The Importance Of Water In Michigan

For the first paragraph we shall have a quick focus on the geological history of the area of Kalamazoo. The main deposits and formations of the Kalamazoo area where formed during the Wisconsin glaciation period. Now the deposits are actually due to two lobes during this period, the lobes are the Lake Michigan and Saginaw lobe. Kalamazoo is actually know as a “reentrant district” due to the presence of two different lobes materials. During the middle of the Wisconsin Ice Age the Lake Michigan lobe was extending southeastward, while the Saginaw lobe was extending southwest. With the meeting of the two lobes an interlobate developed between the terminals of the lobes. It is also thought that the two lobes overlapped each other. With the Saginaw lobe covering the Kalamazoo area first and then retreating while the Lake Michigan lobe then covered the area. There are also some bedrock formations in the area as well, these formations were established during

The Great Lakes have combined are of 94,510 square miles (244,780 square kilometers). Although the Great Lakes were all formed by glacial activity during the same period, they are quite different form one another. The irregular movement of the glacier created variation in the size, elevation, and depth of the lakes. Lake Superior, the largest of the lakes, is

According to Data USA, the population of Flint Michigan in 2014 was 99,802. 41.2% of the population in Flint, MI live below the poverty line, a number that high higher than the national average of 14.7%. Households in Flint, have a median annual income of $24,862 which is less than the median annual income in the United States. 61.1% of the population is black or African American. (Data USA, 2015). A third of the population live in poverty and a sixth of the houses are even abandoned. Flint River, Flint Michigan’s primary water source has been known to be of poor quality, having a history of contamination from fecal coliform bacteria, low dissolved oxygen, plants nutrients, and toxic substances. In 2001 there was 134 state ordered

At Nudgee Beach, erosion was found to have occurred on the edges of the mangrove forest and along the mudflat shorelines. Erosion is typically influenced by natural factors and occurs when pieces of weathered rock or soil are moved – typically by wind and water – from one place to another. Shorelines with lots of sediment and sand are more inclined to be effected by erosional progression. Erosion may also be provoked and accelerated by human interference. For example, if the decision to clear trees and plants from an area is made, erosion is likely to occur as the root systems of plants work to hold the soil in place. If these root systems are removed and erosion does occur, environmental conditions – such as; landslides and flooding – are more likely to take place. Erosion may also cause other plants to tip over, have their underground roots exposed and damaged and contribute to the pollution of local waters; as a result of mud and soil runoff [26]. Erosion at Nudgee Beach was likely to have been influenced by natural factors; however, the development and extension of the Kedron Brook golfing course may contribute to the acceleration of erosional processes and further damage the mangrove

People often wonder how the continents, states, and other landforms develop their shape and structure. Our earth, continents, countries, and states developed over billions of years and water played a huge roll in the development, shape, and structure. Within this exploratory essay you will gain knowledge on how Michigan, specifically, was shaped and how water affects the state in many ways and will continue to do so every single day until the earth ceases to exist.

With so many people mining for gold and trying to find as much as they can, new technology was invented to make the process easier and more efficient. Before this new gold-mining technology, many miners would dam up rivers to make their findings easier and supply water during dry months, or the rivers would become blocked with deposits and sediments, effectively changing the rivers for animals and plants. Along with that, the need for wood and lumber increased so the forest changed with more and more trees cut down to create canals. The land was essentially torn up just in the miner quest for gold. With the invention of hydraulic mining came one of the most disastrous effects on the state’s physical environment. Before workers would only dam up rivers, but with this machine, mountainsides and other areas were torn up,

The processes of water erosion that were listed above are also main contributors to the elevation levels of Michigan.

It began 2 million years ago, Canada and the upper U.S. were covered in glaciers. All the repeated melting and freezing of the glaciers created thousands of cavities in the Canadian Shield, which were filled with melted glacier water which created the Great Lakes (and many other rivers and lakes). In the west, there used to be a HUGE lake (Lake Bonneville) but it drained into the Pacific Ocean through rivers and dried out

This geological landscape was the Great Ice Age. Michigan was affected by the Wisconsin Glacier which was an extremely huge ice mass. It stretched from its tip of the Hudson Bay, and its bottom down by the lower end of the Ohio River. While the climate was changing and not warming up, the meltwater from the glacier carried rocks and soils afar. This created low hills across the state of Michigan. The grinding of boulders created particles of various sizes and weight. The heaviest pieces fell first. These pieces formed ridges, which in turn formed flowing streams. The weight of that glacier over Michigan was gradually becoming smaller. The earth began to act like a sponge. The Michigan landscape began to emerge. Plants began to spring up on the landscape and formed into suitable growing environments. These environments made it a place for communities to start growing and to become prosperous with

The great lakes have certainly influenced Michigan’s unique shape and distinctive mitten shape, however those lakes aren’t the only sources of water that contribute. There are over 36,000 miles of rivers and streams throughout the state of Michigan that have also helped shape the land we enjoy today. Rivers help shape landscapes through erosion and the transportation and deposition of

“Nestle in Michigan” is a video clip on YouTube about the Nestle corporations bottled water plants with a primary focus being on the plant located in Stanwood, Michigan (Menzies, 2010). Nestle has a 99 year lease on property that only cost them $63,000, “they received $10 million in tax abatements”, and they are pumping water at a rate of 218 gallons per minute (down from the original 450 gallons per minute) (Menzies, 2010). In other words, Nestle is pumping dangerously large amounts of water that is free to them as property owners, selling it for a profit, and not being subjected to the same tax as other land owners.

Thousands of lakes in the Midwest were formed by glaciers. The glaciers moved across the land. As they moved, they scraped the land and formed deep holes in the earth. When the climate became warmer, the glaciers melted and water filled the holes. This is the same process that formed the five Great Lakes. Click the buttons to learn more about the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes hold 1/5 of the world’s fresh water. The fresh water has many uses. It provides water for people to drink and is used for transportation, power, and recreation.

The seepage of ground water and the overland flow of surface water runoff also contribute to the erosion of shorelines (http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/NPS/MMGI/Chapter6/ch6-4.html). The role of ground water is most important wherever permeable subsurface layers of sand are exposed in high bluffs along coastal bays. In these areas, the seepage of ground water into the waterway can cause erosion at the point of exit. The surface flow of upland runoff can also dislodge sediments through the creation of rills and gullies on the shoreline banks and bluffs (http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/NPS/MMGI/Chapter6/ch6-4.html).

They are located in Dexter Michigan and have been servicing Washtenaw county and a large area of Southeastern Michigan including Washtenaw, Livingston, Jackson, Lenawee, Monroe, Oakland, Wayne, Ingham and Hillsdale Counties since 1974.

As indicated in table 4.22 above, the capital budget source of the authority for the last four years were Addis Ababa Region, Grant and its own source. The city government allocated birr 37, mill,42.2 mill 40.9 mill. For the year 2006, 2007, and 2008 respectively. for these consecutive years the city government allocated below 50 million birr. This assured that the budget allocation did not consider the urgency and degree of the water supply problem of the city. It also seems that until the last few years water supply infrastructure and service problem was not really taken as a serious issue that has an impact in the all round Socio-economic development of the city.