...largest drinking-water resource. From 2012 – 2023, the USGS is assessing groundwater throughout the country through extensive sampling. The latest results from four regional aquifers have become available today and add to previously released results for five other regional aquifers. About half of the nation’s population relies on groundwater for drinking water. As the nation’s population grows, the need for high-quality drinking-water supplies becomes even more urgent. Groundwater – the Invisible and Vital Resource Graphic The USGS has identified 68 principal aquifers, or regionally extensive aquifers that can be used as a source...
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...Date International Marketing Opportunities Many water issues characterize Mexico. Essentially, its tap water is often seen as impure. A large number of the population and tourists are not satisfied with the quality of water in the country. In this regard, it is imperative that more people invest in water filtration systems to ensure that the consume water that is safe (Aldolfo and Guierrez 57). A bottle filtration system will prove beneficial for the population. Water supplies in Mexico have many impurities. This is more than just hidden sediments. They also contain harmful bacteria and other impurities that can have negative effects in a person’s health when the water is consumed. It is dangerous to consume water that is not safe for human consumption. Many sources of water in Mexico, especially tap water, are characterized by impurities that are harmful for human consumption. Testing is often done for water supplied in cities and other localities. This is not the case for water in Mexico. In this regard, a water filtration system will go a long way in ensuring that the population has safe water for consumption (Guasch 104). A bottle filtration system is designed to deal with sediments, smell, taste, and appearance of water. ` This essay will detail a SWOT analysis for is Brita Water system. This analysis will show the advantages and issues that the company will face in Mexico in regards to manufacturing and selling the water filtration system. The filtered bottle system...
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...What is fracking? According to the sources provided hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a different and less expensive method used to extract natural gas out of the ground. This process is done by fracturing porous rock with water, sand, and chemicals to free the gas inside the rock. This procedure is affordable and less complicated than the other strategies used to withdraw natural gas from the ground. Although fracking is more economical there are some disadvantages. For instance, the chemicals utilized in fracking. In source c it explains the downsides of fracking and goes in depth about how, “fracking not only consumes large quantities of fresh water but in...
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...4 Chapter-2: Water Crisis 6 Chapter-3: The environmental effects of Hydraulic Fracturing 8 Air: 8 Water: 8 Deforestation: 9 Health: 9 Climate: 9 Faulty Wells: 9 Chapter-4: Hydraulic Fracturing: A Controversial Topic 10 Chapter-5: Conclusion and Recommendation 12 5.1 Water Scarcity Issues and Factors: 12 5.2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Scarcity: 14 Bibliography 15 Appendices 17 Appendix-1: Shale Gas Extraction 17 Appendix-2: Components of Fracturing Fluid 18 Appendix-3: Percentage of Global share by gas types 19 Appendix-4: Reducing Surface Footprint with Horizontal Drilling 20 Appendix-5: Satellite view of a Hydraulic Fracturing fluid storage 21 Appendix-6: Possible risks of Hydraulic Fracturing 22 Appendix-7: Global physical and economic water scarcity 23 Appendix-8: Survey conducted in Yangon, Myanmar 24 Chapter-1: Introduction Hydraulic fracturing is the process of obtaining natural gas by drilling into shale rock layers deep within the Earth. This process was made possible by advances in drilling technology in the past 100 years (www.energyfromshale.org/). Hydraulic fracturing of shale gas is also known as “fracking”. Hydraulic fracturing involves usage of vast amounts of a water mixture directed under high pressure at layers of shale to release the gas. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation states that approximately 2.4 to 7.8 million gallons of water are needed per fracturing process. The water mixture contains...
