Category: Water resources engineering
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A leaky tap, an ill-fitting pipe connection, a broken faucet – compared to industries and agricultural farms, the water loss is approximately negligible – so, does it really matter on the large scale of things? About 126 billion cubic metres of water is lost due to these “negligible” losses yearly worldwide. That’s enough water for…
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Water is said to be abundant in nature. Despite its abundance, freshwater is only 2.5% of the available water, with 68% locked up in ice and glaciers and 30% below the ground. Although water is continually regenerated through the water cycle year after year, the quantity of water we have remains relatively constant each year.…
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Water is a necessary component of life. Although water is believed to be plentiful in nature, fresh water, on which humans rely, is not.
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Water is supplied by a source, through an intake medium, transported to a treatment plant through an abstraction medium and transported to end users through a pipe network.
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