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Hi everyone, my name is Luis Vitier. I'm 23 years old. I was born and raised in Cuba until I was 18 years old. Since then I have lived with my family in Miami, and we love it here. My major is in Business Administration since I have always worked on the field and I found it very interesting. I work as an insurance agent since 2017 and I'm constantly looking for ways to improve my business and help others do the same. One of my favorites hobbies is to play baseball with my old friends from Cuba who happens to be here as well , we have so  much fun playing together and bringing back old memories all the time. I really hope to have a great time during this class and wish you all luck on all your future plans.

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Attended the meeting on September 13th: This instructive meeting was extremely helpful. Teacher Duque gave us some extremely helpful sites inside MDC's assets that will make our research a lot easier. Professor Isabel Duque went over how to use the search bar in the general library in a way  I did not know and definitely will help me to save time and find the information quicker. I likewise found out with regards to seeing E-books and their chapter by chapter guide that will permit me to dispose of certain books that probably won't be pretty much as valuable as others. I found out with regards to Kanopy which has a lot of information I was not familiar with. We also went over the site called "Opposing view points"  , this site contains a variety of stories in different fields very helpful as well. Educator Duque additionally told us the best way to utilize the sites to find data and also how to explore on topics such as  science, social issues, and so on She likewise reminded us on the most proficient method to arrive at MDC's mentoring place for any class we may require assist with. I'm very satisfied with all the information provided on this session.

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IS THERE WATER QUALITY DEGRADATION IN MIAMI?

It is not a secret that the degradation of water quality keeps increasing by the day in Miami, FL and it is a big concern for the community since water is the base of everything for humans, animals, plants and pretty much everything around us.  This is a very essential topic for me to discuss and raise awareness about since not long ago, I discovered that my grandma had been diagnosed with a bacterium allowed on her stomach that was most likely caused by the tap water that most of us consume on a regular basis. After conducting research on the topic above I found out there are different projects to solve the issue such as The South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Research (SFER) based on "restore, preserve, and protect the South Florida ecosystem while serving other water-related needs of the region, including water supply and flood protection. It focuses on restoring the quality, quantity, timing, and distribution of freshwater to and from the Everglades since they have been highly affected by the Everglades restoration. It is critical that we as a community take action while this type of project is underway to improve water quality through the use of filters at home or the consumption of better-processed water sold in stores in order to avoid this type of situation, which has a variety of negative effects on our health.

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Author, World Health Organization Corporate. Guidelines for drinking-water quality. Geneva: Geneva: World Health Organization, 2004.

This article gives a cutting-edge viewpoint on water quality and health, as well as practical methods for water safety management. The Guidelines are widely utilized by policymakers, experts, and local decision-makers in nations all over the world as a scientific foundation for standard-setting and regulation. The article provides me with punctual information about water quality and how it affects our health.

Chowdhury, Shakhawat. "Water quality degradation in the sources of drinking water." Publishing, Cham: Springer International. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 2018. 1-18.

This second article will help us to understand how the degradation of source water quality complicates water treatment processes, resulting in additional treatment costs and tap water quality deterioration. I will use the data provided to arrive at specific conclusions about source water quality. The analysis was conducted during the years 2000–2005 noticing an increase in mg/L DOC and on the pH as well. Developing WQP may cause new challenges, increasing treatment costs and/or deteriorating water quality.

Quesnel, Kimberly J & Ajami, Newsha K. "Changes in water consumption linked to heavy news media coverage of extreme climatic events." American Association for the Advancement of Science (2015).

This third article talks about how water consumption behavior is influenced by public awareness of water and drought challenges, which is an important but understudied component. This information is very valid and supports what was previously discussed about water consumption.To investigate this relationship this article studied news media coverage of drought in California from 2005 to 2015, a period that saw two distinct droughts; the later drought received unprecedented media attention, whereas the earlier drought did not, as the US was experiencing an economic downturn at the time of a historic presidential election. When compared to the frequency of Google searches, it was clear that public attention followed news media patterns. Then, using geospatially explicit data and news media coverage as a covariate, the article explains how single-family residential water use in 20 service regions in the San Francisco Bay Area was modeled over the same time period. The model's findings highlighted the elements that influence water use in different demographic groups. These findings underline the necessity of effective, internally and externally driven public awareness and education in water demand behavior and management for water resource planners and decision-makers.

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Overview

The fourth edition of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Guidelines for drinking-water quality (GDWQ) builds on over 50 years of guidance by WHO on drinking-water quality, which has formed an authoritative basis for the setting of national regulations and standards for water safety in support of public health.

