Friday Week Twelve

...some questions...

1. What is going on with the WV Water Crisis? Why is WVAWC replacing the carbon filter bed at their Kanawha Valley Treatment Plant? How do you pronounce "Kanawha"? Why did they wait for so long? What two new laws have been recently passed in WV in response to the spill? What is the WV TAP? What where their findings? What are the ongoing, long-term effects of the spill and resulting crisis?

2. What was the collective change in perception of water quality for our class based on personal experience and based on the data presented in our respective CCRs? Should we be concerned about the quality of our water? Why (and/or why not)? How does the system for regulating water quality in bottled water in the US ensure that bottled water is consistently higher in quality than public tap water (or does it)?

3. How close is the nearest Superfund site? Had most of our class heard of their closest Superfund site? What are the most common contaminants at Superfund sites? What are the most commonly mentioned treatment methods at Superfund sites? Why is it problematic that one of the most commonly mentioned treatment method is soil removal? As a water resources class, why are we interested in all TRI facilities and not just those that release directly to water?

4. According to the collective analysis of our class, what are the world's top water resource countries? What are the characteristic of these countries? Upon further inspection, what country might not belong in the top 5? 

5. According to the collective analysis of our class, what are the world's worth water resource countries? What are the characteristic of these countries? Upon further inspection, what country might not belong in the top (bottom) 5? 

Slides from today are on Sakai. There will be an exam review session on Sunday at 3:00pm in G22. Please come ready to have all of your questions answered or further obfuscated.