In the video series Water’s Journey: Hidden Rivers of Florida, the narrator and scientists discuss the connections between human society above ground and the quality of aquifers below ground. The first part of the video series discusses the preparation and introduction of the mission of Wes Skiles, Tom Morris, and Jill Heinerth. The video begins with discussing connections between human society above ground, and the quality of aquifers below ground and how water is such an important part. The narrator also defines Earth as a water planet, due to the fact that it is the most important resource and all living things depend on it. Then, the movie begins discussing Florida’s aquifers and the process of how water can travel through the aquifers …show more content…
for hundreds of years before reaching the surface. Next. we are introduced to the team of divers that will be navigating the Florida aquifers: Wes Skiles is the leader, Tom Morris and Jill Heinerth are the divers, and Brian Pease will be using a custom designed transmitter and receiver to track the divers in real time. As this first part comes to a close, the divers have just begun their swim in the aquifers and are navigating through small caverns. As the video closes, the narrator discusses how most of the water used Florida is for agricultural purposes (farming) and this results in large amounts of nitrates in the springs which in turn unbalance nature. The second part of the video series discusses how underwater caves are formed.
But first, the video goes into detail about how farmers in Florida are using a nitrate reduction plan to best analyze how much water is needed for crops. This reduces the amount of excess water used and saves the farmer money. The narrator describes florida as having a “thirsty ground.” This means that plants absorb water, filter out pollutants, remaining water goes into the ground, fills the tiny cracks and holes, and eventually ends up in the limestone where it is absorbed. As the water travels it picks up carbon dioxide and becomes somewhat acidic. Now it is able to enlarge the cracks in the limestone creating the vast underground caves. In the cave, Tom and Jill find that the suppostively clean drinking water is polluted with nitrates and there is even an oil drum at the bottom of the spring! All of the debris in the spring proves to the divers that they are getting close to an opening at the surface. After Jill and Tom emerge through the polluted water, they exchange their tanks for ones full of oxygen and descend over 180 feet into the ground. Tom then finds a rock called “swiss cheese” and explains that in an aquifer there should be an equal part of rock and empty spaces to house clean, drinking water. Brian Pease and his partner follow Tom and Jill through a restaurant and to a swallet hole. There, Jill and Tom grab a sample before the narrator concludes the second part by describing how Florida’s aquifers are a renewable
resource. In the third part of the movie, the narrator discusses how humans, just like plants, process water. Besides going into the ground, human water and waste ends up in septic tanks. Rather than having waste end up in a septic field or tank, environmentalists suggest using wastewater treatment facilities. Here, nitrates and unwanted contaminants are cleaned out. The divers and the above ground trackers follow the path through golf courses, homes, and restaurants. The narrator describes how Floridians are living above limestone that was once part of coral formations in an ocean and that are now home to fossils and remnants of sea creatures. As the spaces become smaller, the divers have to take their tanks off and crawl through the small cracks that the rivers flow through. The divers finally find a way out of the small cracks which leads them to a sinkhole. The movie discusses many ways that Floridians are impacting the springs. One way is by dumping garbage into springs. Dumping garbage, debris, and hazardous materials pollutes the springs by contaminating the clean water found there. Also the pollutants are getting sucked into the caves and springs by the currents which increases the amount of nitrates in the water. Another way that Floridians are impacting the springs is through the increase in land development. The fact that Florida’s population has been increasing rapidly since the 1950’s has resulted in the increase of road production. This increase in production creates ways in which water becomes blocked from entering the aquifer and thus, needs to find new ways to get into the ground. These new ways often result in the water obtaining more nitrates and pollutants which contaminate the clean, drinking water. One way in which Floridians can combat the following problems is through reducing the amount of pollutants that make their way into the aquifers. Pollutants found in yards, and golf courses often run down into the aquifer. One solution would be to install pips from the water treatment facilities to use clean, but not drinkable water to water the ground. This would reduce the number of pollutants as well as recycle the water.
