Basin Reports Samples For Students

Introduction

The Murray-Darling is the longest river system in Australia, covering an area of one million square kilometers and ranked fifteenth in the world in terms of the lengths. The Murray- Darling river system has long played an important role in the Australian agricultural sector as well as in providing various ecosystem services and supporting biodiversity for a vast array of plants and animals. Changes in land use, water extractions and river management in the Murray-Darling Basin have increased pressure on the Basin's water resources, leading to significant concern over water quality and the status of ecosystem health. The regulation of ...

Executive Summary

The current report presents a number of strategic management strategies to the Australian federal government. In general, the report categorizes different ecosystem services and function provided by Murray-Darling basin into four major categories-production, habitat, information and regulating. Alongside this, the report indicates that in their efforts to provide ecosystem services and functions, industry stakeholders fail to allocate resources efficiently, more importantly, the report indicates that market failures results from nature of the market and the nature of goods and services produced and the nature of exchange used.
The market-based instruments (MBIs) refer to several regulations that government organizations use ...

Review of: “The Portland Basin: A (big) River Runs through It” by Russell C. Evarts, Jim E. O’Connor, Ray E. Wells, and Ian P. Madin, GSA Today 19(9): 4- 10, 2009

“The Evolving Landscape of the Columbia River Gorge” by Jim E. O’Connor, Oregon Historical Quarterly 105(3): 390-421, 2004
CE481 or CE581
Abstract
Metropolitan Portland in Oregon has a unique setting as it lies within a small basin in the forearc of the Cascadia subduction system. A small Neogene to Holocene basin owes its existence to its convergent-margin tectonic setting primarily. Such a ...

Abstract

This paper describes the Teotihuacan state-city thriving in the Basin of Mexico between 200 BC and 600 AD. A description of archeological findings at the site in Teotihuacan Valley offers an insight into political organization and everyday life of the powerful city. City features grid system and a large number of impressive structures. Its agriculture was highly reliant on systems of irrigation. A high demand for construction wood might have had a harming effect on local ecology and agriculture. The economy of Teotihuacan was based on market commerce including trading with areas as remote as Veracruz or Guatemala. Political power and ...

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Canada/U.S Cross-Border Water Issues: An Introduction
The cordial relationship between Canada and the USA has long been considered as a source of pleasure and satisfaction for both these countries. The USA is Canada’s leading business partner, comprising about 90% of two-way trade. Over US $400 billion in goods now move across the border per annum.
In the last couple of decades, Canada has become the top supplier of energy requirements of the USA, and thus has surpassed the Middle Eastern countries. The exports from Canada consist of uranium ...

Oil exploration is a multifaceted process that requires careful planning. Environmental experts state that there is a need to conduct environmental impact assessment (EIA) prior to commencing the exploration process. Environmental impact assessment process begins with the identification of issues and impacts that are likely to be important and the establishment of terms of reference for the EIA. Secondly, there is the identification of alternatives; in this case, environmentally sound and benign options are identified. Thirdly, EIA involves impact analysis. This involves the identification and prediction of environmental, social and other effects of the exploration process. Fourthly, there is mitigation and ...

Introduction

The coastline that stretches from Hastings to Cliff End is dominated by cliffs exposing a significant proportion of the Ashdown Formation. Notably, the cliffs stretching from East Hill in Hasting to Pett Beach that are approximately 7.5 km to the East north-east have been distinguished as Site of Special Scientific Importance (SSSI) due to its geological interest. Evidently, the cliffs exhibit most absolute sequence of terrestrial Lower Cretaceous rocks and form the principal exposure of the of the renown Ashdown Formation. In this area, the Ashdown Formation is preserved in low amplitude of the Fairlight Anticline which cuts the coast ...

Introduction

Everglades evolved from overflow from Lake Okeechobee after thousands of years of intense torrential rainfall. From lakes shores of Florida bay and Gulf Mexico, this vast marsh extends southwestwards. Stephanie Moller. (2008). At the southern tip of Florida Peninsula, the marsh begins and continues to extend northwards towards Lake Okeechobee, and it lies in a shallow limestone basin. Several streams like Miami drain the area without any river flowing into the basin.
The Everglades are an excellent wetland located at the margins of the tropics. This magnificent ecosystem provides shelter to a variety of animals, birds and fish. This unique ...

This report is intended to explain the water distribution systems used by my home community: New York City in this case. It solely expounds on the main water sources and the methods and channels used to distribute the water to the citizenry. It explains the ways in which water is supplied and used by the New York community: water harvesting, treatment and distribution to the city.

The history of New York City’s water service and the community it serves.

Ney York’s water service dates back to the late 1670’s when the veteran Manhattan white settlers relied on shallow wells for supply of water for their domestic use. The wells were ...

Executive summary

In essence, it is established that the sharp increase in the demand for water in the past fifty years is attributed to among other factors; the consequences of agricultural, industrial and increased consumer demand resulting from a larger population. As well, the report explores some of the solutions to the issue of water scarcity in China amongst which includes increasing the water efficiency, expanding the supply of water and the general improvement of public participation in effective usage of water.

Introduction

Water is exceedingly essential human existence besides being a precious commodity. With the endless development of the world, the demand for ...

