User:JamesClark126/sandbox

ABOUT
My name is James and I grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. I've also lived in Boston, Massachusetts and Portland, Oregon. I'm married to my wife Meg, and we have a dog named Starbuck. I come from a very large mixed family, with 11 other brothers and sisters. My favorite sports are cycling and baseball. Meg and I watch Red Sox games and the Tour de France together in the summer. I'm also learning about cricket from a friend I recently made who lives in Brisbane, Australia. My favorite books are The Greatest Benefit to Mankind by Roy Porter and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. I'm currently reading The Poison Squad by Deborah Blum, a book about food safety. I'm most passionate about public health, particularly epidemiology. I'm a junior at Alaska Pacific University, in the Environmental Public Health (EPH) program. A fun (and weird) fact about me is that I broke my nose when I was a kid and now I can make myself sneeze. I only use my powers for good.

Sanitary Engineering: Climate Change
Wastewater treatment contributes to global warming in many ways. One of the factors that contributes to global warming is wastewater treatment facilities and their emissions of greenhouse gases. Some of those gases are carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. These gases occur because of the decomposition of organic material from the anaerobic bacteria. These bacteria clean the leftover waste. Even if the anaerobic bacteria decomposition produces these gases, the percentage of greenhouse gases that other equipment produce is still greater than the contribution of the anaerobic bacteria. Also, the power usage from those machinery is very high. That is why many facilities are undergoing renovation to use higher levels of anaerobic bacteria compared to other types of equipment. The effects of global warming on waste water treatment facilities vary from location to location. In the Northeast, there has been increased rainfall causing treatment plants to be too small relative to the amount coming in. In the West, there is a lack of rainfall and water sources are being depleted. This means the facilities will need to be updated to meet modern and future environmental changes such as the increased use of recycled and reclaimed water. Climate change also affects piping and increases the rate of corrosion, adding to facility cost.

Potential Bibliography for Sanitary Engineering: Climate Change
1. Cakir, FY (September 26, 2005). "Greenhouse gas production: A comparison between aerobic and anaerobic wastewater treatment technology". Water Research. 39 (17): 4197–4203. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2005.07.042. [not a source I located: needs review]

2. Berry, P. et al. (2018). Assessing health vulnerabilities and adaptation to climate change: A review of international progress. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15(12). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6313539/ doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390%2Fijerph15122626