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Discussion 1

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Student’s name

Water Management Plan for Ashfordton

Original ideas.

One idea I have is that I would recommend to the community of Ashford to construct a water catchment reservoir away from the populated areas which would be used to store flood and rain water from the mountains.

I would also recommend to the community that they should reclaim water to alleviate the stress on primary water resources. Reclamation process can involve pumping water from underground reserves and taken to a recycling facility whereby it is treated and distributed to the community.

Advantages

Terry Brandts

A rainfall-runoff reserve allows the community to have a waterbody providing sufficient water to be utilized during the dry season.

Remon Berry

Rooftop water harvesting is cheap and convenient for the residents

Remon Berry

Rooftop water harvesting allows each member of the community participates in sustainable water management measures by doing their part.

Remon Berry

Potable water is a storm management measure that can be easily adopted by Ashfodton residents since its simple and cheap.

Remon Berry

Potable water is convenient since residents can store as much water as each one’s need requires. Therefore, it is adaptable to each resident’s water demands.

Disadvantages

Erica Tucker

A dam requires expensive equipment to construct.

Erica Tucker

A dam requires a lot of available space to construct.

Terry Brandts

A retention pond can be contaminated by algae and microorganisms compromising the quality of the water

Erika Tucker

A rain garden requires human and equipment resources to construct.

Erika Tucker

A rain garden has the potential of drying out due to the high temperature and low humidity experienced in Ashfordton.

Remon Berry

Rooftop rain water harvesting may lead to the collection of water contaminated by atmospheric gases and fumes since the city of Ashfordton is highly populated and produces fumes from production of energy by using coal.

Terry Brandt

There may not be enough open spaces to plant trees. Also, trees are not a measure that will alleviate the water management measures in Ashfordton since trees take too long to grow and their impact may be minimal.

References

Bensel, T., & Carbone, I. (2020). Sustaining our planet . Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu

Carolina Distance Learning. (n.d.). Ground and surface water interactions [Investigation manual ]. Retrieved from https://ashford.instructure.com

Chemistry & Sustainability - American Chemical Society. American Chemical Society. (2020). Retrieved 25 June 2020, from https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/sustainability/understandingsustainability/sustainable-water.html

Earle, S. (2013, December 6). Ocean 2050: How to sustain our biggest ecosystem (Links to an external site.). Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131206-sos-save-our-seas