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Here are your analytic reviews on environmental issues.
Hello, I’m Env Analyst
The sky is not completely dark at night. Were the sky absolutely dark, one would not be able to see the silhouette of an object against the sky.
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My experience setting the hardest personal goal
What was the hardest personal goal you’ve set for yourself?
Goals can be short term or long term. Whenever I have to find a job, it is often difficult to align with the job requirements. Those are my short term goals which I have to keep changing until I find the perfect fit.
Wait a minute… following a strategy definitely makes sense. For some people, most strategies don’t work well. Finding a job that aligns well with the skills is seemingly easy for those who are already in the track. Former finds their life interesting and eventful, so a suitable career path might take time to develop.
What’s the problem with setting up a goal ?
Now I think goal should be the first option in your to-do list. That means it could include hobbies, interests, lifestyles and immediate surroundings. In other words, there should be a step each day towards your goal.
I hope you are going linear in the direction of your goals!
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My thoughts on building a good neighbourhood
What makes a good neighbor?
Good neighbour is solely based on healthy interactions that includes communication, invitation, sharing, consideration, understanding and more depending upon the situation. All these naturally develop each time you meet. Starting with just a Hi and Bye could help you get your relationship stronger in the long run.
Meet and chat Hi and bye are simple but powerful phrases that help whether you are an introvert or extrovert. Don’t think too much to give a Hi and Bye. This could be during a morning or evening walk or during gardening or while you leave the home. Make use of it to ensure you noticed your surroundings.
Be a good listener to your neighbour, hearing help you clear out your troubles to break that silence. Once you are good listener, start sharing your common concerns that might lead to a short conversation. Common concerns are those you face on a regular day. For instance, talking about the raccoon visiting your garbage bin or the racing cars on your street.
Inviting your neighbour on a special day would take your relationship further deep. Including all immediate neighbours helps build a friendly social atmosphere. Keep in mind that you can share your food and introduce your culture without being too conventional.
Icebreakers are one of many ways to make your neighbours comfortable at social gatherings. Watch different games in YouTube videos and choose what might suit your neighbours interests.
Together, you can do a lot more. Once you have that initial bonding with your neighbours try to be honest and considerate.
Happy Neighbouring!
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Is it safe to drink treated wastewater?
The water we drink daily is a form of energy needed to survive. Water is the basis of all LIVING FORMS. That’s why scientists are searching for water content in planets to see if they are habitable. But what about the water we drink daily? Do you think that safe drinking water is available across the globe? There are underdeveloped places, facing scarcity of water, and developed ones yet facing limited water supply.
wastewater or safe water?
Let us dig more into a recent study on drinking water quality.
Hi, and welcome back to ENV Analyst. I am here for our environment.
Before going into the study on drinking water, let us see what Toxicological assessment is.
Toxicology assessment is the laboratory analysis of toxic components to evaluate the effect of chemicals on the biological functions of living beings. But it’s done in animals with ethical regulations. For example fish, animal embryos, and ovary cells.
It’s possible to do a toxicology assessment for any kind of sample that is directly or indirectly consumed by humans. And here we are looking into the water. It could be Potable water/Safe drinking water/conventional water. The difference between each of these terms actually makes them peculiar and more interesting.
Potable water is GOOD for human USE, especially for drinking and food preparation. The term “potable” comes from Latin which means to drink.
Safe drinking water, when consumed for a long period does not cause any significant risk to health. Even though we call it safe drinking or pure water, there’s a negligible amount of minerals and nutrients even some impurities.
Conventional drinking water is basically collected from surface sources and treated according to the regulations to meet the requirement for safe drinking water.
Okay, it’s time to check another new term, DBPs, Disinfection by-products.
What are DBPs?
DBPs are the products formed due to the reaction between disinfection agents and water. There are many regulated and unregulated disinfection byproducts along with some unidentified and unclassified DBPs.
What’s the problem with DBPs?
DBPs are a threat to human life. They cause multiple endpoints such as mortality, abnormalities, and severe diseases. Trihalomethanes or THMs is an example and DBPs are in NITROSAMINES, ALDEHYDES, and KETONES.