Uranium (U) element was discovered by a German chemist, Heinrich Klaproth, in 1789. Uranium is a radioactive element with an atomic weight of 238.02891 and an atomic number of 92. The uranium element initially discovered by Heinrich was an oxide, uranium oxide. A French chemist, Eugène-Melchoir Péligot, was the first person to produce pure uranium by reacting it with potassium in a heated platinum crucible. The element’s radioactive properties were established in 1896 by a French physicist known as Antoine Henri Becquerel. Currently, uranium can be extracted from various ores such as carnotite (K2(UO2)2VO4· ...

1.0 Introduction
The report considers the treatment of water that takes place at Lake Mary water treatment plant. Much of the discussion is based on the experience obtained while on a visit to the treatment plant. The report gives a firsthand information on the functionality of the water treatment plants while adding few insights from secondary sources. The report identifies the contaminants that are treated to ensure the water used by the community is safe for drinking so as to prevent risks of diseases. Contaminants from pharmaceutical products and personal care products are largely responsible for chemical contamination of ...

Introduction

This report outlines the hydraulic infrastructure that should be put up in order to support an urban population. Urban development is accompanied by an increasing need for the supply of potable water, energy, and a drainage system to carry off the waste water and direct storm to reservoirs or other drainage basins. The hydraulic infrastructure enables the supply of clean potable water, which is safe for drinking, and the disposal of waste water and raw sewage in a manner that does not pose threat of waterborne diseases or cause unhygienic conditions. This report provides the details of the components ...

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Analysis and Results 6
Discussion of Results 8
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Executive Summary
In this lab, we will investigate an open-channel flow (flow down a channel with a free-surface, i.e. not confined by a rigid surface as would be the case with a pipe flow). You will get a chance to look at this flow analytically using the conservation equations (mass, linear momentum and energy), but the lab will focus on the observational evidence. You will be introduced to the hydraulic phenomenon known as hydraulic jump – the sudden transition from a higher energy state to a lower energy state constrained by the ...

Resource-Based View Analysis

Physical analysis
Husky Energy Inc. is omong one of Canada's biggest incorporated vitality organizations, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. It is merchandized on an open market on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the images HSE and Hse.pr.a. The Company works in Western and Atlantic Canada, the United States and the Asia Pacific Region, with Upstream and Downstream business sections. Husky Energy is controlled by Hong Kong elite rich person Li Ka-Shing who possesses a larger part imparts of more or less 70% as per Bloomberg and Financial Post information. Husky's establishment is in Heavy Oil and Western Canada, where it ...

Introduction.

As mans impact on this pale blue dot with its complex and fragile natural cycles and ecosystems becomes increasingly more evident and concerning, it is up to the people to take initiative and pride themselves on minimising and hopefully one day in the far future reverse the harm we have caused to our one and only planet. It is due to our ignorance, greed and trust in the powers that be that have brought the climate to where it is today. So as conditions worsen we must hold governments accountable and implement strategies that protect natural systems whilst supporting ...

Introduction

A dish washer is a mechanical device that is used in the cleaning of eating utensils and dishes. They are mainly found in restaurants and homes. The existence of the dish washing device has become a staple in many homes because, unlike the manual dish cleaning process, dishwashers spray the hot water in the temperature range of 55-75 degrees centigrade on the dishes. This has made dish washing process easier and eliminates the danger of breaking utensils and injury that is associated with mechanical washing.

Design concepts

The best dish washing devices are designed to reduce the probability of inflicting injury on the ...

PBF Energy is a leading independent petroleum refinery that produces a wide range of petroleum products such as gasoline, petrochemicals, and lubricants among others. The company has a production capacity of 540,000 barrels per day (pbfenergy.com, 2013). Its major competitors are Exxon Mobil Corporation, ConocoPhillips, and Marathon Petroleum Corporation. The company has several competitive advantages over its three main competitors.
PBF’s refineries are strategically located to overcome cost and supply advantages. The company’s Midcontinent Toledo refinery obtains crude oil from rich sources in Canada and the Midcontinent. The remaining crude oil is transported by trucks to a nearby terminal. ...

Introduction

The cardiovascular system consists of arteries, capillaries veins blood vessels and the heart. The heart delivers nutrients and oxygen to the tissues and caries waste products for elimination from the tissues (Hester & Lusha, 2012). The regulation of the cardiovascular system occurs through a complex interaction of both neural and non-neural mechanisms that aim at guaranteeing a constant internal environment (homeostasis) in organisms (Malliani 2000). The regulation of the cardiovascular system occurs through hemodynamics, through auto regulation, hormonal regulation and neural control (Khurana, 2008).
The most important of the regulatory mechanisms are closed loop reflexes like baro- reflexes, chemo reflexes and ...

A COMPARISON BETWEEN FRESH WATER WETLAND AND SALINE WETLAND

The Australian landscape has a natural component which is salt. This salt in the landscape gets into the various water bodies and affects their level of salinity which affects the way of life of the various biota inhabiting these places. Around the world and in Australia it is been identified that the salinization of fresh water is a major environmental issue. This concern of the effect of the gradual rise of salinity in water bodies’ biodiversity has resulted in the investigative studies on the lives of the invertebrate family both in the saline water and in the fresh water. There has ...