Preventing and managing salinity
When dealing with salinity it is important to keep in mind that many assets (natural or built) have varying levels of tolerance to increases in salinity. Therefore the value and the context of the asset at risk must be considered.
We use 2 main terms when assessing whether salinity may be a problem:
The Salinity Risk Assessment Framework (Grundy et al. 20071) is the preferred method to assess salinity risk in Queensland. It uses multiple lines of evidence to assess whether salinity will occur and what impact it could have on an asset.
The 4 components of the risk assessment are:
Salinity risk assessments have been undertaken in 4 catchments across Queensland:
The first 3 documents referred to above are available from the library catalogue.
Methods of preventionIn high-risk areas:
In at-risk areas:
measuring in electrical conductivity
Irrigation was one method that the Sumerians used to survive and overcome the limitations of their geographical environment. In fact, they actually invented the practice of irrigation.
Scientists measure salinity in water by using a device called a refractometer or by collecting water samples and conducting a chemical analysis in a lab to determine the amount of dissolved salts. Another common method is to use conductivity meters to measure the electrical conductivity of the water, which is directly related to its salinity.
Experiments can be counterbalanced in order to overcome order effects.
Salinity is a noun.
There are three ways to find the salinity of a body of water. The Evaporation Method: Evaporate the salt water, and measure the weight of the salt residue. Ex: 2g of Salt Residue, after evaporation, and 50 cubic cm of water it was taken from. Divide the grams of salt by the weight of the water and multiply by 1000 to find the salinity in (parts per thousand). Salinity = 40 parts per thousand. The Drop Method: Since many sailors could not evaporate sea water, because it was too hazardous, they developed the Drop Method. In this method, you have to add drops of silver nitrate into the water, until it turns cloudy. Ex: 20 drops of silver nitrate until cloudy. You have to divide the drops of silver nitrate by 0.55 because no matter what type of salt it is, there will always be 55% chlorine in it. The drops of silver nitrate react with the chlorine. The Electrocution Method: Keep a control and measure the # of volts that react with the salt. This requires a graph that corresponds your manipulated and responding variables. Then to find the salinity extend your graph find the salinity that matches your # of volts, or the other way around.
1. Males have developed a method to call female mates by making a croaking sound with their air bladders 2. They are able to disperse all year long and have adapted to high salinity and low salinity areas
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It is not a method of reproduction.It is used to overcome hard time.
Salinity is a measure of the saltiness of water.
You find salinity where there are farms
We tested the water's salinity. The salinity of water is the amount of salt that is in it. "Test the salinity of the substance," said the Chemistry instructor.