollution. Likewise, Hennessey states that the oil needed for producing plastic bottles affect the environment as well.…
Isabel Johnson’s article “Bottled Water, Go Away” brings up a different perspective to an ongoing debate over the impacts of plastic water bottles on the world. She presents both the pros and cons of bottled water. Her reasons, however, do not provide a strong argument since she does not clearly support a single claim. Nonetheless, the reasoning behind her logic is supported using information obtained from research. Her credibility is built, but at the same time lost, from using these resources because they are not suitable to cite.…
Procedure 1. Find the materials. 2. Take your four postit notes and label them tap water, well water, spring water, or distilled water. 3.…
Clearwater will construct and maintain our living area until we are rescued by having an emergency shelter that is about 70 square meters with length benches. If an airing problem occurs, then we must evacuate our living area and move out into a tunnel. We will use a rear actor to dig for underground water sources. As well, we will use the radiators from the vehicles inside the mine shaft to search for water. Food supplies will be limited because we will need to prepare ourselves for darker nights.…
Did you know that the state is trying to have farmers minimize groundwater for their crops. “I have to look at buying less pickups,employing less people,and buying less tractor. You name it,from top to bottom”said Pete Belluomini the VP of farming for Luhr brothers Inc. I don't believe it's necessary to regulate groundwater because it's the farmers well…
By controlling natural resources a country will have an immense amount of power (eSchooltoday). As a result, humans need to conserve the natural resources they have. Humans need to use their natural resources wisely and prevent the exploitation of natural resources. This is what Gifford Pinchot believed (US Forest Service History). Gifford Pinchot took a stand for forest conservation by leading conservation programs, participating…
This report will compare the water quality of Freshwater Creek over the last three years using chemistry to show how the three chosen parameters are all linked and affect the overall quality of the water. Water is combination of two atoms, oxygen and hydrogen. When two hydrogen’s bond with one oxygen it makes a covalent bond. A covalent bond relates to the outer shell of electrons (valence shell) being shared with the neighbouring molecule for them to bond. A covalent bond only occurs between two non-metals, the molecules share electrons to achieve full valence shells for the molecule to be stable.…
Problems Addressed by the Statute: The Clean Water Act of 1972 (CWA) was passed by Congress so that there would be regulatory precedents over water pollution. It was enacted to maintain the natural integrity of water across the United States and to prevent sources of pollution from contaminating water sources themselves. In addition, this act helps maintain the public’s health by preventing gastrointestinal illness, reproductive problems, and neurological disorders that all arise from water contamination. Not unlike the previous acts discussed, the CWA is also managed under the EPA. Before this act was put in place by Congress, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) was the only law in accordance to water pollution; it was passed in…
Many individuals do not always realize that it requires the consummation of certain resources. They may look at the next best thing without realizing what affects their actions are having to the environment around them. Some examples can be seen with today’s rain forests and deforestation. It causes many animals to not only lose their environments but their homes.…
Alex Silva Clean Water Act Positional Essay Introduction The ongoing debate within the Clean Water Act (CWA) can be narrowed down to the Clean Water Rule (CWR), as it makes amendments to the Act and implements a different way of thinking about our water supply. The Clean Water Act was produced as a means for the EPA to implement pollution control programs alongside setting water quality standards for all contaminants in surface waters.…
Wastewater is Ms. Brown's main topic of discussion in this article. The effects on drinking water, landfills and wastewater treatment facilities are outstanding and a poor representation of what is being done to regulate fracking practices across the country. This pushes it's readers to think twice about the water they are drinking and what is really being done for the peace of mind of the rural citizen. With case-by-case interviews of people in the field of wastewater treatment and maintenance Ms. Brown brings strong logos to her article and uncovers how progressive fracking is compared to the regulation and observation of said practice. Ms. Brown starts with Pennsylvania and the root of radioactivity in wastewater from fracking.…
Safe drinking water act The EPA states that the safe drinking water act is a federal law used to ensure safe and clean drinking water for the public. Every single water public water system applies has to apply to this law. There are about 155000 public water systems providing water to almost all Americans to water in some time in their life.…
To show relevance the author states "Water is used to extract diamonds, but water is a scarce resource in Africa where many of the world's diamond mines are located. " Bringing in the relevance of countries today and how it'll affect them creates more of a sense of ergency and demand for change. The author continues with " Companies have drained twenty lakes, causeing massive changes to the environment and disrupting the natural habitats of many species. " Water is a scarce resource today as there are many droughts happening in current events. The pasage shows that even while we're short on water people are draining lakes and wasting it on diamond mining.…
There is a limited amount of resources on the planet. Every human needs food, water, shelter, oxygen, and a way to get rid of waste. These are essential for survival. According to science, the world only has 2.5% of water that is available for drinking. Because of this limited of water, the demand for water may exceed the amount left.…
Introduction The Earth is composed of various environmental resources. Often times, these natural resources can be used extensively by groups of people (Wang, Du, Su, Chen, 2012). This was portrayed in the movie DamNation (2014), in which dams were built to utilize the environmental resource of water, as a way to benefit humans. However, if individuals continuously overuse these natural resources for their self-interest, without its protection, the resources will eventually become damaged or depleted (Hardin, 1968).…