Water is one of the most vital essentials that helps support all of life. In the article “Water Works” by Cynthia Barnett, she talks about the “Growing Vine Street” project in how it has helped clean up the pollution in water. The project changes the flow of the water so it flows into the ground rather than through streets, parking lots, and roofs because it soaks up harmful things that goes into the gutter and cause pollution in many other places. Barnett believes we should upgrade the water system even though it will cost a bunch of money because the current water system is aging and needs to repair, replace, and upgraded. Upgrading the water system will help clean the water more effectively and reduce the amount of pollution in the
Foster in this chapter again coins a term that has religious connotation, but that is not strictly used that way. This use of biblical terms is itself a reminder of how much our world is influenced by old literature. Foster also used an interesting approach to answering readers questions by literally asking the questions in the text and responding to them. This made the text more approachable to me, because when I did have a question, it was usually answered in that format. I also appreciated that Foster used ‘he’ and ‘her’ interchangeable when referring to unspecific authors or characters; sometimes authors only use ‘he,’ and to me that sets a divide between what they think females and males can do.
... on the economy, environment and society. Everyone should judiciously use water in a sustainable community. Not everyone has the wherewithal to implement a home water filtration system which can remove hazardous chemicals such as chlorine, lead, asbestos, pharmaceuticals and pathogens from our drinking water. Industries and public should take it seriously and not consider profit alone as it goals. They should have ethical responsibility to reduce water pollution and conserve it. EPA and other water utilities board should strictly monitor and take action against violators. Water pollution abatement plans should be made and implemented.
In Thomas King’s Green Grass, Running Water, many people take pictures of the sacred Indian Sun Dance. This urge to take pictures proves that many whites view Indians as a source of entertainment or as a curiosity.
In Green Grass Running water a narrator and trickster Coyote come together to oversee the two entwined plots: one based on the myth of establishment of the world, the other on the realistic events on a Native American reservation. The title of the novel itself “Green Grass Running Water” exemplifies King’s dependence on the readers capability to illustrate the signs from the mythical and realistic world. This metaphoric title indicates that the main themes are going to play a major role in the tricky defitionion of the real and mythic world, and righteousness and unjustifiable; which are somehow linked to trickster Coyote. King tries to show the reader the underlying message of traditional
We do not have any more fresh water in certain areas but in near future will be gone if we keep using the water the way we do. Most of the time we don’t appreciate water just see, in yourself when you are in the bathroom. How much water do you waste in just one day? Is the question I ask every time I go to the bathroom. And then I ask myself if I waste 20 gallons of water a day, how much do I waste in one year the answer is 7300 gallons of water that I used, just me without counting the world’s population water usage, if I count it, well I had do simple math 20 gallons of water times by 7,381,940,300 world’s population will be 147,638,806,000 gallons of water waste in just one single year only used by human beings in our daily needs. Without counting the other ways, we waste water, for example, cooking, drinking, and washing the dishes etc.. As well not counting even the industry, agricultural, and electrical power used and contaminated by the human begins. For instance, the authors of the blue gold acknowledges, “The biggest threat to fresh water is pollution from thousands and thousands of factories, industrial farms, and cities that pour or leak pesticides fertilizers, and herbicides(including nitrates and phosphates), bacteria, medical waste, chemicals, and radioactive wastes in our water.”(28) Given about information the scariest thing on
The thought of having to drink dirty water is gross right? So why treat our watershed any less than the water we’re drinking. The pollutants that
Once long ago, there was an island called Resaii. It was a beautiful place where three thousand people lived. The ocean that surrounded it had prepossessing clear waters that consisted of magnificent ocean life. Everyone loved it there. Sadly, it was all obliterated on one disastrous night.
That’s not even taking into the account the contaminants the water picks up on its way through a city or suburban area. Even though this problems are known and plans are made to redevelop new ways to combat them, like satellite surveys of areas to better understand a problem areas and what should be done, smart growth new to the American cityscape that we as a nation seem to make more mistakes than progress (NASA, National Geographic). In fact growth does not seem to be the answer at all but a steadfast boundaries between rural areas and urban development seems to be the ideal—much like the old city in Europe, cities with insurmountable boundaries like coast or high mountains, or the ideal that a city should grow-up not out that existed before the development of suburbs and large road ways bisecting a city. Unfortunately this means a retraction back into the city center and more controls on development—which makes are capitalistic society cringe and turn its' back; even if it would be more economic anyway, as soon as a Planning Committee suggests reduction to development, developers stop listening and do not hear that a reduction in development is not a reduction in progress and economic income. To make any progress in urban development this view of the developers’ have about bigger is better must be changed to something less environmentally
Clean drinking water, may be the primary motivation to recycle water, however many there are many other benefits. By reusing water, the overall amount of discharged water waste is decreased. Instead of putting previously used water into our natural water ways the water is treated and reused. It does not directly re-enter the water streams, but instead is treated and then redistributed straight back into the pipes to be reused. This tremendously lowers our overall level of water pollution in small creeks and rivers. With a rapidly growing population, the amount of human waste and water consumption are increasing. Therefore, by lowering human demand for natural water, fewer ecosystems are destroyed. The water also prevents further extraction of natural water from the environment. By reusing old water,...