It is the product of significant revisions to clarify and elaborate on ways of implementing its recommendations of contextual hazard identification and risk management, through the establishment of health-based targets, catchment-to-consumer water safety plans and independent surveillance.

This first addendum updates the fourth edition. Updates reflect new evidence and further, provides additional explanations to support better understanding and application of the guidance.

Updates

Chemical background documents for bentazone, chromium, iodine, microcystins, tetrachloroethene and trichloroethene have been revised. New chemical background documents have been prepared for anatoxin-a and analogues, cylindrospermopsins and saxitoxins while a chemical background document for organotins has been developed, to replace the background document on dialkyltins. The recommendations in these background documents, including any changes in guideline values, supercede the recommendations in the GDWQ, 4 th edition, incorporating the 1 st addendum. The background documents can be accessed through the list of chemical hazards considered in the WHO GDWQ.

The GDWQ, 4 th edition, incorporating the 2 nd addendum, will be published by mid-2021 to reflect, inter alia, key information in these background documents.

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Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 4th edition, incorporating the 1st addendum

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The fourth edition of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Guidelines for drinking-water quality (GDWQ) builds on over 50 years of guidance by WHO on drinking-water quality, which has formed an authoritative basis for the setting of national regulations and standards for water safety in support of public health.

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What are some solutions ?

A. As we battle to delineate a simple way to portability in quickly clogging Miami, let me convey the terrible news: no single arrangement serves us all.

B: However, that is likewise the uplifting news: while no silver-shot arrangement can fix Miami-Dade's clog hardships for everybody, various incomplete arrangements can together do the work.

Context/History

A: A many people are working with regards to the arrangements, in light of the fact that the pressure is truly disappointing for the drivers every day in a street.

1-It's anything but a question of tossing cash at one enchantment project. We really wanted a lot of cash, indeed, yet we additionally need innovativeness, vision and collaboration to tackle the neighborhood portability issue on many fronts all the while.

2. The understanding among pioneers not to leave behind any spaces accordingly has been at least bowed.

B. Exploration has shown that Miami concentrate on shows answers for gridlock are complicated.

1. A review discovered the connection between gig-driving and traffic can be impacted by a scope of metropolitan natural variables, including land use, area, season of day, metropolitan thickness and existing travel choices.

2. The review shows Miami has the twelfth most noticeably terrible gridlock in the country, the almost 80% of inhabitants who depend on a vehicle for transportation go through 105 hours every year in gridlock.

Causes and results

A. Nonetheless, the issue doesn't boil down to simply traffic, Miami additionally experiences an absence of public transportation choices.

1. Just three of laborers utilize public transportation, in the course of the last three years public travel ridership in Miami-Dade Area declined by 23%.

2. The explanation, as per pedigo is the failure for South Florida to interface the inland rural areas with the financial center of Wynwood, Brickell and downtown Miami.

B. The review propose South Florida put resources into better transport courses, further develop its carpool paths, and consider blockage estimating, a technique that would charge workers to drive in explicit neighborhoods.

1.Miami, FL has a portion of the most exceedingly awful traffic in the country, between inhabitants, homegrown and worldwide sightseers, and workers, its streets are jam-stuffed from dawn to twilight.

2. Lamentably, it’s difficult for drivers to get around Miami securely, more fender benders are accounted for in Miami Dade District than elsewhere in the state.

Potential Arrangements

1. Use more trains and rail routes, specialists have recommended using the rail structure in any place where it tends to end.

2. Many people live downtown

3. Fix the roads of downtown Miami, as many definitely know, walking around Workmanship Basel was a hassle, there are no genuine dirt roads to get around downtown.

4. Use more water taxi or ferry administrations, some specialists have prescribed the use of Florida streams to raise numerous objections.

5. Increase the use of shared ride administrations, there are numerous ways to share a ride today. Uber, a suggested carbonated application, offers these administrations.

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Based on several studies conducted over the years in a variety of Miami neighborhoods, it is still a source of concern today that water contamination has a negative impact on the city in  many different ways. Unfortunately, humans are the ones who suffer the most as a result of this situation because water is the most important source of life and is used for almost everything, starting with drinking it every day and moving on to other activities such as cooking, showering, and other household chores and activities.

Various groups devoted to this issue have highlighted throughout the years why it is so vital to be a consumer of high-quality waters and have brought to the table various information that may have an impact on this decision-making process. The World Health Association Organization have stated the following:  Access to safe drinking-water is essential to health, a basic human right and a component of effective policy for health protection. The importance of water, sanitation and hygiene for health and development has been reflected in the outcomes of a series of international policy forums. This includes, most recently, the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals by countries, in 2015, which include a target and indicator on safe drinking-water. Further, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly declared in 2010 that safe and clean drinking-water and sanitation is a human right, essential to the full enjoyment of life and all other human rights. These commitments build on a long history of support including the UN Generaly Assembly adopting the Millennium Development Goals in 2000 and declaring the period 2005–2015 as the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life” (Corporate, 2004).

