Essays about: "surface water pollution"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 84 essays containing the words surface water pollution.

  1. 21. Solutions to Close an Informal Dumpsite in Debre Berhan, Ethiopia

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser

    Author : Emma Bark; Malin Jonsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Informal Dumpsite; Ethiopia; Debre Berhan; Developing Countries; Closure Methods; Solid Waste Management;

    Abstract : The rapid urbanisation in developing countries has outran the deployed financial and manpower resources that are supposed to handle public utility services in cities. One important service is solid waste management. READ MORE

  3. 22. Coffee grounds as an adsorbent for heavy metals in water treatment : Study based on the environment around Vattenriket, Kristianstad

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM)

    Author : Johan Matson; [2020]
    Keywords : Acid sulfate soil; ASS; Adsorption; calcium; coffee residues; exhausted coffee; grounded coffee; pH; total organic carbon; TOC; Vattenriket; Kristianstad; pH; zinc.;

    Abstract : One of the modern times worst environmental problem are polluted water resources. An example of source of pollution to water resources are, heavy metal leached from acid sulfate soils (ASS). READ MORE

  4. 23. Causes and impact of surface water pollution in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Malin Eriksson; Jonathan Sigvant; [2019]
    Keywords : Akaki river; E. coli; health risk; interview study; irrigation; physico-chemical parameters; water samples; Akaki; E. coli; fysikalisk-kemiska parametrar; hälsorisker; intervjustudie; vattenprover;

    Abstract : Surface water is globally becoming more and more a scarce resource, and in Addis Ababa the capital of Ethiopia, river water quality has been degraded due to anthropological forcing for many years. Therefore, the study objective was to investigate causes and impact of surface water pollution in Kebena and Great Akaki rivers. READ MORE

  5. 24. Approaching sustainable stormwater management : investigating the hydrologic cycle for sustainable landscape design

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Angelica Gyllenbäck; [2019]
    Keywords : hydrologic cycle; sustainability; stormwater management; urban; Augustenborg; Tåsinge Plads; Benthemplein Square;

    Abstract : The global population is known to be increasing, by which urbanisation is expanding and demanding more space. Many issues occur through the spreading of impermeable surface in which some of the more pressuring compartments lie within hydrology, such as access to freshwater, spread of pollution and flooding. READ MORE

  6. 25. Flytande våtmarksöar i vattenreningssyfte i tempererade klimat : med fokus på urbana miljöer, plantval & näringsreducering

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Ylva Granberg; [2019]
    Keywords : flytande våtmarksö; floating treatment wetlands; vattenkvalitet; eutrofiering; näringsreducering; kväve; fosfor; bredbladigt kaveldun; jättegröe; bladvass;

    Abstract : Ett ökat problem med övergödning i vattendrag, sjöar och hav kan ses runt om i världen, till följd av bland annat en växande urbanisering och en reducering av naturligt förekommande växthabitat, som ex. våtmarker. READ MORE