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Water Supply Problems and the Kankakee Basin Projects

in rural areas, rely on groundwater. This is taken from underground aquifers, the capacity of which is judged by sinking a series ...

Direct and Indirect Effects and Native American Water Rights

importance than some treaty provisions given the location of most Native American reservations in the arid West (Lewis, 2001). Wa...

Water Problems in California

salinity doubled (Witze 72). Concerns about the local ecology prompted numerous bitter court battles over the management of this w...

The Color of Water by McBride and Racism

skin, and it was only after he become a professional journalist that he became interested in the subject (PG). Such an admission i...

Georgia and the Impact of Urban Sprawl

impact on the rivers and lakes in the region. It has affected its fluvial systems and while Georgia is trying to get a handle on t...

Boiling Water and Salt's Impact

might want to explore, especially highly recommending www.weather.com. The papers purpose is to prove the many different varietie...

Types of Drilling Fluids

a similar task, these are collectively known as "deflocculants and filtrate reducers" (OilWorld, 2002). If shale inhibition is req...

Natural Disaster Aftermath and Transporting Clean Water to Those in Need

dependent they are on easy access to clean water until something prevents that access. The Impact of Natural Disasters Informati...

United Kingdom's Water Quality Laws and the EU's Impact

any other type of pollution. Humans depend on water both directly and indirectly for their sustenance. Clean water is important...

The Impacts of Acid Rain on Water and Soil

that deposition which is lower than seven on the pH scale and the alkaline classification being applied to those depositions which...

Water Sports Development and Marketing in Cuba

to sustain it long term. Per capita GDP in 2002 was only $2,300 (Cuba), and that figure cannot be seen as being merely "relative"...

Anita Shreve's The Weight of Water

review of The Weight of Water, "There is so much factual information about the Shoals here -- geographical, historical, nautical, ...

Rhodesia, Brazil and Declining Rainfall and Deforestation

and food for the animals and life, the forest is also a container, that ensures there is a regular flow of water (Butler, 2002). T...

Agricultural Needs for Water in California

problems, namely that their climate is largely arid and also that their rate of population growth is far outpacing the available r...

Water Quality Reviewing

to minerals in water, another measurement is that of pH -- which measures acidity in water (City of Toronto, 2003). Harder water i...

A Tidepool Hermit Crab Consideration

("Marine Life," 2003). Hermit crabs are able to protect the vulnerable part of their bodies through the utilization of an empty sn...

Biological Implications of H2O

(to prevent the spread of germs and to keep rivers and streams from harmful pollutants), can be harnessed to generate electricity,...

Liability and Environmental Law

being greater than only the surface a survey undertaken in the 1980s in London by the London Waste Regulation Authority. Here the ...

Politics and Sports

p.33). It is hard to know if that is the truth or political posturing. After all, to gain the hearts of New Yorkers it is best to ...

Character Analysis of Nadine in the Short Story 'Water Child'

her, it is apparent that his "real" life is with his wife and children, and that Nadine is only on the periphery. It is ironic, of...

A Comparison of The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and The Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris

world with it" (Morrison PG). Morrison shows how overcoming stereotypical racial images is not an easy accomplishment in Pecolas...

Environmental Issue of Water Purification

"The remaining 65 percent of the population served by CWSs receive water taken primarily from surface water sources like rivers, l...

Bottled Water

a very powerful aspect of the entire plastic industry. Or, as noted by the author in offering the words of another, "Bottled water...

Erin Brockovich Questions

someone who can be easily intimidated. Masry and Vititoe Law Firm over time: At first, Erin is judged purely according to the s...

2 Dutch Masters, Leyden and Steen

earnings from his art were meager ("Seven Dutch Masters: Jan Steen"). In the popular imagination, Steen is associated with the i...

Cultural Differences; GE and DEWA

2003). From this it is apparent that the culture may be within the firms, but it is also likely to be influenced by external force...

Our Undervalued Water Resources

in some ways more concerning since they are harder to quantify and control. Nonpoint pollution occurs during rainfall and snowmel...

Problems Facing Native American Nations

This difference resulted in friction between the peoples of this new nation (and in particular its government) and the Native Amer...

Future Water Shortages?

(2001) offers solace, however, with his thesis that water is in fact not only plentiful but also renewable. Lomborg (2001) encour...

Dyson: Come Hell or High Water

looks at it in a certain way-the way the media wants them to perceive it. In this case, the media has used this device to portray ...