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Water is probably the most important resource we as people have. Humans can survive without food for several weeks, but without water we would die in less than a week. On a slightly less dramatic note, millions of liters of water are needed every day worldwide for washing, irrigating crops, and cooling industrial processes, not to mention leisure industries such as swimming pools and water-sports centers. Despite our dependence on water, we use it as a dumping ground for all sorts of waste, and do very little to protect the water supplies we have.

The goal of this paper is intended to provide the legal, political, social, economic, ecological dimensions of water resource policy

Irrigation - The supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.

This essay is a review of the article “Growing More Food with Less Water”, written by Sandra Postel. According the article, our global freshwater sources, including underground aquifers and rivers are stressed beyond their ability to provide freshwater. Agriculture redesign is necessary with the two primary goals being to cut water demands of mainstream agriculture and bring low cost irrigation to poor farmers. Typical irrigation, crop furrow flooding is a main cause of wasted and polluted water. This article discusses alternatives to typical irrigation. These alternatives have been tested onsite by farers and surveyed.

Water conservation shows the policies, strategies and activities made to manage freshwater as a sustainable resource to shield the water environment, and to meet current and future human demand.

Position: Farmers should be allowed to continue using the amount of water regulated by the government as an appropriate amount of water to use under drought conditions. Without enough water farmers would not be able to carry out their duties of providing food for the country and protecting the environment.

By implementing water conservation processes into business functions, many companies are realizing additional benefits. Not only do they save on water costs, but they also save on expenses for oil, electricity, natural gas, and chemical treatments. All they have to do is decrease their water usage by 9 percent to see these additional cost savings.

Water usage can be thought of as either consumptive or non-consumptive. Consumptive water use refers to any water that

Water is a critical component for all life on earth and for humans it is even more than just a source of hydration. Humans use water for household utilities, the food service industry, manufacturing, power production, for recreational purposes such as in pools, ice rinks and for boating but most of all water is used for agriculture irrigation. Given this vital need for water, various international laws recognize a human right to water including the United Nations, which stated that “The human right to water entitles everyone to sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic uses” . In another United Nations report issued originally in 2006,

Farmers need water to grow their crops,although farmers need water we still have to have groundwater regulations.Not only farmers need water we do too but if farmers take all the groundwater were are going to get our water? If it does not rain and we do not have groundwater what are going to do? How are we going to get water to shower,to drink.to cook? That is why we need groundwater regulations so we all have a fair amount of water,farmers to grow food a nd us to do our basic things we do everyday.

1. A reduction in water use accomplished by implementation of water conservation or water efficiency measures; or,

In North America, water is taken for granted and we seldom concern ourselves with the many aspects of a society and economy that demand on water. Water is the backbone of modern infrastructure from urban planning to agricultural

Water is considered as an essential for human existence. We all can survive without food for some day but no one can live without water at least two days. Human body consists of 70% percent of water and our globe is covered by 69.9% percent of water. But unfortunately the useable fresh water is just 2.5% out of it. Water is a social good, water is an economic good, water has ecological value and water has religious, moral and cultural value.

Less water means farming and other crops that need water to grow have lower yield. Water is needed to ensure food security, to feed livestock, and to conserve the biodiversity and environment.

Water is a limited resource and should be treated as one but often is sacrificed for economic gain or shear lack of respect. There are many questions that come up about water rights and regulations. In order to understand why water rights and regulations are necessary it is important know more about them.