Recommendation For Recycling Water In Florida
.... keep up with
our ever increasing water demand.
This report presents the water shortage problem that is occurring in
Florida. This report will familiarize you with the problem and explain the
other uses currently being employed in Florida. This report also explains the
procedure, as well as a recommendation including the site and costs involved,
along with a short background on the proposed procedure. I recommend that the
recycled project be funded and allow the pilot plant to meet the ever increasing
demand for water in Florida.
Executive Summary
The water shortage problem effects us all in one way or another. Either
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Reforestation
.... much more carbon dioxide than a new tree
could. By cutting and burning these magnificent seasoned trees, the CO2 is
being released back into the atmosphere. These releases of carbon dioxide add
up in our surroundings, only to intensify Global Warming. Although this shows
what happens when one burns and cuts down old forests, one must still plant new
trees for long term plans, not letting them grow for a few years, to then cut
them down.
There are many methods for planning a forest. The simplest method of replanting
a forest is to leave it to nature. A suitable seed bed in which trees will
readily take root is integral for su .....
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Role Of Government Intervention In Environmental Issues
.... market system? Furthermore, we should also focus on
how we can accomplish this so that sustainable growth and development can take
place. So there is definitely a need for some form of government intervention
to enforce and monitor this. Reason being that there is always an element of
equality that has to be enforced, when dealing with cases such as this. For
instance, larger corporations may have an advantage over smaller corporation,
since they have stronger influence on politicians and lobbyists. So the
governmentUs role should be to ensure that all industries (regardless size
and/or power) have equal opportunities to bene .....
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Should There Be A Nuclear Power Plant In Saskatchewan?
.... more space for private
landowners and will also keep land prices at a lower cost. Nuclear power is also
a much cleaner operating type of fuel. The amount of waste produced is from a
nuclear power plant is not even a fraction of the amount of sulfur, carbon
monoxide, and nitrogen oxide produced by a coal plant. By building a nuclear
power we will reduce acid rain and not add to the global warming. Hydro stations
form algae in lakes which reduces the amount of oxygen in the water making it
harder for marine life to survive. Although the damage nuclear accidents cause
is very bad the risk of a accident is not very probable, so in th .....
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Should The Harris Superquarry Go Ahead?
.... their own. If it is to go ahead then an early start
will give Harris a stronger position in the market.
2 INTRODUCTION
This report examines the controversy and key issues surrounding the superquarry
at Rodel, Lingerbay on the southern coast of the Isle of Harris (Figure 1) and
attempts to find an acceptable solution. The quarry will hollow out the heart
of the mountain but leave enough of a shell to leave the skyline largely
unaffected. The whole question of whether or not it should go ahead or not is
the subject of the current public enquiry in Stornaway. A decision must be
made soon. The market for aggregates is li .....
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Solar Energy: An Alternative Energy
.... The same thing with tidal energy. And
since the sun plays a vital role in the water cycle hydroelectric energy can be
attributed to solar energy.
Solar Energy has great potential in becoming a main source of energy in the
future.
Bibliography
"Alternative Resources" Internet. Large URL
Schneider, Herman and Nina. Science for Today and Tomorrow. Boston: D.C.
Health and Company.
"Solar Energy." Microsoft Encarta. 1995 ed.
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Nuclear Energy And The Environment
.... i.e. plutonium, is
extremely radioactive, which may cause the people who are working or living in
or around the area of storage or use, to acquire leukemia and other cancers.
They also show how billions of dollars are spent yearly on safety devices for a
single reactor, and this still doesn't ensure the impossibility of a "melt
down." Two examples were then given of Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, in 1979,
when thousands of people were killed and incapacitated. Finally, the
environmentalists claim that if society wastes less energy, and develops the
means to use the energy more efficiency, then there would be a definite decrea .....
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Temagami
.... wood have always
made it attractive as a versatile resource but there are other, more subtle ways
in which it affects people. The tropical rainforests, responsible for producing
most of the earth's breathable air, have been given the lofty title of "lungs of
the Earth," and as stated by the Canadian Encyclopedia Plus '93, "forests
provide an additional, although intangible, benefit: the opportunity for renewal
of the human spirit" (CAN ENCYC). Once humanity accepts these facts, we open
ourselves up to profound responsibilities regarding their protection.
Unfortunately for both ourselves and our environment, we have long deigne .....
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The Atmospheric Ozone Layer
.... the need to measure ozone concentrations from the surface at regular
intervals, led to the development of the Dobson spectrophotometer in the 1960s.
The British Antarctic Survey has the responsibility to routinely monitor
stratospheric ozone levels over the Antarctic stations at Halley Bay (76°S 27°W)
and at Argentine Islands (65°S 64°W). Analysis of ozone measurements in 1984 by
a team led by John Farnam, made the startling discovery that spring values of
total ozone during the 1980-1984 period had fallen dramatically compared to the
earlier period between 1957-73. This decrease had only occurred for about six
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The Cause And Effects Of Acid Mine Drainage
.... are several sources that cause ARD. No
matter what activities occur, ARD usually occurs when certain conditions are met.
These conditions are the factors that limit or accelerate the release of ARD.
The initial release of ARD can occur anywhere from a few months to many decades
after the sulfide containing material is disturbed or deposited. ARD has been
associated with mines since mining began. When ARD occurs due to the effects of
mining it is called acid mine drainage, or AMD. The coal mining industry here
in the eastern United States has been associated with a major source of AMD for
decades. When water comes in conta .....
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Effects Of Dam Building
.... As you could probably
notice from it's name, storage dams are created to collect or hold water for
periods of time when there is a surplus supply. The water is then used when
there is a lack of supply. For example many small dams impound water in the
spring, for use in the summer dry months. Storage dams also supply a water
supply, or an improved habitat for fish and wildlife; they may store water for
hydroelectricity as well.
A diversion dam is a generation of a commonly constructed dam which is built
to provide sufficient water pressure for pushing water into ditches, canals or
other systems. These dams, which are normall .....
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Study Of Environmental Issues Associated With Industrialization
.... while chemicals such as chloroflourocarbons (CFCs),
halons, carbon tetrachloride, methyl chloroform, methyl bromide and
hydrochloroflourocarbons (HCFCs) are the major contributors to the deterioration
of the ozone layer. These chemicals have industrial halocarbons that break up
into chlorine and bromine in the upper stratosphere when they react with the
sun's rays. Chlorine eats up the ozone layer while bromine acts as a catalyst
and speeds up the process. Often found in Antarctica, there are frozen chemical
clouds in the upper stratosphere called polar stratospheric clouds. These polar
stratospheric clouds destroy the oz .....
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