GEO 702 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Stormwater, United States Census Bureau, Soil Contamination
Technology and the Contemporary Environment
• COURSE DESCRIPTION:
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subject of considerable public debate.
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and meaningful framework for their analysis.
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terms of implications for North American society.
TOPICS:
•Technology and environment
•Humans and sustainability
•Sustainable development
•Ecosystems
•Biodiversity
•Food and agriculture
•Environmental issues
•Climate change
•Pollution and contamination
•Hydrological cycle
•Water resources (surface water, groundwater)
•Water (supply, quality, contaminants, pollution and its control)
•Water consumptions and treatment objectives
•Wetlands (natural, constructed/engineered)
•Eutrophication
•Wastewater treatment and reuse
•Solid waste management
•Air pollution (Acid rain, Ozone loss)
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Document Summary
Pollution is contamination that results in or can result in adverse biological effects to resident communities. All pollutants are contaminants, but not all contaminants are pollutants: pollution: air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution. We cannot replenish it but: a river is a resource, when the water is gone, it is replenished through rain so a resource is a source which is replenished, which will be repeated, fixed. Growing population means that the earth would not be able to feed/provide water etc for everyone. We need technology to provide fresh water for the consumption of a larger/growing population. 36. 7 - almost 37 million: world population should reach about 9 billion by 2050. And resources are limited : limited fresh water for ex. Hence we need technology to change/treat wastewater into drinking water - we can use technology to provide water to underprivileged countries.