Humans often take the water cycle for granted and assume that fresh water will always be available for drinking, cooking, farming, etc. Unfortunately, the ways in which society uses water is contributing to the reduction in fresh water available for human use. First of all, the use of hydroelectric power, though a clean source of energy, is negatively affecting the ecosystems in which the plant is stationed. The waterway must be dammed in order to maximize the potential energy of the water, but this often affects the function of the waterway upstream and downstream. For example, the build-up of water above the dam may create a lake where silt can build up while a lack of water below the dam eliminates habitats. Moreover, plants and aquatic animals that previously inhabited the waterway “may find themselves with too much or too little water, and migrating fish cannot get through the dams” (Humans and the water cycle). Not only does hydroelectricity disrupt the water cycle, but irrigation does as well. “Irrigation is the artificial watering of land that does not get enough water through rainfall” (Humans and the water cycle). Most countries that use irrigation have dry land or they require more water to grow more plants for their increasing population. The issue with irrigation is that it removes relatively clean water from its natural source and essentially pollutes it. The fertilizer in
Having clean water to drink means that water must have microbial, chemical and physical characteristics that meet WHO guidelines or national standards on drinking water quality. Around 780 million people in the world don’t have access to clean drinking water (Millions Lack Safe Water). More than 3.4 million people die each year from water, sanitation, and hygiene-related causes. Nearly all deaths, 99 percent, occur in developing countries. Around the world, diseases in unclean water kill about 1,400 children every day (Clean Drinking Water). There are many organizations that raise money in order to help develop ways or create ways for people to obtain clean drinking water. However, many people are unaware that this is even a problem in other countries because we take clean water for granted.
Water is essential for humanity’s survival, and even though the world is largely covered by water, only a small percentage is only usable for human consumption. Approximately, on average, 120,000 gallons of water are used annually for a single-family household (Galbraith). This alarming number could be reduced dramatically for the efforts of water conserving and lower water bill prices for families and subsequently saving money that could be used for other expenses. Thus, conserving water would prove beneficial and advantageous to not just Texas, but for everyone else as well. Although environmental policies have been not as popular with Congress and the state legislature, it is still an important problem to consider since there are only a limited amount of resources for public use, such as water.
People don’t appreciated the many advantages that comes with having clean potable water to use, taking it for granted. A lot of clean useful water is wasted by humans all the time that people don’t care about saving water because they have easy access to it. Clean and safe drinkable water resources are getting scarce as the population grows. The world is facing many problems, but the most important needed to survive, is water. Water is getting low in many countries, therefore habitants are suffering the misfortune of not having the reliable source of clean water. Today many countries are having water shortages; meaning rivers, lakes, streams and groundwater are not enough to rely on for supplying water demands. For example, California is facing a drastic water shortage, the natural water resources are not enough to fulfill their water demands. Water shortage affects the agricultural sector, so as a consequence the price for production
As of this year, nearly 1.1 billion people live without clean drinking water and 2.6 billion live without adequate water sanitation. The McDonald's down the street, however, will sell you a 1/3 pounder burger for only 150 gallons. Changes in lifestyle can easily reduce this number and help not only save water, but money as well. Currently, with our diminishing water supply, one of the main goals of humanitarian organizations is ensuring that everyone has the right and equality to water. With global access to water, it reduces the responsibility for political tension between countries fighting to literally stay alive.
Many people around the world need water. Around 780 million people are unable to get clean water (One Billion Affected). People who do have access to clean water in their homes, have to pay a fee. The people who struggle to live obviously do not have enough money to buy water. People who are unable to have clean water have a good chance of dying either from disease or from dehydration. At least 3.4 million people die a year from water problems such as sanitation (One Billion Affected).