Floridians lives on top of a limestone foundation that was once upon a time was a shallow coral sea and is now riddled with caves. In the film Water’s Journey: Hidden Rivers of Florida there were divers tracking the path of water through underground caves, specifically Florida’s aquifers. They were navigating through the complicated system of undergrounds rivers from where water disappears underground to where it resurfaces in the springs of Florida.
In the book, “The Way to Rainy Mountain” by N. Scott Momaday, there is 24 chapters in which consist of three voices, myth, historical, and personal. All of these parts of each chapter come together to make an overall meaning. In chapter 10, Tai-me is described both as a person and as a figure and describes the importance of Tai-me. The myth explains how Tai-me became a part of the Kiowas. The Kiowas were hungry and one of the men went out on a search of food. While searching the man stumbled upon Tai-me and the man told Tai-me his problem. Tai-me told the man, “ Take me with you and I will give you whatever you want”. The historical part explains that the Kiowas were extraordinary grateful for Tai-me that Tai-me became the symbol of their worship and was the central figure of their Kudo ceremonies. The personal part of the story, is the narrator reflecting upon the time he visited the Tai-me bundle and left an offering as thanks. In all the chapter shows the great importance of Tai-me to the Kiowas.
In A Separate Peace, author John Knowles uses the element of water to portray hidden meanings throughout the story. Although the weather is part of the setting, the rain, snow, and fog also reveal a character’s inner thoughts and what they are experiencing. Sometimes, when characters are showing effusive emotion, authors let “a character to cleansed, symbolically,” (Foster 77) by letting him walk through the rain. This causes them to be “less angry, less confused, and more repentant” (Foster 77). In A Separate Peace, Gene revisits his old school, Devon, after his time in the war. He ventures to the tree in which he pushed off his best friend, and rain begins to pour. Being cleansed in the rain, he realizes, “nothing endures, not a tree, not
Deep River is a short novel through which Shusaku Endo shares the story of a number of Japanese tourists who travel to India in an unknown pursuit of their pilgrimage of grace. Ironically the characters within the novel are non-believers of the Hindu religion, which can be a bit confusing for the reader at first. But as one proceeds through the novel, one will come to realize that the basis of the novel was not to review any particular religion, but to depict the individual journey to God. As stated within the novel, “God has many different faces. I don’t think God exists exclusively in the churches and chapels of Europe…(p.121)”Meaning similar paths will most likely not be taken. However it becomes evident through the reading that it is their sub-conscious notions that lead them to India to find God, although their trips appear to be for alternative reasons.
A Long Walk to Water is an engrossing true story about an African boy named Salva. It takes place in a war ravaged country named South Sudan. Soldiers scour the country, snatching children to join their ranks and burning villages in spite of the government. Salva manages to escape and join a herd of frightened people from his tribe. He encounters his uncle who quickly becomes leader of the group for having a gun and being related to the chief. Salva's uncle teaches him important lessons but meets his demise at the end of a soldier's gun. Later on in the book Salva has to become leader of a group of boys. Then a group of men. Salva shows many characteristics of being a good leader in these situations.
Everyday the average American family uses about 400 gallons of water a day. In some countries, the average family is lucky if they can even get enough to fill up a glass. In Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water, we hear the story of a boy in Sudan, named Salva in search of water and refuge. Salva shows that he is a survivor by making it through challenges like, dangerous animals, loss of loved ones, and mother nature. This story takes place during a war in sudan. It forces Salva to leave home and go on a journey with a group of people that he’s never met before.
Tim O’Brien, the author of The Things They Carried, is still undecided of whether to doge the draft and lose the respect of his family and friends, or go to the Vietnam War and lose his life, in the chapter “On The Rainy River”. Elroy’s actions reveal his good qualities that help Tim make this important decision, without any words of judgment or criticism. Elroy’s actions reveal heroic qualities. He is a silent Observer who helps Tim overcome his fears.
