Op-Ed, In The Water Crisis By Nathanael Johnson

The agriculture industry lost around 1.7 billion dollars, due to not having the proper water allocations for the fields. On the west wide of the valley, half of their 600,000 acres of farmland went fallow, because they didn’t have enough water to farm them. And about 14,500 farm workers in the Central Valley lost their jobs. Without the proper water allocations, farmers will have to continue to pump ground water at extremely high costs, which will force people out of the industry and raise the price of the products produced by the those who can stay in. The impact of the fight over water ripples far beyond those just in agriculture, it affects all of

On March 27, 2014, Wade Graham of the San Francisco Chronicle reported “The Water Revolution California needs.” California is having a severe drought. Wade Graham tells his readers that California is in a serious water crisis. The state of California needs to make strict changes to how water is being distributed amongst farmers and residents. Before all of California’s ecological system is destroyed. Wade Graham believes that water should be priced higher; that way people aren’t wasting water. Water is a limited resource that should never be wasted, and is probably California’s most valuable resource. Unfortunately, many people waste water; instead of conserve water especially when we live in the state of California where we are subject to

What if you were not able to shower for five months, what if you could not wash your

The Flint Water Crisis can ultimately be traced back to Flint, Michigan wanting to save money, so as a result, they switched their water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Well, the pipes carrying water from the river to different buildings and places were made out of lead. The pipes did not have the chemical that removed lead particles which meant that people who were drinking the water were drinking in lead particles. This meant that that people drinking the water were getting lead poisoning and possibly other diseases. They put an emergency manager in charge to make decisions on how to save money.

As we all know, water is essential for mankind's survival. However, people seem to believe that our water supply is endless since there is more water than land on this Earth. Water regenerates and is redistributed through evaporation, making it seem endlessly renewable. So why worry?

The Clean Water Act (CWA) founds the elementary structure for regulating releases of contaminants into the water bodies of the US and also for surface waters it regulates quality standards. The origin of the CWA was passed in 1948 and was named the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, then the Act was suggestively reorganized and prolonged in 1972. as "Clean Water Act" this became the Act 's communal name after amendments in 1972.Further down to CWA, EPA has applied other pollution control agendas such as for industry, the setting wastewater standards. We similarly have set some water quality standards for all pollutants in surface waters.

Water is just as important as air, it is a basic need for life, ever since the

Many lakes and main bodies of water are drying out because an immense amount of water is used to irrigate crops so farmers have to retrieve the water from other sources, such as lakes and rivers when they are in need of more water. In the article, “Draining Our Future: The Growing Shortage of Freshwater”, Brown states, “Lakes too, are shrinking or even disappearing including some of the world’s best known: Lake Chad in Central Africa, the Aral Sea in Central Asia, and the Sea of Galilee,” (Brown 2). This means that because an excessive quantity of water is required to water crops, farmers are sometimes forced to retrieve it from other main sources of water. Although Brown contends that agriculture is not the only cause of dry lakes, he explains that agriculture uses most of the water in the country because systems have not been implemented to reduce water use to irrigate crops. Farmers have not established efficient water systems to water their crops, which has affected the amount of water used in agriculture and has dried many famous bodies of

As the worlds population grows, it is forced by circumstances that it has created to face the limitations of the worlds resources. Most people in the US have always been fortunate enough to have enough of whatever they wanted. When something they like breaks or wears out, they throw it away or buy a new one, and they often don’t even make an attempt to repair an item. They neglect basic maintenance until they damage their belongings beyond repair, and expect that they’ll always have enough. But some things are beyond their control, beyond there power or financial ability to replace or repair. The world’s drinking water supply is one of these without concern, without attention, without preventative maintenance and reclamation and

There is a balloon the shape and size of a beach ball. A string keeps it tethered to the ground. Someone in a white lab coat stands about eight feet away with a rod about as

Well one of the main ways dirt gets into streams is cows on farms. They wander into the streams dirtying them from the dirt on the body’s. Also if you remove tree’s from the bank it speeds up the water flow which will corrode more of the dirt from the bank of the stream’s

Imagine yourself living a life where water for basic needs are scarce. That is what is happening in São Paulo, the biggest city of Brazil, and the most financially important city. After years with specialists advising about the water situation in Brazil, the catastrophe finally arrived. The water crisis came such as a hurricane, which when it comes destroys everything ahead. And because of the government’s negligence towards environmental matters, the population that was not prepared for this chaos were the first to suffer the consequences. Now, the population has been facing several emergency actions from the government, such as water cutoffs during the day and the increasing water and electricity bills. In addition, the citizens have been facing changes in the climate, which leads to a difficulty in business for many of them. The water crisis in São Paulo started after the lack of rain in 2014, which led to the drought of main reservoir called Cantareira. According to Andrew Maddocks, Tien Shiao, and Sarah Mann, this situation occurred mainly because of three reasons: the drought, the bad management of the distribution of water in the state, and the deforestation in the North of Brazil. The drought and the deforestation are interconnect because one influences the other. But there is also another reason for this chaos, which is the culture of wasting water. According to Pedro Pedruzzi, the president of Trata Brasil Instute,

The Hidrocapital which is a part of the environmental ministry is one way they are solving the water crisis, but they still have a long way to go since they do not have a proper water schedule delivery. The people will have to wait because they will never know when the water will arrive. The government lacks the communication with the residents, which, “Critics say the government should have begun rationing water earlier rather than allow the Lagartijo reservoir, one of six supplying this city, to turn bone dry in recent weeks" (Vyas 2014). At the last minute, the government decided to ration the water, which puts pressure on the other water sources such as the two other national parks. This, in turn, will not only cause inflammation on the water prices, but also the rise of poverty in the capital. It has gotten so bad, that the protesting has turned into violence. With that, people have pulled out guns and resorted to violence so that they can get more water which has caused the rationing system to become defaulted. Another important factor is that water is a key factor for generating electricity and because the region is prone to droughts, that impacted the hydroelectricity business.

Earth is often called the “Blue Planet”, and rightfully so, since nearly 75 percent of the planet is covered with water. The fact that most of Earth’s surface is comprised of water may lead some to believe that conservation is not concerning or an important issue. What many do not realize is that only 3 percent of that 75 percent is freshwater, and less than one-third of the fresh water is in a form or location that is accessible for human consumption (Water: H2O=Life). Water conservation is an urgent social issue because our waters are being continuously polluted, our supply is becoming rapidly depleted, and without water, life on Earth would cease to exist. According to experts, the most

Water crisis leads to increased poverty, migration of people in search of water, social unrest and