I believe this is an extremely important topic for me to discuss and raise awareness about because, not long ago, I discovered that my grandmother had been diagnosed with an infection caused by a bacterium that had been allowed to grow on her stomach, which was most likely caused by the tap water that most of us consume on a regular basis. The South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Research (SFER), for example, is a project whose mission is to "restore, preserve, and protect the South Florida ecosystem while serving other water-related needs of the region, including water supply and flood protection." After conducting research on the subject, I discovered that there are various projects to address the issue, such as The South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Research (SFER). It focuses on restoring the quality, amount, timing, and distribution of freshwater to and from the Everglades, which have all been adversely affected by the Everglades restoration project, as well as the distribution of freshwater within the Everglades.

An article was published about it and said the following: Public awareness of water- and drought-related issues is an important, yet relatively unexplored component of water use behavior. To examine this relationship, we first quantified news media coverage of drought in California from 2005 to 2015, a period with two distinct droughts; the later drought received unprecedentedly high media coverage, whereas the earlier drought did not, as the United States was experiencing an economic downturn coinciding with a historic presidential election. Comparing this coverage to Google search frequency confirmed that public attention followed news media trends. We then modeled single-family residential water consumption in 20 service areas in the San Francisco Bay Area during the same period using geospatially explicit data and including news media coverage as a covariate. Model outputs revealed the factors affecting water use for populations of varying demographics. Importantly, the models estimated that an increase of 100 drought-related articles in a bimonthly period was associated with an 11 to 18% reduction in water use. Then, we evaluated high-resolution water consumption data from smart meters, known as advanced metering infrastructure, in one of the previously modeled service areas to evaluate breakpoints in water use trends. Results demonstrated that whereas nonresidential commercial irrigation customers responded to changes in climate, single-family residential customers decreased water use at the fastest rate following heavy drought-related news media coverage. These results highlight the need for water resource planners and decision makers to further consider the importance of effective, internally, and externally driven, public awareness and education in water demand behavior and management. (Chowdhurry, 2018).

Last but not least I conducted my research on how public awareness of water and drought challenges influences water consumption behavior, which is a key yet understudied factor. This data is highly accurate and backs up what we've already said about water usage. This study looked at drought coverage in the news media in California from 2005 to 2015, a period that saw two distinct droughts; the later drought received unprecedented media attention, whereas the earlier drought did not, as the US was experiencing an economic downturn at the time of a historic presidential election. When the frequency of Google searches was compared, it was evident that public attention mirrored news media trends. The article then describes how single-family home water use in 20 San Francisco Bay Area service zones was modeled over the same time period utilizing geospatially explicit data and news media coverage as a covariate. The results of the model revealed the factors that influence water use among various demographic groups. For water resource planners and decision-makers, these findings highlight the importance of effective, internally, and externally driven public awareness and education in water demand behavior and management. (K, 2015)

References

Chowdhurry, S. (2018, January 18). Water quality degradation in the sources of drinking water.

Corporate, W. H. (2004). Guidelines for drinking-water quality .

K, K. J. (2015). Changes in water consumption linked to heavy news media coverage of extreme climatic events.

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Good morning everyone, my name is Luis Vitier.

I would like to introduce myself to you. I am a Senior student at Miami Dade College pursuing my Business Administration career with the ultimate goal of growing my business. I am 23 years old. I have lived here in Miami for about five years now since I came from Cuba.

The topic I chose to do all my research about was: Is there a solution for water quality degradation in Miami?

I selected this topic because, in my opinion, it is an issue that affects all residents who live in Miami, and I feel we as residents could do more to stop the accelerated degradation of water quality in our areas.

My research shows several studies that have been conducted over the years in a variety of Miami neighborhoods and based on the results it is still a source of concern today that water contamination has a negative impact on the city in many ways.

My thoughts about this topic are that unfortunately, humans are the ones that suffer the most because of this circumstance, because water is the most important source of life and is utilized for nearly everything, beginning with daily drinking and progressing through cooking, showering, and other home tasks and activities and we are the ones who should do more to minimize this situation.

The title of the sources I used for my talks were the following:

Water quality degradation in the sources of drinking water

Guidelines for drinking-water quality

Changes in water consumption linked to heavy news media coverage of extreme climatic events.

Does anyone have any questions? Please feel to ask me.

Thank you for listening. Have a great rest of your day.