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...advertizing. Pepsi was selling its Aquafina brand of bottled water under the assumption that Aquafina is sourced from mountain spring water. Although the bottle itself did not have the words “spring water”, Pepsi used a great marketing gimmick to deceive consumers. Aquafina brand was sold in a bottle with a clean, blue label showing images of snow-capped mountains and the claim, "Pure water, perfect taste". That's the image created by PepsiCco's Aquafina brand of water, and many consumers leaped to the incorrect conclusion that Aquafina is sourced from mountain spring water. In reality, Aquafina comes from tap water, the same water we get when we turn on our kitchen faucet. Of course, Aquafina is filtered, purified and perhaps even enhanced with trace amounts of added minerals, but it's certainly not mountain spring water, it's just processed tap water, nothing more. PepsiCo only agreed to the truth on their bottled water labels after being pressured by Corporate Accountability International (CAI), a non-profit organization that helps protect consumers from corporate abuse. PepsiCo bottled water issue brought to light the apparent deceptive practices of some of the largest suppliers of bottled water products. By avoiding the honest labeling of the source of their water while relying on snow-capped mountain imagery, these companies quietly mislead consumers into thinking their water products were from a pristine, natural source such as a mountain spring. Corporate Accountability International...
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...CONSUMER SATISFACTION TOWARDS KINLEY PACKAGING & DRINKING WATER Submitted in partial fulfillment for the requirement of the degree of BACHELOR OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT BY B.SHARATH BABU (Regd No.10625031) Under the guidance of Dr. K.Visweswara Reddy M.A., N.ET.,Ph.D.(MBA) LECTURER IN COMMERCE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE & BUSINESS MANAGEMENT [pic] St. Joseph’s Degree College Kurnool Affiliated to SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY ANATHAPUR 2011-2012 St. JOSEPH’S DEGREE COLLEGE, KURNOOL CERTIFICATE This is certify that this is the Bonafide Project work entitled “CONSUMER SATISFACTION TOWARDS KINLEY PACKAGING & DRINKING WATER” carried by Mr. B.Sharath Babu. Register No.10625031 for the year 2011-12 in partial fulfillment of the Requirement of the award of degree of Bachelor of Business Management of Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur. Principal Project Guide Examiners PROJECT GUIDE CERTIFICATE Mr. B.SHARATH BABU a student of final B.B.M of St.Joseph’s Degree College, KurnooL. In partial fulfillment for the award of degree of Bachelor of Business Management has done her project entitled “CONSUMER SATISFACTION TOWARDS KINLEY PACKAGING & DRINKING WATER”. All the details collected and furnished by her are true...
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...California’s Water Problem Introduction: Water Sources in California In her book entitled Managing Water: Avoiding Crisis in California, the ecologist and historian Dorothy Green describes the complicated and intricate California water system (University of California Press, October 9, 2007). Green’s description and analysis becomes more important to the people of California with every week that passes/ This is because California is now in the fourth year of drought in which no rain, snow, or hail has fallen (“California Drought”, CA.gov. Online at: http://ca.gov/drought/). In her work on the topic, Dorothy Green describes very carefully the system by which the rain, snow, and hail that fall in northern California move downwards in a flow of water that serves the entire state thanks to the power of gravity. The river systems of California include Colorado River and the Sacramento River. These great river systems move the water southwards, (to Los Angeles) and westwards (to San Francisco), respectively. In addition to these well known rivers to the system of rivers in California includes more than thirty rivers including the Klamath, the American, the Tolumne, the Merced, the Yuba, the Kern, the Russian, the Tule, and right here in Los Angeles the Los Angeles River which runs right through the industrial section of downtown Los Angeles in a cement channel : In addition to the river systems of California, Green describes a network of dam release channels, canals...
