Fresh Water News Articles: Choose one of the assigned articles about fresh water, summarize it and explain how it is relevant and/or brings an understanding of environmental issues.  Be specific and use information from the news article. Demonstrate your understanding. 300 words required. 

Bottled water is a multi-billion dollar business.

Which of the following is the world’s most used fuel?

In terms of seafood one’s choice as a consumer is critical as it can discourage overfishing and lead to the support of sustainable fisheries.

Hubbert’s Peak refers to one of the largest open coal mines in the history of mankind.

The extraction of tar sands and oil shale has a relatively low environmental impact.

A solution containing CaCl2 is mixed with a solution of Li2C2O4 (lithium oxalate) to form a solution that is 2.1 × 10^-5 M in calcium ion and 4.75 × 10^-5 M in oxalate ion. What will happen once these solutions are mixed? Ksp (CaC2O4) = 2.3 × 10^-9.

What is the magnitude of the change in pH when 0.005 moles of HCl is added to 0.100 L of a buffer solution that is 0.100 M in CH3CO2H (acetic acid) and 0.100 M CH3CO2Na .The Ka for acetic acid is 1.8 x 10-5.

What is the hydronium ion concentration of a 0.150 M hypochlorous acid solution with Ka = 3.5 × 10-8? The equation for the dissociation of hypochlorous acid is: HOCl(aq) + H2O(l) ⇌ H3O+(aq) + OCl-(aq)

What is the frequency of the source if a moving observer traveling toward the source at a velocity of 1.75 m/s hears a frequency of 425 Hz?  (velocity of sound = 343 m/s)