REduction salt level in Salton lake

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REduction salt level in Salton lake

Both the reading and the lecture discuss the salt level in the Salton Sea. The article states that the increasing salt level in Salton lake is posing threat to the fish and bird population and provides three ways to reduce its salt level. However, the professor explains that the idea is great but the approach is not realistic and gainsays each method mentioned in the reading.

First and foremost, the passage begins by asserting a method of direct salt removal from the lake through desalinization facilities. Water will be pumped out and evaporated in the facility, leaving salt and other materials behind. This will result in salt-free water which will be returned back to the lake. On the other hand, the speaker excerpts that this method will cause health problems. The material behind will contain both: salt and toxic chemicals. When these harmful materials, for instance, selenium will be released into the air, it will cause breathing problems. Therefore, desalinization through this method is not practical.

Next, the professor further delves into the details by pointing out that the government does not have enough resources to finance the dilution method. Since the shoreline is 100 kilometers away from the lake, long pipes have to construct. AS this is extremely expensive, the government will not pay for the expenses. These claims refute the writer's implication about diluting the lake with ocean water by constructing pipelines or canals between them.

Ultimately, the article wraps its argument by declaring that by constructing walls in lake to separate high salinity water from freshwater, the population can be saved. In contrast, the professor rebuts this theory by showing the inaccuracy of the author that constructing walls is not a permanent solution. They will be destroyed easily by geological activities especially earthquakes. The separation of water could be a temporary solution but not effective for a long time. Since the water will get mixed after the wall destruction, it is not a reliable solution to reduce salt levels.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, hence, however, so, therefore, thus, for instance, in contrast, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 10.4613686534 134% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 5.04856512141 277% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 13.0 7.30242825607 178% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 20.0 22.412803532 89% => OK
Preposition: 49.0 30.3222958057 162% => OK
Nominalization: 19.0 5.01324503311 379% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1939.0 1373.03311258 141% => OK
No of words: 371.0 270.72406181 137% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.22641509434 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.38877662729 4.04702891845 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.6953288395 2.5805825403 104% => OK
Unique words: 198.0 145.348785872 136% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.533692722372 0.540411800872 99% => OK
syllable_count: 596.7 419.366225166 142% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 1.25165562914 320% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 13.0662251656 153% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 42.9627745845 49.2860985944 87% => OK
Chars per sentence: 96.95 110.228320801 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.55 21.698381199 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.65 7.06452816374 66% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 4.45695364238 202% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.27373068433 211% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.28180597138 0.272083759551 104% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.08257433782 0.0996497079465 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.109938802705 0.0662205650399 166% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.184840362943 0.162205337803 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.127660593112 0.0443174109184 288% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.5 13.3589403974 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 53.8541721854 99% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.05 12.2367328918 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.25 8.42419426049 110% => OK
difficult_words: 111.0 63.6247240618 174% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 68.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 20.5 Out of 30
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