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...celebrate traditional Thai New Year’s Day and it is known as the biggest, longest and most important event of the year in my country. The main point of this festival is to bring unity in family and community, making merit, and sharing religious rituals which will bring fortune throughout the year. Slide 2 Image Description: A picture of making merits by offering food and giving alms to monks. Narration: First thing to do during the festival, my family decided to visit Wat, which is the sacred temple, to make merits. Making merit to visit the temple is an important part of Songkran because in Thailand, as well as my family, nearly 95% of them are Theravada Buddhists. It is believed that Buddhism is first introduced during the reign of Ashoka who is a famous Indian King when he sent missionaries far in Asia. When my family arrived in the temple, we first sat silent listening to Dhamma talk and observing the precepts. When we are done with it, in part of making merits, we offered foods and alms to the monks. Slide 3 Image Description: A picture of Buddhism religious ritual by pouring fragrant water to Buddha statue. Narration: In the afternoon, we approached to one of the Buddha image in the temple to perform the bathing ceremony. This religious ritual is essential part in Songkran. The way of participating in this ceremony is to pour the fragrant water to the Buddha statue but this religious ritual has real meaning behind. The meaning pouring water is to wash off all the...
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...Air and Water Pollution Paper Since the industry revolution, environmental pollution has gradually become a global problem. It looks set to hog the limelight in this century. Almost all the countries suffer from such problem and are struggling to keep their heads over the water. This essay will cover two types of air pollutants and two water pollutants that affect our health. Air: (Indicate whether the selected air pollutants are considered primary or secondary pollutants. Be sure to explain why they are considered to be primary or secondary, and discuss the sources of these pollutants) (Examine the selected water pollutants. Discuss the sources of these pollutants, and indicate the impact of these pollutants on water resources and aquatic life) Air pollution is something in the air that causes harm to humans or the environment. There are many different forms of air pollutants and these are broken down further into primary and secondary pollutants. A primary pollutant is something that stems directly from a source such as volcanic ash or vehicle emissions. A secondary pollutant forms when two pollutants react in the atmosphere such as acid rain. Most air pollution comes from one human activity: burning fossil fuels, natural gas, coal, and oil to power industrial processes and motor vehicles. Among the harmful chemical compounds this burning puts into the atmosphere are carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and tiny solid particles including...
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...Abstract: Availability of drinking water began to hit the people hard more specially in the urban areas due to rapid increase of population and unplanned development of urban areas. After India’s independence in 1947, the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) was established in 1956 by the government of Assam to fulfill the requirement of drinking water. This department was entrusted with the responsibility of providing safe drinking water unreliable nature of public water supply in most cities including Guwahati, people have to depend either on their own sources, or on some commercial agencies which is in fact not possible for all the dwellers on a regular basis. Therefore, the present study focuses on the sources of drinking water and...
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...FIJI Water Bottled water has become an indispensable prop of the daily lives of consumersalmost anywhere in the world today. It is truly a marketing phenomenon in the 21 centurys globalconsumer culture. Despite having grown up drinking water straight from tap, many consumers now prefer paying for the luxury of drinking bottled water and are raising a generation of children that views bottled water as a superior alternative to tap water. They have learnt to accept paying good money for a commodity which has always been provided, and can still get, for free from taps in their homes. Bottled water barely existed as a consumer product a couple of decades ago. It was mostly found in exotic holiday destinations with poor quality local drinking water to cater for the needsof tourists. Today, we find bottled water in lunch boxes, meetings, lecture halls, tennis matches and the cup holder of the treadmill at the gym. Every convenience store or supermarket offers bottled water for sale. At supermarkets, bottled water is the most popular item by units sold today. When we buy a bottle of water, we are notjust paying for the water itself but the convenience and most probably the artful story which the water companies tell us about the water. Our choice is affected by where it comes from, how healthy we think it is, and what it says about us ¨C in other words, its symbolic meanings rather than the actual benefits. Among the choices that we make for our daily consumer products, bottled water...
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...Water – The India Story March 23, 2009 1 Table of Contents Summary Global Water Situation – A Snapshot Water in India Innovative Water Management Initiatives 2 Freshwater rich regions across the globe are projected to face water scarcity if current reserves are not managed effectively Global Freshwater Scenario Global Freshwater reserves are rapidly depleting and this is expected to significantly impact many densely populated areas of the world Low to middle income developing regions as well as highly developed countries will face water stress in the future, unless existing water reserves are managed effectively • Although low and middle income developing countries currently have low per capita water consumption, rapid growth in population and inefficient use of water across sectors is expected to lead to a water shortage in the future • Developed countries traditionally have high per capita water consumption and need to focus on reducing their consumption through improved water management techniques and practices By 2025, India, China and select countries in Europe and Africa will face water scarcity if adequate and sustainable water management initiatives are not implemented Freshwater Situation in India Traditionally, India has been well endowed with large Freshwater reserves, but the increasing population and overexploitation of surface and groundwater over the past few decades has resulted in water scarcity in some regions ...
