California Drought

Water is a crucial component to sustain human, animal, and plant life. When a problem that puts water supply at risk of depletion is encountered, people should concern themselves with the inevitable detrimental effects of water shortage. California inhabitants are currently faced with this problem. Although all of California’s citizens have some awareness to California’s drought issue, many are oblivious to the drought’s severity. They continue to leisurely use water due to assumptions that the drought is short term or that the lack of water is normal because the state is a desert. However, evidence clearly supports that California’s drought is drastic. In “Storms, Drought and California's Water Situation: Key Points,” the article declares …show more content…
One objection comes from the idea that the greywater system has expensive materials and an expensive installation fee. "Greywater Systems: Can They Really Reduce Your Bill?" states that people who oppose to installation of the system into their homes argue that "due to the high cost of the technology, costs are ‘prohibitively expensive’ for homeowners" (Ferguson). In “Greywater Frequently Asked Questions,” the article shows that a high end greywater system has an installation fee that ranges from 5,000 to 20,000 dollars. Concerns over the high costs of installation and materials are understandable as homeowners have to worry about other expenditures. Additionally, people are worried that the greywater system will have a negative impact on their health. “Greywater Reuse” asserts “greywater can contain chemicals, bacteria, viruses, and other pollutants that, if mishandled, can pose a risk to public health.” Homeowners are also concerned over the maintenance of a greywater system because they believe that the system is extremely complex and will be too difficult for them to monitor without professional help. If homeowners do not maintain the system, “bacteria will start to breed, and it will start to smell after just three to four days” (Ferguson). Therefore, homeowners see maintenance of the greywater system as a huge hassle for them. Due to …show more content…
Despite that the greywater system can be a high expense when it is first made and installed, homeowners should look at how the greywater system will benefit them in the future. As mentioned above, the greywater system helps homeowners reduce “30% of the total household water consumption” (Eriksson 85). The system allows homeowners to cut back on 30 percent of their water consumption, which in turn cuts back their water bills by 30 percent every month. Homeowners will be able to make savings every month and once they move past the break-even point (the point where the money saved by the system is equal to the money spent on the system), the money saved from then on will be a profit to homeowners. They are also more relieved when the time to pay monthly bills comes around. Furthermore, in “Greywater Frequently Asked Questions,” the article explains that if homeowners are “on a limited budget labor[,] costs can be reduced if [they] are willing to do much of the digging [themselves].” The price of the greywater system is not nearly as expensive as it appears if homeowners are willingly to put in some manual labor. As for concerns about germs and contaminants in the greywater system, homeowners should not worry that this will damage their health because greywater only has “low levels of contaminating pathogens and nitrogen” (Li 3439). These levels