Sustainability of ground water Biological & Biomedical Lab Report (Lab Report Sample)

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Assignment: SCI203 Phase 1 Lab Report
Title: Human Impacts on the Sustainability of Groundwater
Part I: Data collected
Period

Impact on Forest

Groundwater Levels

Saltwater Intrusion

Farming

Industrial development

Population

1800s

Huge
Forests

plenty of groundwater

No movement of the ocean into groundwater

Small farms

Lack of cities

Finite
housing

1900s

declined
by 50%

declined
by 50%

Salt water intrusion pollutes groundwater

Farms are larger but fewer

Above -average growth of cities and industrial development

Significant increase in housing

2000s

Declined
by 90%

Declined
by 90%

A high percentage of ground water pollution by saltwater.

The Same number of farms but size reduced by 20%

Industrial development
Declined
by 10-15%

Housing development declined by 10-15%

Part II: Lab report
• Purpose
The purpose of this lab is to look into the amount of groundwater and discover groundwater sustainability if human development remains the same.
• Introduction
Groundwater is water that has infiltrated the soil from rain or other precipitations and fills the gaps between sediments and openings in rocks and sand. An aquifer may contain groundwater. An aquifer is a mass of sediment saturated with water or permeable rocks. Hard water comprises a large number of dissolved mineral ions such as magnesium and calcium. Soft water contains little amount of mineral ions than hard water. We can use both soft and hard water. Environmental