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    person working at Nut Island wanted to be there and would not let anything get in the way of their team. When looking at only the cohesiveness of a team, Nut Island would be a good example. They worked together and enjoyed what they did at the sewage plant. Employees worked overtime without being paid for it and without complaining. They

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    clean because without it humans would not have a steady source of drinking water. Back in the Middle Ages people were concerned about water treatment. People were heavily fined if they were caught dumping sewage into the streets. Instead, the people would take their buckets filled with raw sewage and dump it into nearby rivers and streams. This was extremely unsanitary. The bacteria, or decomposers, would break down the waste but there was so much that it took a long time.The people didn’t know how

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    Beaches are some of the most romanticized places on the planet, for good reason; however, the encroachment of humans onto beach and coastal habitats has resulted in several negative outcomes. At Santa Monica State Beach (and adjoining pier), one of the most popular and polluted beaches in California, the impacts of urban development, industry, and other man-made problems have caused mass pollution in the surrounding environment. The effects this pollution has on the coastal wildlife, water quality

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    person working at Nut Island wanted to be there and would not let anything get in the way of their team. When looking at only the cohesiveness of a team, Nut Island would be a good example. They worked together and enjoyed what they did at the sewage plant. Employees worked overtime without being paid for it and without complaining. They

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    A: Read the article “Victoria’s Ugly Stain”; then answer questions by filling in the table that follows. Victoria’s Ugly Stain Victoria’s sewage treatment is at third-world standards. Some BC politicians and other interest groups claim that the 34 billion litres of raw sewage spewing into the Strait

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    Introduction In the 1850s over 400,000 tonnes of waste and sewage was being discharged into the River Thames each day. By 1858 the stench from the raw sewage around and within the Thames was named the ‘Great Stink’. It was a Civil Engineer named Joseph Bazalgette who proposed a plan of the creation of an underground network of tunnels, to put an end to the polluted river. His engineering feat has been improved and extended vastly but the Victorian Sewers still stand as London’s primary sewer system

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    information is infrastructure. We all use infrastructure in our daily life like roads, water system at our home, sewage system and much more. WATER INFRASTRUCTURE: -The term “water infrastructure” includes water and wastewater systems and includes water treatment facilities, water mains, distribution pipes, pressure reducing stations, water meters, pumping stations, sanitary and storm sewers, sewage pipes, storm water pipes, manholes, septic tanks and lift stations. Importance of water infrastructure: Water

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    Question 1 a) Explain the affects that Urbanisation can have on the hydrology of a catchment. Outline how SuDs can mitigate these impacts and explain the role and features of the following systems: • Permeable pavements • Swale • Detention Ponds Urbanisation affects the hydrology of a catchment in various ways, it causes issues with the natural drainage of the environment by blocking stream channels and removing trees which help break the momentum of rain. Urbanisation creates a lot of surfaces

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    wastewater from household sewage, runoff, domestic, commercial and institutional units. Processes include physical, chemical and biological manipulation of contaminants to neutralize their effects on the human body for consumption. There are three main types of treatment, primary, secondary and tertiary, all of which have separate units and processes that flow in an organized manner to ultimately end up with recycled potable water. First in primary treatment the sewage is temporarily held in a quiescent

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    Table of content: Table of content 1 1. Abstract : 2 2. Introduction : 2 3. Motive 3 4. Literature review 3 4.1 Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive 3 4.2 Why treat urban waste water? 3 4.3 Waste water treatment Maintenance 4 4.4 Health and Safety 5 4.5 Monitoring of waste water discharges to the environment 5 5. Objectives 5 6 .Project description 5 7. Time schedule using the Gantt chart 6 8. Outcomes 6 9. References 7 Table of figures: Fig (1) Wastewater system in urban areas ...………………………………………………………………………………………

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