Water is an extremely important resource; it is used by everyone one on a daily basis. A 2011 study of single-family water consumption, estimated that the average California household used more than 360 gallons of water per day (kqed.org). That is a lot of water being consumed every single day; that statistic does not include the water used by businesses and agriculture. There are many ethical issues regarding the use of water, and the apply to different groups of people.
When it comes to the government I think that water management is primarily their duty. The government is supposed to regulate all natural resources used, and water counts into the category. The government should send there water to the areas that need it the most; cities …show more content…
Places like golf courses require massive amounts of water to look pristine; some require even up to 400,000 gallons of water (businessinsider.com). Even water parks can use roughly 1,200,000 gallons of water per day. These companies have an obligation to limit their use of water as business. They are in business to make money but there comes a point to where the water needs to be used for better things then water parks and golf. If the business are to stay a business they need to take steps to conserve water and reduce the use of …show more content…
Here in Fresno it gets upset hot, i agree; there were days that we hit 106 degrees (accuweather.com). That is mind blowing hot and horrible, however that isn't an excuse for us to run a slip in slide for 2 hours. As citizens we have to a responsibility to try and conserve water also. We can do easy thing like watering at night, and taking shorter showers. A 5-minute shower uses 25-30 gallons of water versus a 20-minute shower, which uses 100 gallons (waterpro.net). Simple things like the can cause a lot of change. If we are to expect businesses and the government to start conserving then we have to do the same. Government gets it power from the people and business are run and employed by use; its start with us as individuals and then leads to change for
When it comes to the government I think that water management is primarily their duty. The government is supposed to regulate all natural resources used, and water counts into the category. The government should send there water to the areas that need it the most; cities …show more content…
Places like golf courses require massive amounts of water to look pristine; some require even up to 400,000 gallons of water (businessinsider.com). Even water parks can use roughly 1,200,000 gallons of water per day. These companies have an obligation to limit their use of water as business. They are in business to make money but there comes a point to where the water needs to be used for better things then water parks and golf. If the business are to stay a business they need to take steps to conserve water and reduce the use of …show more content…
Here in Fresno it gets upset hot, i agree; there were days that we hit 106 degrees (accuweather.com). That is mind blowing hot and horrible, however that isn't an excuse for us to run a slip in slide for 2 hours. As citizens we have to a responsibility to try and conserve water also. We can do easy thing like watering at night, and taking shorter showers. A 5-minute shower uses 25-30 gallons of water versus a 20-minute shower, which uses 100 gallons (waterpro.net). Simple things like the can cause a lot of change. If we are to expect businesses and the government to start conserving then we have to do the same. Government gets it power from the people and business are run and employed by use; its start with us as individuals and then leads to change for