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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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    Introduction Over time, both the volume and complexity of employment law that originates in the EU has grown considerably. When the UK joined the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1973, membership brought with it few requirements in the field of employment regulation. The Treaty of Rome contained an article committing member states to enforce the principle of equal pay for equal work between men and women, but this was already in the process of being introduced in the UK at that time. Later

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    1 INTRODUCTION: 1 2 DISCUSSION: 2 2.1 Scotland’s Water Sources: 2 2.1.1 Coastal Water: 2 2.1.2 Estuaries: 2 2.1.3 Freshwater Lochs: 2 2.1.4 Offshore Waters: 3 2.1.5 Rivers and Canals: 3 2.2 Extent: 3 2.3 Availability: 5 2.3.1 Current Condition of the Water Bodies in the Scotland River Basin District 5 2.4 Water Quality: 6 2.4.1 Water Pollution: 6 2.4.2 Catchment Management: 6 2.5 Cost of Supply: 7 2.6 Success of the Regulators: 8 3 CONCLUSION: 10 4 REFERENCES: 11 1 INTRODUCTION: Scotland is known

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    The aim of this research project is to investigate the water quality in the Barcombe Mills tributary. By collecting samples along the stream, becomes an attempt to be illustrated the qualitative state of water, centring on faecal contamination. It is attempted to assess the risk of water-related illnesses from faecal contamination to persons coming in contact with the river. It will also be a review of the causes of poor water quality in Barcombe Mills tributary, in order to be applied techniques

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    Most societal problems can be easy to identify such as a rise in crime or the effects of a natural disaster such as an earthquake. There is a natural disaster that is currently facing the state of California in particular which is much harder to overcome – the drought. According to state government officials, California is experiencing one of the driest decades in recorded history and the drought is so severe that the governor, Jerry Brown, declared a state of emergency in 2014 because of it. Since

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    expenditures on research and development have grown rapidly since the mid-1980s. For example, in the period between the EU’s First Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (spanning the period 1984-1987) and the Fourth Framework Programme (1994-1998), R&D investments under the Framework Programme grew in real terms by more than 120%. The budget for the Fifth Framework Programme (1998-2002) is projected to be approximately $15 billion. R&D investments in the health, biotechnology, information

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    The work placement took place at Eden sustainable Ltd which offers free domestic biomass boilers and other finance options for solar and commercial biomass. The placement was located In Woolacombe, Devon and took place over two weeks during July and August 2016. A total of forty hours were logged over this time period with two days off over the weekend. Plate 1 shows the small office located in Woolacombe where the work placement took place and where Director Scott Burrows mainly operates from.

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    Drinking Water Inspectorate • DWI is the drinking water quality regulator for England and Wales. It is part of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. • The object of the DWI is to maintain public confidence in the safety and quality of public water supplies through the exercise of its powers of reporting, audit, inspection, enforcement and prosecution. In addition, drinking water inspectors are scientists/engineers with considerable water supply and water quality monitoring experience

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    Pollution happens when chemicals and other outside substances leech into the ground, air and water. These pollutants contain poisons that adversely affect environments and the living animals inside of them. Although natural well being and security gatherings work to build attention to the threat contamination presents, if contamination proceeds at its present rate, the future impacts could crush to human populaces and the earth. .Air pollution is a gas (or a liquid or solid dispersed through ordinary

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    oily residue derived from the production of illuminating gas. In 1834 Eilhardt Mitscherlich heated benzoic acid with lime and produced benzene. In 1845 A von Hofmann isolated benzene from coal tar. Benzene dissolves only slightly in water and will sit on top of the water as they are of different density’s. Benzene evaporates into the air very quickly. Its vapour is heavier than air and may sink into low-lying areas. Where is benzene found? Benzene is formed as a result of human effort and naturally

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