South Saskatchewan River Basin Case Study

My name is Vynateya Purimetla, and I am an eighth grader currently attending East Hills Middle School, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Presently, we are in a hydrogeology unit and we have been researching global water crises around the world and the effects they have on people who inhabit those regions. I am writing this letter to address the issues of inadequate sanitation, untreated sewage in groundwater, and holy rivers being polluted due to a host of reasons. These problems are occurring in both rural and urban areas, and are affecting more than 80% of the Indian population who depend on water polluted with untreated sewage, nitrate, and agricultural runoff for basic survival needs, (The Huffington Post). As the leader of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, I hope that some of the solutions outlined in this letter could be helpful to you in solving India’s water crisis.

Moving on, there are some issues with the legislation that has been passed in order to conserve the water, especially concerning the Clean Water Act. People are having opposition with the rules of the Clean Water Act. Small business owners feel that this act is restricting the way that they tend to their property. For example, several farmers use pesticides, herbicides, and other fertilizers to keep harmful insects and other animals off of their crops, so they can grow properly. These pesticides eventually end up in our local rivers, lakes, and oceans which are making humans and animals very ill. However, they make money by the crops they sell, and to them, the Clean Water Act has a very negative economic impact on them (Landers). Although

To do this, people could start out by passing out pamphlets on water purity. Every family would get at least one copy of it. Then a website would be made about this issue. People could put in real facts, like "Better water quality can lead to longer life!" We would also include the link to the site in the pamphlet.

In the fourth chapter, “Fouling Our Own Nests,” of Unquenchable: America’s Water Crisis and What to do About It, Robert Glennon discusses the dangers of water contamination that plague many parts of the United States. His main claim that water pollution requires the help of the entire population stems from an unmentioned warrant: contaminating the national water supply with chemicals from individual communities and industries is detrimental to American society. In order to strengthen his argument, Glennon showcases the impacts of local contamination issues on larger populations and utilizes quantitatively intimidating statistics to solidify his position and inspire his readers to fight for better water regulation.

Since the switch of water supply, children have gone 2 years without a clean water supply and there was no one to advocate or hear the voices of these children. It was not until

In the United States, the available water resources is also under assault. Half of water collected and stored by existing infrastructure is usually used in the production of electricity. This forces the population to use and divide what little there is left. This has always been a “good enough” approach until now, when water prices and population is on the rise.(3) There are already calls for charging water resources in order to increase efficiency of use.(3) Water protection is already being carried out and has been for years, but there is still water pollution occurring within the United States. After the Civil war, America strived to provide its population with clean water

Imagine life without water, what affects do you think will come? Water is not only an important source of nature but a  necessity to living life through human society. Our group believe in the importance of water and realize that without Central Arkansas Water the future for our area would lack in a necessity in daily living. We wanted to know more about the complications CAW experiences, the current improvements to the system, and the future plans that will lead Central Arkansas to a new level of water enterprise. In the water sector of Infrastructure there are many important sub-sector to the transportation of water, but water treatment is the most important in our Central Arkansas area.

In the 1930s, Saskatchewan faced numerous amounts of droughts and decided it was necessary to improve water security for agriculture, municipalities and industry. Lake Diefenbaker provided water to the province through canals and pipelines. Since the 1930s, southern Saskatchewan and the Moose Jaw-Regina Industrial Corridor have grown substantially. The demand for water is already coming close to meeting the capacity of the existing water supply infrastructure through the Upper Qu’Appelle. This limited water supply can be detrimental to both the economy and social growth. Studies have proved that the water use in the Qu’Appelle River Basin is going to increase in the near future. -

Ontario's many lakes, rivers, and streams played a central role in the province's history and development. For Aboriginal peoples and the early European settlers, the lakes and rivers were a means of transportation and a source of food. Waterways determined the patterns of settlement as well as the patterns of industrialization. More than 80% of Ontarians get their drinking water from the lakes. The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Basin supports nearly more than 75% of Canada’s manufacturing, and a third of the country's employment in agriculture and food processing.

At Prairie Provinces there has three province Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. The capital city of Manitoba is Winnipeg , the capital of Saskatchewan is Regina and the capital city of Alberta is Edmonton. The Prairie Provinces has the mostly dry with cold winters and hot summers. Agriculture, mining and hydro-electric power generation is economy of Manitoba's. the most famous street intersection in Canada, Portage and Main is Winnipeg city. The largest endemic population over 15% and the Ukrainian culture with 14% Ukrainian origins. Next, the largest producer of gains and oilseeds is Saskatchewan they called '"breadbasket of the world" and the " wheat province". Uranium and potash, used in fertilizer and produces oil and natural gas let

Most of the river system is located within the Canadian Shield. Roughly twenty kilometers north of Mattice, Ontario is Thunder House Falls where the river cascades off the Canadian Shield and the terrain shifts into sandy lowlands. The rock underneath yourself becomes sedimentary and covered by clays dating back thousands of years (Canoeing Ontario’s Rivers). Some rocky sites, like high ground above Reva Island on Missinaibi Lake have outliers of the Great Lakes St Lawrence Forest, old stands of 350 years old Red and White Pine (Canadian Heritage Rivers Systems). Near the southern end of the river there’s a few locations where granite is joined with very ancient volcanic rocks in places such as Devil’s Shoepack Rapids and Split Rock Falls.

In summary, there are many different factors that contribute to the health of the Susquehanna River. The factors include the pH, temperature, phosphate, nitrate and dissolved oxygen levels. Another factor is the wildlife living in and around the water. A healthy pH level is from five to eight. The tested level was within this range! The temperature was also at a good level because it was cold enough to have the healthy level of dissolved oxygen. The dissolved oxygen level was about nine. The nitrate levels were excellent, but the phosphate levels were just good because they were slightly above where they are supposed to be. Also, by analyzing the types of macroinvertebrates in the river, the level of pollution can be evaluated. The

The entire region is a vast sodden plain that slopes towards the sea that is less than a metre per kilometre. Up to 85 percent of the is muskeg or a wetland. There is more water than earth. Water lies everywhere Shallow oblong lakes, Streams that run nowhere. Up to 50 percent of the land is water. (Government of Canada, 2010)

Hull was the first PERMANENT town on the Ottawa river. The settlers used this location in the St. Lawrence Lowlands to his BENEFIT as the lowlands are the most biodiverse region in Canada. Places in this area have good, fertile soil and lots of precipitation, which was a great advantage when setting up this agricultural settlement. Only a year later, in 1801, Columbia Falls farm was SET UP, heralding the beginning of a NEW CITY. The settlement, called Wright's Town quickly expanded to provide for themselves and avoid the cost that comes with shipping from Montréal. Lumber, hemp, and grist mills, a brewery/distillery, shoemakers, bakers, and a school are some of the buildings and services that were quickly

The Saskatchewan River watershed is a major river in Canada which flows eastward across Saskatchewan and Manitoba into Lake Winnipeg. It is a source of water to humans and livestock (Partners for the Saskatchewan River Basin, 2009). The watershed has a distinctive delta which is the largest inland freshwater delta in North America. The delta begins at the west of the Saskatchewan-Manitoba boundary (Partners for the Saskatchewan River Basin, 2009).