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    1.1 Back Ground Among all natural resource, water is one of the most important to sustain the living planet, earth and every form of life on its face, including human being. It is an integral part of human’s activities including domestic, agriculture, transport, industry, power generation and recreation. Moreover, the normal uses of human body depends entirely on adequate quantity and quality of water. But pure water does not exist by default in its quality due to natural interaction among the earth’s

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    drinking water.” This may not seem serious, but it is Water quality is sometimes unseen, it is a serious issue yet often ignored by many. Most people are convinced that bottle water is the best solution therefore no one really questions the quality of tap water. As a result, tap water is rarely investigated, and this leads to a detrimental issues. A three-year study was conducted, for the testing of water quality, as a result the report has found more than 200 unregulated chemicals in the tap water of

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    oppose the idea of the seriousness of water pollution. Many argue that the water supply for consumption is enough and that there will be no water shortage. “Peak Water” is a term used for a global water shortage (The Environment), so people who consider that the water supply is not going to end use this in their favor. They say that thinking that water is going to be scarce In the future is silly, that people are being peak water alarmists, because there is enough water for everyone, it’s just that there

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    Michigan is surrounded by water, however, between the companies and people we us a great deal on a daily basis. The top five uses of water make up fossil fuel power using approximately six billion gallons a day, nuclear power using almost two and half billion gallons, municipal water makes up a little over one billion gallons, industries five hundred and ninety five million gallons and irrigation using two hundred and forty-four million gallons. I was surprised to see that livestock only uses forty-one

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    Ground water is the biggest source of drinking water available to human population around the world and is rapidly being polluted because of industrialization and increasing demands of agriculture around the world. A set of simple experiments were done to find out what kind of changes do some of these contaminants cause in ground water. Samples of tap water and bottled water were also analyzed for safety. Chemicals like oil, vinegar and soap cause turbidity, odor and color change in water samples

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    infuse the water? A good rule of thumb is to infuse for 1-2 hours at room temperature or in the fridge for 3-4 hours. You can infuse the water overnight in the fridge. After infusing overnight removing the infused fruits from the water will prevent the fruit from decomposing. You can then store the infused water in the fridge for up to 3 days. How long do infused waters last? Drink un-refrigerated infused waters the same day as infusing. You can drink your refrigerated infused waters within 3 days

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    hypothesis for salinity is not supported because hot water is less dense than cold water, therefore, the hot water floated on the cold water. Hot air floats and cold air sinks which creates wind so the same reasoning could be used for hot water floats and cold water sinks. The research talked about how ice is less dense than water but never directly stated that cold water was less than water also. An assumption that the same thing applied to cold water was made when creating the hypothesis. On the other

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    undoubtedly water. Water is the start to every lifeform and continues to be the reason why there’s so much life on Earth. We have continually used water for many years. It is a necessary resource that needs to be used by all living beings in order to survive. In the past fresh water was considered a valuable Today water is taken for granted and there are many people that that don’t care about preserving water as much as other do. This is becoming a major concern since the amount of natural fresh water is

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    deal of water, in fact, the average American uses 90 gallons a day (Henshaw). So it is not surprising America has one of the cleanest water reserves in the world (“Water Quality”). A surprising statistic, however, is one-third of the American population drinks bottled water on a regular basis when the majority has clean drinking water at home (Olsen). This might be due to the fact that the bottled water industry has promoted itself as a healthier and more portable alternative to tap water. However

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    article is to weigh the opinions of two different sources concerning the topic of water pollution. Many people neglect the water issue due to the fact that it does not necessarily pertain to them. However, there are several complications that should definitely be brought to awareness among the public. This article uses two sources to explain why and how the activities of humans contributes to the poisoning of the world’s water supply, and how the articles use argumentative such as ethos, logos, and pathos

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