Bruce Johnson, Brewer Science Device Systems Engineer07.24.18
Water, soil and air have been identified as three natural resources that we cannot live without.[1] Of those three, water is considered the most critical because it sustains life and the global food chain. Water is also important to the global economy as it is necessary for industrial production.[2] Although 70 percent of the earth’s surface is covered in water, only one percent is available for human consumption. Additionally, only one percent of that fresh water is available as surface water coming from our lakes, rivers and streams. The remaining 99 percent of fresh water is located underground, making protecting our groundwater vital to human survival.[3]
Many sources of contamination exist to surface and groundwater supplies. The most common sources come from municipalities, industry and agriculture in the forms of human waste, hazardous waste, pesticides and fertilizers. While surface-water contamination is easy to measure, the natural filtration through the earth&
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