Anderson, J. N/A. Water supply. The environmental benefits of water recycling and reuse. Water
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Fresh water levels are at an all-time low and with the increasing demand for Ag and development, water is a scarce resource. The article analyses the effects on how reusing water can help to combat the needs with less fresh water. The paper demonstrates with a water recycle case studies in agriculture, urban areas, and water resource supplementation in a few different countries. The relations between water reuse and maintainable water control are studied. Water preservation and water recycling can produce significant eco-friendly benefits, arising from a decreases in water diversions, and reductions on the impacts of wastewater disposals on the environmental water.
Some cases are shown by demonstrating the ecological benefits in measureable terms. The scientists also explains the economic and ecological benefits shown in a number of recent practiced water cycle planning in Australia and a few different countries. I found this source reliable because it was peer reviewed. I plan to use this paper because it supports my argument.
Bech, B. 2011. Water resources and oil and gas development: A survey of North Dakota law
North Dakota Law Review. 87(4): 507-533.
North Dakota has been subject to a massive increase in oil production in just the past few years. The recent increase in oilfield activity has the North American region questioning the amount of water that will be avail...
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Amounts of oilfield produce water differs from time to time relying on the different methods of extraction. Sometimes the well itself can produce 10 to 20 times the amount of water than oil. Scientists have found that the longer the well is online the more water it produces in its lifetime. In the dryer climates it may proof to be more profitable to recycle the produce water and use it for agriculture reasons and for the oil exploration itself.
The waist stabilization ponds are a treatment method that prevails more effective in the dry and hotter climates. I found the source to be reliable because it was peer reviewed. I plan to use the article because it supports my argument.
John D. Archbold, one of seven trustees, reacted to the discovery of oil in Oklahoma by saying, “Are you crazy, Man? Why, I’ll drink every gallon of oil produced west of the Mississippi!” Obviously, the board of trustees did not prioritize expansion of Standard Oil’s infrastructure into the west. Two factors contributed to this lack of enthusiasm regarding western oil.
On January 10th 1901, the discovery of oil at Spindletop would lead to the greatest economic boom the world has ever encountered. The amount of oil that would be discovered across Texas would be more than enough to power America over the next several decades. The effects of having oil would completely change Texas culture, lifestyle, and business tremendously. In the book Oil In Texas, it will prove that America would change completely from an agricultural nation to an industrial nation after the discovery of oil in Texas. At the turn of the century there was a new law named “Capture” therefore whoever produced the oil owned the oil.
This area is known as the Permian Basin. Most of the oil is being produced from rocks
Introduction on Water It covers 70% of our planet, makes up 75% of our body, it is necessary for survival and it is declining at a rapid rate (http://www.sscwd.org). It is water. Unfortunately, clean water is rare, almost 1 billion people in developing countries do not have access to water everyday. “Yet, we take it for granted, we waste it, and we even pay too much to drink it from little plastic bottles” (The Water Project). Use of earth’s natural resources should be seen as prosperity, although it is taken for granted, every aspect of daily life revolves around the environment, forcing water conservation to be necessary for future on this planet.
The Debate Over the Idea of Drilling for Oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
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Since the early 2000’s, after new technological advancements in fracking and the discovery of large shale reserves across the country, fracking has increased domestic energy production substantially. Shale gas production has increased 20% from 2005 to 2012, promoting a more prosperous economic demand for domestic energy solutions (Pritchard). The demand for transportation vehicles, fuel, housing and water also increases with the expansion of fracking. Furthermore, the increase in fracking has increased employment significantly. In a country struggling to rebound from a recession, well-paying jobs are easily accessible in the booming oil field. This is evident in the prosperous state of North Dakota, in which the unemployment rate has fallen to 2.8 %( Gottesdiener). However, although this industrial expansion creates temporary employment, the consequences of mismanagement may also cost millions of dollars to repair. Fracking has the potential to create environmental damage such as water contamination, radioactive spills, and increased seismic activity that could cost thousands of dollars in damage. The cleanup of drinking water contamination is difficult and expensive, and ultimately rarely attempted. Moreover, the cost to replace the drinking water of contaminated homes and communities also cost a substantial amount of money (The Costs of
In our generation of new technologies and high civilization it is hard to believe that our World is in Water crisis. This crisis is affecting not only low-developed parts of the world but also it affects high-developed countries, about one third of the humanity suffers from the scarcity of water (Molden 2010). One of the main causes of it is overpopulation. In increasing water demand water sources which we have now are not able to renew themselves. Another factor of water scarcity is not economized water consumption. Nowadays most of countries are beginning to realize that solving the problem of scarcity of water is very crucial. One of them is Mexico where water shortage is the national problem.
Wick, K. & Bulte, E. (2006). Contesting Resources - Rent Seeking, Conflict and the Natural Resource Curse. Public Choice, 128, 457–476.
Have you ever wonder what can you do about the bottles and cans you find around you? People that doesn?t care about the world being clean is littering the place. It makes things very difficult to put up for. Recycling cans and bottles can help save the earth form waste and trash buildup and can make new things. I think that recycling should be mandatory and there should be recycling cans in various locations at school and everywhere else.
With the population expecting to rise 40-50% within the next 50 years, the demand for water in Agricultural needs and Environmental needs will rise as well, creating a more desperate water crisis.
Freshwater is quite scarce, but it is even scarcer than one might think: about seventy percent of all freshwater is frozen in the icecaps of Antarctica and Greenland and is unavailable to humans. Most of the remainder is present as soil moisture or lies in deep underground aquifers as groundwater. It is not economically feasible to extract this waster for use as drinking water. This leaves less than one percent of the world’s fresh water that is available to humans. It includes the water found in lakes, reservoirs, groundwater that is shallow enough to be tapped at an affordable cost. These freshwater sources are the only sources that are frequently replenished by rain and snowfall, and therefore are renewable. At the current rates of consumption, however, this supply of fresh water will not last. Pollution and contamination of freshwater sources exacerbate the problem, further reducing the amount of freshwater available for human consumption. Something must be done if humans want to even survive in the near future: the lack of clean drinking water is already the number one cause of disease in the world today. The first step is worldwide awareness of the water crisis: governments and the citizens they govern worldwide need to know about this problem and be actively involved in solving this problem.
Water scarcity is harmful to human life because when water is poorly managed throughout the world, those who need water are deprived of nutrients they truly need, causing them to die. This eventually affects the global population. Therefore, many experts have proposed several solutions such as the LifeSaver Bottle, TrojanUVPhox treatment system, and Waste Water Recycling. The problem of water scarcity has increasingly spread throughout the world as of yet, The UN reports that within the next half- century up to 7 billion people in 60 countries which is more than the whole present population will face water scarcity (Sawin “Water Scarcity could Overwhelm the Next Generation”). As well, the demand for freshwater has tripled over the past 50 years, and is continuing to rise as a result of population growth and economic development.
Asano, T., Burton, F., Leverenz, H., Tsuchihashi, R., Tchobanoglous, G. (2007). Water Reuse: Issues, Technologies, and Applications. New York: McGraw-Hill
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