Essays on Catchment

Informative Speech

The guest of honor, other distinguished guests that have graced this occasion, ladies, and gentlemen, all protocols observed, water is one of the most precious natural commodities that we must always pride ourselves. Even though this product covers more than seventy percent of the planet, thinking that it will forever remain a fallacy (WWF, par. 1). The only available fresh water for human consumption accounts for three percent of the total available water. There are however concerns regarding the rate at which these water sources are disappearing with current information indicating that water systems like rivers, aquifers and lakes ...

GENERAL INFORMATION

Mudgeeraba Qld 4213 Contact Details: Phone: 07 55 650 333 Fax: 07 55 650 300 E-mail: Enrollment: Mudgeeraba Creek State School realizes its primary obligation is to provide adequate and accessible services for children within the catchment region of the institution. The school has a limited capacity to handle children from outside its catchment area. It current capacity can hold up to 900 learners. The institution currently has 629 pupils (293 girls and 336 boys) The children entering Prep annually should not exceed 125 in the five classrooms unless there more than 125 kids in the catchment region. Any ...

Background Information

Flooding occurs in many countries around the world and the need to have proper response plan is inevitable. The case in no different this year as floods continue to hit various countries around the world leaving deaths and property damage on its way. A recent report by the United Nations, The Human Cost of Weather-related Disasters 1995-2015 documents the danger posed by floods around the world and the lack of preparedness among several institutions involved. From 1995 to date, flooding has accounted for over 47% of weather related disasters which is significant when compared to other disasters. In recent ...

In 2008, the Thames River was a polluted mess. There were many untreated sewage, industrial waste, and garbage deposits which made the river not only an environmental nightmare, but a risk to public health. The primary souce of the pollution in the Thames river was caused by thousands of gallons of untreated raw sewage, which overflowed into the river from the overwhelmed sewage treatment infrastructure in London during storms and periods of heavy rainfall. Due to inadequate funding for and development of infrastructure necessary to prevent ecological disasters like the mass expulsion of waste water into the Thames, the ...

South of the polar Northwest Territories’ (NT) barren tundra lies the province of Alberta. The Canadian boreal forest provides expansive acres of natural habitat landscape for an array of plant and animal species. Ecologically, the Albertan forests and bogs arrest vast quantities of carbon-based pollutants, and their extensive hydrological network filters and purify millions of gallons of water. The boreal is also home to Aboriginal Communities which depend directly on the forest resources for their livelihoods (Regional Aquatics Monitoring Program [RAMP]). Nevertheless, this immaculate natural paradise is central to one of the today’s most contentious issues about the ‘ ...

Q1 Water shortage has drastically changed over the past decades; this drastic change is not only experienced in the United States of America but the whole World. There are several reasons behind the sharp the drastic change on water supply, today, water is very scarce, this in evident in major towns across the United States, California is a good example (Michael, 2014). Reasons behind the acute water shortage in the 21st century are, sharp rise in the total population, high consumption, both at domestic and industrial level and the continual destruction of the environment and catchment areas (Wellington, 2012). ...

Environmental conservation and preservation has been one of the major issues under discussion in the last few decades. Major conferences like the G8 summit have been discussing methods of coming up with different proposals on how to conserve the environment with the participation of every nation Man has been the major cause of the environmental problems that are being experienced in the present times. Global warming and climate change all have their roots on the careless and destructive nature of mankind without due consideration of the consequences of his actions on the future generations. A number of ...

Abstract

Clean water for domestic use is essential for a health population. Therefore, all people should have access to clean drinking water. Drought is a common phenomenon in arid regions and this makes water shortage a significant problem. The effects of water shortages are experienced in the arid Southwestern parts of the United States, this just being one among the many arid areas of the world. The paper seeks to address and compare the various small and large scale methods possible for water provision in this arid region of the United States. Among the large scale possible methods of providing water for this ...