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...frequently these sources are totally renewable and re-usable. These natural alternatives have been preferred by many over using the fossil fuels so prevalent in society at this time, in that they can be used without the environmental arguments presently going on about fossil fuels. Geothermal energy was first discovered in the seventh century, when mines dug were found to be actually hotter than the surface. This was assumed to be resulting from a heat source located inside the earth, termed Geothermal Energy. Both Romans and Chinese used geothermal springs to heat buildings and gather warm water. The Maoris in New Zealand used geysers to cook their food. Currently, it is also in use in Japan, Iceland, New Zealand, and California as a commonly seen source of energy. All these locations use the energy to heat homes, power electricity, and other such uses. Geothermal is gathered from three sources – Dry Steam Fields, Wet Steam Fields, and Hot Water Fields. Dry Steam, the easiest one to harvest, is also the one seen very rarely. The conditions of having large amounts of steam underground ready to come up and power turbines are not seen often. A few, however, do exist, and for example, one in Larderello, Italy, has been producing electricity for over a hundred years. Wet Steam Fields are more common, but also not as easy to use. Currently, the largest one is in Wairakei, New Zealand, with others in Russia, Japan, and Mexico. Hot Water Fields make use...
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...Water Issues in Egypt 1. Introduction Arid and semi-arid are characterized by low erratic rainfall of up to 700mm per annum, periodic droughts and different associations of vegetative cover and soils(IISD,2010). The world’s semi-arid and arid regions are located mainly in North Africa and the Middle East, as well as south Asia. This feasibility report are going to compare two provisions for water supply in Egypt and also recommend the best method of water provision. Egypt has been suffering from severe water scarcity in recent years like Uneven water distribution, misuse of water resources and inefficient irrigation techniques(Amir,2014). The government of Egypt must look to alternative and sustainable methods to secure their water supplies. There are two options- a: find a new water resource - groundwater extraction. b.develop water-saving supply programme - Aswan Dam. 2. Background Generally, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Egypt was worth 271.97 billion US dollars in 2014. The GDP value of Egypt represents 0.44 percent of the world economy(Trading, 2015). Move onto the geographical and natural environment, Egypt is one of top ten countries at risk of water shortages due to these following reasons: Egypt is bordered by Libya to the west, the Sudan to the south, nevertheless, part from the Nile Valley, the majority of Egypt's landscape is desert. In addition, Egypt has...
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...Newer Sources of Fossil Oil in North America (Favoring Production of Oil Sands and Opposing the Production of Tar Sands) Discovery about Tar/ Oil Sands Tar/ Oil sands are very important for determining the energy requirements of any country. Today we highly depend on the energy resources and could not succeed without considerable energy resources available to us to meet our daily production needs. Fossil fuels which are based on coal, natural gas, renewable, nuclear and oil are the main sources of energy in this highly competitive world depending on these energy sources. The major part of the world’s energy needs is met by using fossil fuels which are proved to be the abundant sources of energy necessary for the development of modern world. Tar/ oil sands represent 60% of the world’s accessible oil and different oil producing countries such as Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Canada. Total oil reserves account for 174 billion barrels but technology evolvement can increase these reserves at larger level up to an estimation of 315 billion barrels. Figure: Cashing in on Tar Sands In favoring new discovery of oil sands, they are much important for the economic growth of any country to give them competitive edge over others with extra energy resources. According to Canadian engineer Joseph Hill, with an access of new technologies and natural resources in environment friendly manner, additional resources of oil sands can be handy for the economic growth. She investigated that refining...
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