Coming back to the study published in the latest edition of Nature sustainability journal, titled, Toxicological assessment of potable reuse and conventional drinking waters. To read the article, please click here
It’s an interesting one that compares the effect of DBPs in both potable water and conventional water using the technique of Chinese hamster ovary cell cytotoxicity analysis. We will be discussing more of such methods in our future videos, for now, let’s see the details of this study.
This study revealed the cytotoxicity of the hamster ovary cell which is contributed by both DBPs and other contaminants. A percentage of 16 were contributed from unregulated DBPs while the regulated DBPs are only 0.2%. But the frightening result was of the uncategorized DBPS and other anthropogenic contaminants with the highest of 83%.
Now, it’s time to discuss, whether it is safe to reuse wastewater
From the results of their study, it’s somewhat clear that there is no significant harm in using treated wastewater for drinking purposes. Because the wastewater is treated in such a way that it eliminates all the potential harms that cause a health problem. The regulated DBPs are not a threat, while the unregulated ones are only 0.2% of the possible threats. But uncategorized DBPs should be addressed in future research studies as they are 3 times more toxic. The water derived from wastewater with Reverse osmosis treatment was not more toxic than groundwater, and when it was without Reverse osmosis was less harmful than surface drinking water. In simple terms, the treated wastewater does not even require an extra treatment like Reverse Osmosis.
So, wastewater after the required treatment can be used as safe drinking water. It’s also an energy-efficient, and cost-effective alternative for cities where drinking water is an issue.
That’s it for today.
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What did Rainn Wilson do to Climate Change?
Who is Rainn Wilson?
He is an American actor, comedian, podcaster, producer, and writer. He is well known for his NBC sitcom, The Office, and CBC Sitcom, Mom. He also voiced Gargamel in Smurfs, that’s my favorite one. Gargamel’s voice perfectly matches the character that gives life to him, making us closer to the villain. Because the main story of smurfs is always in and around Gargamel’s appearance and the amazing voice by Rainn Wilson.
What’s Rainn’s new name?
He changed his name to “Rainfall Heatwave Rising Sea Levels Wilson”. So cool, right?
This name reminds us of the climate’s changing nature that begins with the trapped heat waves on the surface of the Earth leading to the high sea level. It’s the best representation of what is happening around us and those getting the least interest of most generalists. People often don’t give their ears to this kind of news or speak a word concerning global thermal changes. Society is always the villain for the smurfing environment. Because society thinks and does the opposite stance. Rainn Wilson changed his name across all the social media platforms to support the climate change crisis.
How Rainn did do this?
He has collaborated with Arctic Risk, a platform intended to serve nature and climate for the good cause.
More about ArcticRisk Platform?
It’s a website ArcticRisk, with the motto ‘Create a Name, Raise Awareness, Know the Risks.’
We just have to enter our name in the box provided on the homepage to generate different ArcticRisk names that suit our name. They also have climate calculation and risk briefing as sources of information for the public.
The link to the website is here.
I think this is a cute way to show our concern for the health of our Earth.
Try it out and let me know your sweet Risk name in the comments.
My name came as ‘PHILIP INTENSIFYING MONSOONS’
‘CONTAMINATED WATER SUPPLY’ – This one looks crazy anyway.
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Preliminary treatment
Wastewater requires the most complex and long treatment procedures to produce environment safe water. Wastewater contains various forms of waste material like large debris to small nano particles. So we have to treat it wisely for avoiding the discharge of these deadly contaminants into our rivers or other water bodies.
Preliminary treatment
Treatment starts with a preliminary stage at which the large particles are removed before the water enters the main treatment systems. In a wastewater treatment plant we have different kinds of machines and all of them are specific to their particular function. Therefore it’s important to avoid unwanted objects from entering these valuable machinery. Preliminary treatment helps with removing plastics, rags, logs, cloths and other large objects.
Three important level are
- Coarse screening
- Comminutors
- Grit chambers
This is also the part where we have to deal with flow measurements and flow equalization. It’s for the wastewater overflowing at peak times and flow measurements help to support the upcoming treatment processes.
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