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If current human development does not change, will groundwater sustainability be affected?

Sustainability is based on a simple principle: Everything that is needed for survival and well-being depends either directly or indirectly on the natural environment.

Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, while also helping to fulfill the social and economic requirements of present and future generations.

Assignment:  Phase 1 Lab Report

Title: Human Impacts on the Sustainability of Groundwater

Instructions: You will need to write a 1-page lab report using the scientific method to answer the following question:

• If current human development does not change, will groundwater sustainability be affected?

When your lab report is complete - submit it in the classroom.

Part I: Using the time progression of industrialization and human development, fill in the data table below to help you write up your lab report.

Time Period	Impact to Forest	Groundwater Levels	Saltwater Intrusion	Farming	Industrial development	Population
1800s	Large forest	Lots of groundwater	No salt water intrusion	Small farms	No cities	Limited housing
1900s	Decreased by 50%	Decreased by 50%	Ocean movement to groundwater	Farms are larger, but there are fewer	Exceptional growth of cities and industrial development	Substantial increase in housing
2000s	Decrease by 90%	Decreased by 90%	Greater movement of ocean into groundwater	Same number of farms, but size decreased by 20%	Industrial development decreased by 10-15%	Housing development decreased by 10-15%

Part II: Write a 1-page lab report using the following scientific method sections:

• Purpose
  • State the purpose of the lab.
• Introduction
  • This is an investigation of what is currently known about the question being asked. Use background information from credible references to write a short summary about concepts in the lab. List and cite references in APA style.
• Hypothesis/Predicted Outcome
  • A hypothesis is an educated guess. Based on what you have learned and written about in the Introduction, state what you expect to be the results of the lab procedures.
• Methods
  • Summarize the procedures that you used in the lab. The Methods section should also state clearly how data (numbers) were collected during the lab; this will be reported in the Results/Outcome section.
• Results/Outcome
  • Provide here any results or data that were generated while doing the lab procedure.
• Discussion/Analysis
  • In this section, state clearly whether you obtained the expected results.  Also discuss the results and what you learned from this lab.
  • Note: You can use the lab data to help you discuss the results and what you learned.

Provide references in APA format. This includes a reference list and in-text citations for references used in the Introduction section.

Give your paper a title and identify each section as specified above. Although the hypothesis will be a 1-sentence answer, the other sections will need to be paragraphs to adequately explain your experiment.