Essays about: "Water quality assessment"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 154 essays containing the words Water quality assessment.

  1. 36. Hydrological modelling and flood risk in a data scarce country: Matola, Mozambique

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Tanja Sellick; [2020]
    Keywords : hydrological modelling; flood hazard; TFM-DYN; climate change; Matola; Mozambique; data scarcity; pluvial flooding; flood risk.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Flooding is a frequent natural hazard globally that is capable of major damage to society. The hazard is especially prevalent in Mozambique, in which many flood events with negative effects have occurred. Disaster risk management and research is therefore important in the country. However, as a developing country, it is subject to data scarcity. READ MORE

  3. 37. Accelerated Testing: Development of a Normative Lifespan Method for Water-Sports Products

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för maskinteknik

    Author : Hoel Chaigne; [2020]
    Keywords : Durability; Eco-Design; Product Reliability; LCA; Circular Economy; Sports Equipment;

    Abstract : In the sports industry, the products currently being developed by design teams are degraded over time due to wear and tear. During the last decade, awareness about the global environmental crisis has increased and sports users are now more demanding about the environmental impact of products and services that they are using. READ MORE

  4. 38. Assessment of coastal erosion to create a seagrass vulnerability index in northwestern Madagascar using automated quantification analysis

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Author : Nat Arslan; [2020]
    Keywords : Seagrass; Coastal erosion; Vulnerability index; Python; Google Earth Engine; Deforestation; Turbidity; Mangrove; Madagascar;

    Abstract : The seagrass extent has been declining globally. The human activities that are most likely to cause seagrass loss are those which affect the water quality and clarity. However, turbidity following coastal erosion is often left out from marine ecosystem vulnerability indices. READ MORE

  5. 39. Investigating the prerequisites of a service guarantee for soil damages

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Resource Management

    Author : Cassandra Ramstedt; [2020]
    Keywords : service guarantee; soil damages; forestry; soil conservation; predictive modelling;

    Abstract : Timber harvesting is a disturbance which can alter the natural order of the ecosystem, causing potentially harmful consequences, especially on water quality. These damages are commonly present where forestry machines have ruptured or compacted the organic layer of the forest floor. READ MORE

  6. 40. Comparison and optimization of removal of natural organic carbon from raw water with ultrafiltration in pilot scale experiments

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment

    Author : Tamara Kristin Voigtländer; [2020]
    Keywords : Dissolved Organic Carbon; raw water quality; online coagulation; high-frequency sonde; drinking water treatment;

    Abstract : The removal of natural organic matter (NOM) from Swedish surface waters has become a large challenge for drinking water treatment plants (DWTP), as NOM content has been rising in surface waters all over Northern Europe. In the last decade, membrane technologies, often combined with coagulation, have become more and more common. READ MORE