1.6+PMI+Rice+and+Water+Catchment+Settlement

__ Rice and Water Catchment Settlement PMI __ The native forest may be used as natural filters for the water catchments. Using Melbourne as an example, 90% of their water comes from water catchments || R-Most rice is grown in different environments, depending upon water availability. |||| R-Rice is important to human nutrition **// Nutritional Benefits //** __ Component (100g) __ __Amount (Rice)__ Water (g) 12 Energy (kj) 1527 Protein (g) 7 Fat (g) 1 Carbohydrates (g) 79 Fiber (g) 1 Sugars (g) >0.1 Iron (m.g) 0.8 Manganese (mg) 1.1 Calcium (mg) 2.8 Magnesium (mg) 25 Phosphorus (mg) 115 Potassium (mg) 115 Zinc (mg) 1.1 Panthothenic acid (mg) 1.0 VitB6 (mg) 0.2 Folate (mg) 8 Thiamin (mg) 0.1 Riboflavin (mg) >0.1 Niacin (mg) 1.6 ||
 * SETTLEMENT: RICE / WATER CATCHMENT C2/C3  ||
 * **// Plus //** ||  **// Minus //**  ||  **// Interesting/Implications //**  ||
 * < WC-The western part of the island which receives the highest rainfall. The area chosen is located in this part of the island. Therefore we believe that it may be possible and beneficial to include a water reservoir to supply drinking water to the island’s communities.
 * R-Given that the water is fresh water, we can also grow rice. || WC-Lack of knowledge of how much rainfall occurs in one year, therefore how big to make the reservoir to avoid flooding. || WC-Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of a dam or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such as brickwork or cast concrete. ||  ||
 * WC-It has been used to provide drinking water, water for livestock, water for irrigation, as well as other typical uses given to water || R-Rice cultivation is responsible for most of the methane emissions(Methane is twenty times more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide) || WC-Many dammed river reservoirs and most bank-side reservoirs are used to provide the raw water feed to a water treatment plant which delivers drinking water through water mains. The reservoir does not simply hold water until it is needed; it can also be the first part of the water treatment process.We may need to think about putting in a treatment plant as well. ||  ||
 * R-Deep water rice is a variety of rice grown in flooded conditions with water more than 50 cm deep for at least a monthDue to our weather conditions and knowledge of the island (from the map), we believe this rice would be appropriate to grow here. || WC- Population size is still unknown therefore we are unable to determine if one reservoir will be sufficient to supply water to the whole island. ||  ||   ||
 * R-Rice can be used as a main food source || R-Rice requires slightly more water to produce than other grains ||  ||   ||
 * WC-Rainwater harvesting systems can be simple to construct from inexpensive local materials, and are potentially successful in most habitable locations. || R-World trade figures are very different to those for production, as only about 5–6% of rice produced is traded internationally ||  ||   ||
 * WC-Reservoirs can be used in a number of ways to control how water flows through downstream waterways.__Downstream water supply__ Water may be released from an upland reservoir so that it can be abstracted for drinking water lower down the system, sometimes hundreds of miles further down downstream ||  ||   ||   ||

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