A Long Walk to Water is a Realistic Fiction book that can be about Determination and it is made by Linda Sue Park. Nya is the main female character, and she has to fetch water everyday and it takes 8 hours of the day to get water and come back. Nya sometimes has to move to a lake during dry season and still has to get water, Nya. also doesn’t get to go to school or learn. Salva is the main male character, the part where Salva lives has been having war and Salva has to get to a refugee camp in Ethiopia along the way Salva meets a boy named Mariel and he finds his uncle, he makes it to a camp but a couple years later the government is falling and they have to go to another camp. Later on Salva got to go to New York and live with a new family.
According to the quote, effects of the rising of the water were transportaion, food, and water. Transportaion for Mesopotamia was cruical because they (tribes and communitites) were often nomadic because the availability for food and water was limited. During this time period, food usually consisted of animals which included food such as meat and crops and the Nile River help supplied food and water.
The book, "Long Walk to Water" tells the journey of refugee boy in Southern Sudan, 1985, named Salva. It all started on that unfortunate day that he began his walk. Salva was at school when the war had reached his village. Successfully he fled from the school into the bushes before being spotted. From there he traveled with a Dinka group, heading east. During most of his walk he felt very lonely, that is until he met Marial, who soon became his friend. Soon after that Salva reunites his uncle and later becomes the leader of the traveling group. His journey was not just walking and it wasn't easy. Salva's only friend goes missing in the middle of the savanna. Then he crossed a river in a reed boat, be stung by many mosquitos and they are dangerous,
...t be as prevalent in the United States as in other developing counties such as Bolivia, Lesotho, China and India. The film expert explains “water is a transient element, recycles itself around the globe through natural redistribution system of precipitation, accumulation and evaporation”. Even if we are half way around the world pollution and water affects us. The film relates to human growth and development in a sense that water is essential to us so therefore we cannot live without it. It provides us with energy and most important function is to help remove toxins from the body. The film was very informative it helps to gain a new perspective as to what is happening in other counties with their day to day challenges. A very sad story was being told about what these people are going through in Iran Salinas’ words “Many have live without love but not without water”
Blue Gold: World Water Wars’ main argument is that fresh water is a basic human right, and it should not be treated as a commodity; while investors are looking at water as the new oil. The world’s fresh water supply is unsustainable, only 3% of the earth’s entire water supply is fresh, and even less is actually drinkable for people. Blue Gold also points out a few reasons as to why this is happening. The movie argues that water privatization is one of the big culprits of our vanishing water supply. It points out that when water is being pumped into the desert for agriculture through water reloc...
Water contamination comes in various different forms. The most common in today’s world is chemical contamination. At the dawn of the industrial era, factories and sewage plants were the main culprits behind water contamination. In her article Water Quality, author Mary Cooper notes that “although the most egregious point-source pollution [factories and sewage treatment plants] has been reduced, a more insidious form of pollution continues to dirty the nation’s waterways – runoff from city streets, suburban construction sites and farms” (955). In farmland America today, the focus of contamination is mostly on runoff. Runoff...
The novel River God by Wilbur Smith is set in Ancient Egypt, during a time when the kingdoms were beginning to collapse and the Upper and Lower Egypt were separated between two rulers. The story is in the view-point of Taita, a highly multi-talented eunuch slave. At the beginning of the story, Taita belongs to Lord Intef and helps manage his estate along with caring for his beautiful daughter, Lostris. She is in love with Tanus, a fine solider and also Taita’s friend. Unfortunately, Lord Intef despises Tanus’s father, Lord Harrab, and Intef was actually the one who the cause of the fall of Harrab’s estate, unknowingly to Lostris and Tanus. Taita’s goal is to bring back Egypt to its former glory, but with so many bandits and invaders it would be a difficult task.
Once upon a time high above the earth, fluffy white clouds drifted through the atmosphere. In the clouds lived a family Droplet of water, round and content with life. For as long as I could remember, I spent my days lying on my back, relaxing and soaking up the sun's warm rays. One day, I took my usual place in the sun but the light didn't seem to be as bright. In fact, as the day went on, it grew darker and darker, loud claps of thunder shook the cloud, and the Droplet felt as if he were getting so heavy he could hardly move. This is called precipitation.