Case Study - Home Analysis by Brice Jensen https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl en-us 2020-10-07 18:03:57 UTC 2024-05-31 21:28:18 UTC hello@padlet.com Part I: Case Studies bricejensen https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/811549873 Step 1: Read at least 3 other case studies

Step 2: Write down common threats (problems)]]> 2020-10-07 18:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/811549873 Part II: Home Analysis bricejensen https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/811560588 Step 3: Find home location on map (see image below) to see what aquifer you get your water from

Step 4: Brainstorm 1 possible threat (ideas from case studies) to your drinking water and show on a map where this threat could come from (e.g. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9361729,-91.3971182,82842m/data=!3m1!1e3)

Step 5: Brainstorm how this possible threat could be prevented or solved

Step 6: Make a sticky on this wall answering Step 4 and Step 5 (see example)]]> 2020-10-07 19:02:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/811560588 First and Last Name bricejensen https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/811609803 Here is a detailed explanation of the possible threat to the aquifer. I give lots of detail and upload a screenshot of the map that shows where this may occur.

Here is a detailed explanation of the possible prevention or solution to the possible threat. I am creative but also give a lot of detail.

]]> 2020-10-07 19:19:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/811609803 Rachel Astorino https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/814142546 A possible threat for our aquifers is oil, because there are a lot of oil refineries near us. Oil could get into our aquifers, which is an obvious threat to our water and health. (Ones also even near the Hawkeye wildlife management area, that places isn't related to water but I feel like it should be mentioned) Also, there are farms and agricultural places near us. The agricultural runoff could get into our water, like in Melbourne, Australia. ]]> 2020-10-08 15:11:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/814142546 Casey Faulkcon https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/814144789 There are many places in the world that experience the same issues with their water like we do. For example, Australia has dry periods like we do, Cyprus often takes to much from the aquifers like we do, and Sao Paulo often has watersheds that overflow like ours do. Our aquifers often experience the same issues.

Some possible threats to the Coralville Water Plant could be the fact that it is really close to the highway. A car may go fly off the highway and tumble its way into the Water Plant, damaging the walls and spilling smoke with other toxic materials into the water. Another threat could by the exhaust smoke from the cars may reach the Water Plant.

Some of the possible  threats that can be prevented is moving the Water plant further away from the highway. I am fully aware that a car to crash into the plant is rare, but not impossible.

(https://earth.google.com/web/search/Coralville+Water+Plant,+10th+Street,+Coralville,+IA/@41.6867913,-91.5775804,229.42999824a,765.06587689d,35y,0h,45t,0r/data=Cp4BGnQSbgolMHg4N2U0NDNlYTQyMzIxMTFkOjB4MWY3Mjc3Mjc1OGI1MzY2NhmyVv7G6NdEQCHhM8gT9-RWwCozQ29yYWx2aWxsZSBXYXRlciBQbGFudCwgMTB0aCBTdHJlZXQsIENvcmFsdmlsbGUsIElBGAEgASImCiQJxdrkLEXYREARtLMCXIzXREAZuwlMGG7kVsAhBl5ED4DlVsAoAg)]]> 2020-10-08 15:11:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/814144789 Frank Smith https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/814145299 A threat to our aqufier could be that our wells might dry up. We could prevent this by limiting water usage, Digging wells deeper or to keep moving after the well dries up.]]> 2020-10-08 15:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/814145299 Erika Rairden https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/814149302 a possible threat to are aquifer is radiation from the university of iowa to power plant  ]]> 2020-10-08 15:12:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/814149302 Evan Streit https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/814151235 One possible threat to the water supply is larger industries and manufacturing such as the quarry.  If minerals and chemicals leak from these industries then it could contaminate the ground water and rivers.
One thing we can do to prevent this is have strict safety measures for industries like these. We can also put in safety measures and filters into our water treatment plant so even if something happens we can still keep people safe.  ]]> 2020-10-08 15:13:18 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/814151235 Kyren Pettit https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/814157454 A threat that could be where we live is Poor water quality. This threat could be solved or prevented by using a better water filter system, pick up and stop litter. Like Melbourne, Australia they have lots of issues in there water quality because of harsh littering. There is a high population there so litter builds up fast. Are population is not so big so if there is litter it could be easier to clean it up and prevent poor water quality.]]> 2020-10-08 15:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/814157454 Ava Cochran https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/814163286 A threat that could occur where we live is drought because it does not always consistently rain. Australia is an example of another place that also experiences often drought. There is not much we can do to prevent drought as the rain is what provides the water for us.

