Summary Of Iowa's Nasty Water War

It might be hard to believe, but there are many interesting facts to learn about Iowa. First of all, factors of Iowa’s settlement give Iowa it’s roots. Understanding Iowa’s views of politics allows people to see Iowa’s effect on the country. Iowa is known for it’s farming, but the history of how farming in Iowa started is unknown to most people. It is important to learn about Iowa’s settlement, political views, and history of farming so that people can understand what it means to be an Iowan.

With all the contaminations of our drinking water people are greatly affected on a daily basis. People expose to a lot of diseases such as cholera, stomach viruses and this severe cases this can even lead to death. The death rates in developing counties are at its highest right now. Human are not only the ones affected animals also suffer the consequences of our ignorance example a herbicide call Atrazina which is use to kill weeds is said to be found most in or drinking water, streams and rivers is said to be responsible for the low sperm count in animals, such as fish and frogs, often times become cross gender and in most cases may result into death. Studies have also

This is the history of a beautiful region that takes place back in 1850’s when the Sioux and Winnebago tribes lived in these lands. These tribes spread around the Midwest mostly for their food, which include buffaloes (wild Bison), deer, antelope, and wild turkey and hens, wild fruits cherries, berries, and plums and wild vegetables potatoes, spinach, and prairie turnips. These tribes lived in peace and harmony until Joseph Hewitt and James Dickirson arrived in the area in 1851. Joseph Hewitt and James Dickirson settlement soon became an amicable town. Hewitt traded goods with the indian tribes and Dickirson had rich soil for farming.

“For many of us, clean water is so plentiful and readily available that we are rarely, if ever, pause to consider what life would be like without it,” said Marcus Samuelsson. According to the Des Moines Register, “The federal Environmental Protection Agency is adding $12.3 million to a loan fund that will help pay for drinking water systems or improve efficiency.” There are obvious water quality issues in Iowa, and people around the state including farmers and the governor are trying to help.

Owens Lake was a very big lake full of water in the Owens Valley on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada.Before all of this happened Owens Lake used to be a very beautiful lake full with water as shown in the picture above.Now that all the unfortunate water events happened all the water is gone.One of the unfortunate events was the water wars,in the water wars various people were breaking each others ways of getting water while all the water from it just went to waste. The water wars was over William Mullholland taking the water from Owens Lake and also, Mullholland tricking the people of Owens Valley to take their water rights telling them that it was going to benefit them , but it really benefited Los Angeles.

DMWW already tried suing upstream farmers and counties to have their runoff under the Clean Water Act however, the judge declared that the issue should be left to the state legislature. Those listed in the lawsuit were farmers located in the counties of Buena Vista, Calhoun, and Sac, each in Northern Iowa and feeding waters into the Raccoon River. Because this legal action was thrown out, the judicial approach is an unlikely path for any future policy change in this instance.

Arizonans see California’s drought and water restrictions plastered all over the television and newspapers. Many Arizonans remain concerned about the well-being of Californians, while some may mistakenly think that it is not Arizona’s problem. I was one of those people, and while investigated the idea, discover how Arizona is in a bad situation because of it. What I, along with others, did not understand is the years of planning, legislation, and engineering that took place to get water to Arizona and the rest of the Southwest. The Southwest is an arid environment that relies on one river, the Colorado River, to deliver water to seven different

Chicago is the third largest city in the United States with a population of almost 3 millions residents. A multitude of different social economic backgrounds and cultures make up the cities dense population. With a city so large and bordered by Lake Michigan the city has many a citizen to hydrate with one of the most natural needs of man, water. The city has it’s own municipal filtration purification plant, however with an annual precipitation of anywhere from 36.9 to 37.8 inches, many residents have also turned to collecting and sometimes filtering their own water NCDC: “National Climatic Data Center” NOAA 's 1981-2010 Climate Normals. How exactly is water filtered in Chicago and who and how are citizen’s who choose to collect their own water utilizing it and filtering it?

The place that needs water mills in alabama because it is one of the most poorest state in usa. This would be helpful there because it would help the people there save a lot of money and would help them amazingly. This should also be there so people over there can become more wealthier than the state they are economically in.

Unfortunately, some politicians and citizens do not realize that even though, the current Illinois water are not yet black in color and does not catch on fire when exposed to a flame, eventually the citizens that reside within or outside the vicinity of fracked lands will suffer detrimental health consequences in the event of any chemical slippage into the ground water or air.

Water is a precious resource. It is the lifeblood of every living thing on Earth. California is in the midst of a water crisis. Combined with a three (plus) year drought and many people moving into the state there is not enough water to support the crops the farmers need to grow. There is also a tiny little fish that is causing a mess in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The Delta water pumps were turned off to prevent the extinction of the tiny little fish. Some farmers have to let their fields sit idle for the fall and spring planting season. This is causing a lot of problems in California. The pumps need to be turned back on. The needs of the people should come before that of a fish.

When Garrett Boyte showed up for his new job at the Christ Episcopal Church in St. Joseph, Louisiana he got his first clue that something was wrong. On the refrigerator was a note that said “Don’t Drink the Water.” and his welcome gift was a case of bottled water. When he first turned on the water it came out yellow. And now, twenty months later, nothing much has changed and Boyte never knows when his shower will be yellow or brown. Across the town the water is so brown that people don't wash their clothes in it. People like Elvadus Fields drive forty miles to a laundromat where they are sure the water won’t stain their clothes brown. This isn’t the only case, concerns

Nitrates in groundwater have become a major issue around the world and have held people back from drinking clean water. One of the many places being affected by this issue, is a city in the state of Minnesota by the name, Cold Spring.The main issue for such high capacities of nitrate in water is cropland agriculture. Cold Spring has had to forcefully shut down a couple of their city wells due to these high levels of nitrate in their water, leaving the city with a very low capacity of water to use, and drink. This issue has gotten very far, to the point that the safest level for drinking water is 10 milligrams. Drinking water that contains nitrates can be very harmful to the body and can also develop syndromes in babies.

Water is a human right, not a commodity. It is the essence of life, sustaining every living being on the planet. Without it we would have no plants, no animals, no people. However, while water consumption doubles every twenty years our water sources are being depleted, polluted and exploited by multinational corporations. Water privatization has been promoted by corporations and international lending institutions as the solution to the global water crises but the only one’s who benefit from water privatization are investors and international banks. The essential dilemma of privatization is that the profit interests of private water utilities ultimately jeopardizes the safeguarding of the human right to water. Access to clean, sufficient

Access to clean water is a right that should be entitled to all people. The harsh reality is that this is not always the case. Contaminated water comes in different forms such as physical (appearance), chemical (natural/man-made compounds or elements), biological (organisms), and radiological (emitting ionizing radiation). Both developed and developing countries have polluted water, and it just may be more apparent in developing countries because of the lack of resources. Water pollution has a negative effect on the growing population involving a fetus and a child’s physical development. The ingestion of contaminated water through a maternal mother or young child may have serious implications. This includes short and long-term effects, along with the difference between the location of in the United States and Nigeria having contaminated water.