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The report will cover the following: definition of reservoir; development of reservoirs in the UK; legislation related to safety of the dams; reservoir construction and management; impact on inhabitants; impact on the flow of water; impact on landscapes and visual effects and so on.... The undertakers are referred to the owners of the reservoirs and thus have the most significant responsibility for the reservoir's safety.... The reservoir safety legislation was introduced in the year 1930....
34 Pages
(8500 words)
Dissertation
The study investigates the main causes of the Banqiao reservoir Dam failure and the implications when one or more dams depend on the sustainability of other dams.... However many years later and after considerable research, researchers have come to the conclusion that the Banqiao reservoir Dam's design and the design of the other reservoirs, together with the standards associated with containing the river are partly responsible for the dam failure.... In essence, it is now generally accepted that the Banqiao reservoir Dam failure was due to both man-made error/engineering failure and a natural disaster....
10 Pages
(2500 words)
Essay
This research paper "Chemical Andsedimentary Processes in Acidic Salinelakes and Their Significance for Martiangeology" shows that The chemistry of lake sediments helps in identifying the ancient history of the lake environment, and the chemical and physical processes.... ... ... ... These data are useful in finding out whether another planet such as Mars has hosted life or water bodies on its surface or underground....
25 Pages
(6250 words)
Research Paper
It has been observed that reservoir rock properties vary widely from one location to another.... Carbonate reservoirs differ from sandstone reservoir in that carbonate reservoirs are mainly composed of plants and animals remains that grew almost at the same place.... This aspect is what makes carbonate reservoir development depth dependent.... orosity of sandstone reservoirs is uniform over time since it does not diminish with increasing saturation of the reservoir....
5 Pages
(1250 words)
Research Paper
The essay "Structural Reliability of Hong Kong" focuses on the critical analysis of the major issues on the structural reliability of Hong Kong.... Structural reliability is a probabilistic approach to quantifying the potential success of a structure to provide the design needs.... ... ... ... By considering the randomness of the system factors, reliability can be used as a quantitative measure of the safety of the structure....
43 Pages
(10750 words)
Essay
The paper "Importance of reservoir Geology" discusses that the external geometry of the reservoir provides information on the process that created the hydrocarbon trap while the internal geology of reservoirs is more concerned with the nature of the rocks in which the hydrocarbons exist.... Permeable and porous reservoir rocks are normally the primary basis for the presence of petroleum gas or oil as well as the extent to which these important resources can be effectively produced....
6 Pages
(1500 words)
Essay
All environmental problems are mainly related to the use and distribution of resources, affecting water, air as well as soil quality and quantity.... The growth of population and economic wealth, along with the increase of several processes, like urbanization and industrialization, has led to high consumption of natural resources and as a result, negative effects on the sustainability of the ecological quality have risen (Cortés, and Poch p....
8 Pages
(2000 words)
Case Study
"Hydraulic Fracturing in Oil and Gas Well reservoir" paper focuses on the process of pressure application that is referred to as hydraulic fracturing.... It is a process that has been employed in new and existing unconventional reservoirs to extract oil and gas since the 1930s using high pressure....
8 Pages
(2000 words)
Term Paper