Assessment of the Hydrogeological Aspects of White River in South Dakota

Many people know that water is essential for human-being and it is not only valuable for health and life, but water is also important for industry and agriculture. Furthermore, use of water has a spiritual, cultural and recreational dimension. However, water resources are not infinite. Wide and inefficient use of water resources can lead to irreversible consequences, such as water shortage. This essay will firstly discuss the problem of water shortage on examples of developed and developing countries and include the diversification of the same issue in the different parts of the world. It will also identify causes and effects of this environmental problem on society and other spheres of life. Moreover, in this essay I am going to propose

This report is based upon the collected data from scientific tests and different data collection experiments, these diverse range of observations helped in determining the health of the river and catchment as a whole. The experiments tested a range of variables, some including; the levels of nitrates, phosphates, temperature of water, pH levels, turbidity of water and dissolved solids. The collection of water and recordings of microorganisms was examined and also recorded. As well as these scientific tests, simple recordings were also taken of the surrounding area and the amounts of rubbish and infrastructure that could be seen. The tests conducted in the river system occurred on the 24th of May 2016, to conduct the tests the trail along the river was walked, furthering the knowledge of the health of the river and how the the catchment area as a whole was fairing. However, some differences to the data could be assumed as when tested it was not always done by the same person, this could have then limited the accuracy. Another

In this paper we are going to analyze the quality of water affected by the parameter. The quality of water is not equal and constant. Water quality is affected by different type of parameters such as Colour, Turbidity, Total dissolved solids, Taste and odour, PH is the physical parameters. Chloride, calcium, magnesium, sulphate, total hardness is the chemical parameters.

Water is the most important substances on Earth as it is essential for the survival of all species. Water covers seventy-six percent of our planet, and it is easy to think that it will always be plentiful (Girard). However, the way society misuse the substance makes freshwater start to become incredibly rare. The global water supply is becoming more of an issue every day. Water is a resource that much of the developed world takes for granted, but that many in the developing world struggles to find enough of everyday and even in developed nations, where a plentiful supply of water is sometimes taken for granted. The struggle for fresh water could spread as climate change and other manmade pressures change the availability of water around the globe, and as Earth 's population grows ever larger. If we continue to misuse the Earth’s water supply, society will be at war over water because of the high rise in pollution, climate change, and the privatization surrounding the topic.

You will undertake a practical investigation to measure the water content of soils and/or rocks and how this varies with location. You will keep a research logbook during the investigation and will write a report on your findings.

Kansas State University, Department of Civil Engineering of David Steward and his colleagues, used observation wells groundwater level measured historical data to develop a model to predict groundwater in western Kansas reduced circumstances. With their observation they also evaluated the reduction of groundwater exploitation, possible effects on maize production and livestock industry. The researchers estimated that “in 1960, the aquifer only used 3% of the water and by 2010, 30% of the water has been exhausted, then in 2060 another 39% is expected to disappear” (David Steward, 1987).

Water is the most essential substance on earth. All plants and creatures must have water to survive . without water life on earth will not exist. Water can be used in unlimited aspects of life , such as cooking , washing and irrigating plans and trees.A lot of global problems are water issues related , ranging from protecting clean water to water and climate change .moreover , There is a huge loss of water in developing countries due to the hurdles that these countries face in extracting aquifer water and the inefficiency of the current agricultural system .In addition , to the polluted water resources which develop an increasing numbers of infected people by several dangerous diseases .

Throughout the world, human activity and natural factors are exhausting the available water resources. Although in the last decade, the society has been raising awareness of the need to improve the management and protection of the water, the economic criteria and the political factors still tend to direct all areas of the water policy. The science and best

Ground water depletion has raise one of the most important issues nowadays, and it has become a worldwide problem. Many cities in the U.S. has drought that can last around a month. With the over-population today, usable water is not enough for every-one today. Moreover, general public tend to overuse water instead of saving water. Industries extract water from the ground. They also destroy forests which make the ground water lost more tremendously. Based on the rational public’s decisions to waste water, and also the industries mal said behavior, the ground water depletion is a problem that the government and the citizens need to take it seriously. Many technical solutions are proposed to solve the problem. But in order for the technical

Water is directly related with the survival of human kind and it is crucial unlike other resources, because it does not have choices and alternatives. As a consequence of global warming and pollution, importance of water has increased much. Some "2 billion people” already lack water supplies. Water use has risen six-fold over the past 70 years. By 2050, it is estimated that 4.2 billion people live in countries that cannot meet people’s daily basis needs. South Asia is a region of water abundance and scarcity. “Issues concerning water

Bearing the high rate of depletion of the natural resources due to increased global warming, the increasing global population and persistent lack of nature conservation and preservation, there is urgent need to focus effort on the possibility of contributing towards environmental conservation that leads to conservation of the natural resources by everyone. The prime focus of this paper will be on water as a global human need.

Water is naturally occurring, water is essential to life and every activity carried out requires water. Friis (2012) reported that humans can only survive approximately one week without water, with the average daily consumption about 2.5 liters and overall daily usage about 400 liters (Friis, 2012). Water is employed for a variety of reasons, ranging from domestic to agricultural, to industrial, to thermoelectric and so much more. Two sources of water were identified by Kenny et al. (2009) of the United States Geographical Survey (USGS), they include; surface water and groundwater, both fresh and saline. According to Kenny et al. (2009) of the USGS, water supplies and their uses are affected by factors such as demographics, economic trends, legal decisions, and climatic fluctuations. For this paper, I will focus on irrigation, one of the ways which water is used.

To meet the objectives of this study, the 12-digit hydrologic unit boundary was selected as the basic analysis unit to assess the groundwater vulnerability. It is the finest resolution of the hydrologic unit hierarchy (Figure 2), which is georeferenced to the 1: 24,000-scale topographic base map and meets the National Standards for the Spatial Data Accuracy and the Watershed Boundary Dataset standards [32]. There are a total of 656 watersheds within the CV with an average size of 80 km2. Nitrate concentration data in wells and other potential contributing explanatory variables were processed to the basic watershed unit for further analysis. Watershed was used as the basic unit because watershed characteristics can directly influence

Eight thematic layers will be produced and analyzed for this study which includes rainfall, soil, Geology, Geomorphology, Landuse/Landcover,Lineament, Drainage density and Slope.Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) algorithm will be used to estimate the amount of annual rainfall in the study area.Intensity and duration of rainfall play a significant role in infiltration. High intensity and short duration rain possesses less infiltration and more surface runoff. Low intensity and long duration rain possesses high infiltration than the runoff. High weight is given to the high rainfall area and least weight is given to low rainfall area (K. Ibrahim and S.A. Ahmed).The slope

Fig 9, shows the spatial USSL Classification diagram of groundwater samples in Sarab plain. The C2-S1 was found in the east part of the study area. In this part of the study area, the aquifer is recharged from streams. Therefore, groundwater quality there has good quality. In the middle part of study area, the groundwater quality is deteriorated due to dissolution of gypsum and salts minerals in Miocene formations, cation exchange and urban wastewater. The C4-S1 was found in the west and north part of the study area and salinity and SAR has increased in the west part of study area due to Talkheh Rud river saline water (Asadollahfardi et al., 2011).