ex of drought on a map in iowa from 2012- https://grist.org/news/despite-the-end-of-summer-iowas-drought-hits-a-new-low/

]]> 2020-10-08 15:16:09 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/814163286 Will Mason https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/814209047 A threat could be droughts. we have had some bad droughts in Iowa and one bad drought could badly affect our aquifer. unfourtunatly there is no way to prevent this because when it comes to groundwater, the rain is all you got. example 2012 Iowa.]]> 2020-10-08 15:25:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/814209047 Emily Shimon https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/814211065 A threat that we could face is a drought. We could face this threat because it doesn't rain all the time here. On top of this, the population is only growing and with more people, there is more water being used for drinking, showers, etc. With this people are using more aquifers, taking more water. There isn't much we can do about a drought when it's the rain that gives us the water. An example of this is the drought in 2012.]]> 2020-10-08 15:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/814211065 Layke Johnson https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/815107408 Pollution is one of the possible threats to the drinking water. 
Recycling, picking up trash, throwing trash away and not using as much plastic and paper can help. Pollution can come from business and lots of houses in the area.
]]> 2020-10-08 18:56:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/815107408 Lily Schloss https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/815110608 One common threat that some of the water case studies have in common is pollution/quality of water. Many of the case studies have a plan to clean up the water from eco-friendly technologies to building water treatment plants.

A threat to our water supply could be that they might dry up. Based off of many case studies a very common threat was a low supply of water. Being cautious of how much water is being used everyday is very important. With the activity that we did in the Chapter 2NB we saw how much water we use on a weekly and daily basis. If that number continues to increase, the aquifers that we use to supply our water could go dry. 

This could be prevented by being aware of how much water you use daily. Research can also help with this. If someone learns more about the topic of conserving water, they might be more alert when using water themselves. ]]> 2020-10-08 18:57:19 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/815110608 Bobby cummins https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/815110876 In Melbourne(vic)Australia the problem is the climate and the pollution. They only have one source of water the Yarra river and this river is very polluted with plastic and other trash.]]> 2020-10-08 18:57:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/815110876 jaidyn burt https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/815121413 t#1: What is the possible threat?
the threat here would be if anything was to happen to the generating station all the radisson would go to the iowa illinois river and  contaminant the river and  davenport would be in high risk of bad water that we cant drink or use  or we will become very sick.   
#2: How could we prevent this from happening? how we could not make this happen is bye making sure we have all hands on deck with the generating station making sure we have everything working right all parts of it no leaks  all piping is secured keeping people that do not work there out people tend to tress pass to try and be funny but one wrong move the station and blow otr start a leak  and make the water so bad no one can use it. ]]> 2020-10-08 19:00:30 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/815121413 Chase Lovetinsky https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/815125720 Some of the most common threats to a water source, as seen from the case studies, is drought, pollution, and the collective overuse of a water source. 

One possible threat to our drinking water is that there could be a lot of water from the underground aquifer that can be used up before it's given time to resupply and possibly contaminate the water. This could most likely happen in larger cities with a larger population, such as Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.

A few ways to solve this problem is if we were to cut back on using water from the faucet or even just shutting off water to homes at certain times. The Mississippi River could also be a clean source of fresh water to collect from if the situation required of it.]]> 2020-10-08 19:01:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/815125720 Addesyn Campbell https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/815150212 One possible threat to our water source is pollution. There is a lot of people in our aquifer area so that means lots of pollution. Cedar Rapids would be a big area of concern because of the river.  There are factories right on it the river and the factory could spill an oil or and make our water toxic. 
One way we can prevent this is take precaution with the factories or not have a factory on the river and reduce our carbon footprint.  ]]> 2020-10-08 19:09:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/815150212 Jack Stevens https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/815153249 A possible threat to our water sources is pollution. This could happen because of  how many people have the same aquifer. How it could get in the water is form people throwing trash in what or when it floods and the flood picks up trash from the ground.

How we could prevent this from happening is being more responsible on how we recycle and throw away out trash.  

