Outline of the Final Lab Report - Week 3

Rhiannon Neufell

SCI 207 - Dependence of Man on the Environment

Doctor Cynthia Collins

August 18, 2014

Outline of the Final Lab Report

I. Introduction

A. Body Paragraph #1

i. Water quality and contamination is an important issue in need of study for the benefit of humanity. According to the USGS Water Science School (2014), "Water is of major importance to all living things; in some organisms, up to 90% of their body weight comes from water. Up to 60% of the human adult body is water" (pp. 1). Humans contribute greatly to water contamination, through chemical spills, illegal dumping of caustic or poisonous substances, or simple runoff from homes and farms. This uncontrolled release of unfiltered and untreated water is...