]]> 2020-10-08 19:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/815153249 Bobby cummins https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/815154947 One way Iowa could have a water crisis is because of chemical runoff, from farms and crops. This could happen from excessive rainfall. The chemicals from crops could get in the surface runoff and infiltrate the ground from that it could contaminate a entire aquifer. leaving any part of the farmland covered midwest without water. 

#2 How could this be prevented?
This could be prevented from happening if we can lower the use of chemicals for farm and crop use or maybe we could create a less harsh fertilizer for the crops so the farm owners and still produce the same quality of these resources and still make a living. ]]> 2020-10-08 19:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/815154947 Logan Kafer https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/815172663 #1 A threat to Iowa's water supply, is toxic chemicals, pesticides and nitrates from soil and crops getting into the water supply from rain bringing those things with it when it infiltrates the ground and eventually carries the chemicals into the main water source and contaminate it.

#2 How could we prevent this? We can cut back the use of pesticedes and fertilizers on our lawns and crops.]]> 2020-10-08 19:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/815172663 Jacob Carlson https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/815173870 One possible threat to the drinking water near lake Macbride and the lakes and rivers around is flooding. flooding near this area could destroy or temporarily disable the services of a water treatment facility. This could make the water in the lake polluted and stop the water in the building from getting treated.
A possibility for fixing this problem is to move the treatment plant further away from the lake. since moving could take a lot of money and labor to pull off another option for preventing it is building a dam like structure around the building.
also to end a obvious solution would to just use the water of surrounding areas. the building being around the lake would only make it to where the flooding only affects that one specifically.
  ]]> 2020-10-08 19:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/815173870 Sophia Root https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/815193642 A threat that could affect our drinking water is the Cedar Rapids Water Treatment Plant. This building is right next to the Cedar River, which is somewhere we get water. This water could also be connected to the aquifer we get water from. The sewage and waste collected in the building could somehow be released into the River or into the aquifer, from an explosion or simply from the building shutting down.

I think we could possibly move the building away from the River. The building being this close to the river could suddenly get released and no one would be able to stop it from getting into the water. Moving the building away could save us a little time to stop this water from reaching the river, or maybe even prevent it from contaminating the water.
]]> 2020-10-08 19:24:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/815193642 Olivia Romero https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/817293466 A threat that could possibly be relative to Iowa would be overpopulation and overstress of the state’s natural water resources. Tiffin, for example, is experiencing a large rush of people moving to the town, meaning that more resources are needed to provide for the new people, as well as the old. In fact, Tiffin has had a 72% increase in population, making it the number one largest growing city in Iowa (Hardy, the Des Moines Register). Along with this growth, however, comes with the threat of stressing the water level. (Screenshot attached on bottom).

To save the potential overuse of water, the best way to conserve it is to think about an individual’s water footprint. Reduce how much freshwater is used by taking shorter showers, turning off the tap while brushing teeth, using water-saving technologies, fixing up any leaks inside of a house, and more along those lines. Spreading awareness for the matter is the first step, taking action in the next.]]> 2020-10-09 16:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/817293466 Bo Schrock https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/821948999 A theat to ower water splies coulde be that an oli spill coude cataminat the water saplies wich could kill people.

A way to pervent this is that  to make sure to keep the water supplies clean and safe for everyone to have clean water]]> 2020-10-12 15:27:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/821948999 Kayla Leeney https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/830830240 A drought is one potential challenge we might face. In the picture below, the Drought Monitor shows that this condition helps farmers attempting to get into the maize and soybean crops of the province, but does little to support those areas struggling with severe drought, which still governs 23 percent of western Iowa 's state and centers. Hundreds of Iowa farmers have been struck by both the drought and the derecho.                            
We might use irrigation to water the crops to help with the drought as a solution to this problem, but the only problem is that you need a local supply of water.]]> 2020-10-15 02:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/830830240 Brendon Brown https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/834408102 A threat that could affect us would could be a flood. The flood could ruin crops and homes. People would die from it. The water from the flood could come from lakes and ponds. The way we could prevent this is by building dams around the lakes. This would help by making it so the water would be trapped and we wouldn't have to worry that the crops would be destroyed by it. This image shows where it could happen in North Liberty.]]> 2020-10-16 01:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bricejensen/de8we6to2atwjatl/wish/834408102