Yayi Ruan
Dr. Fiegel
CE111-01
14 October 2015
The California Drought and Livelihood Resilience Drought is the most serious complication in California now. There are so many reason drive California into a droughty situation, for instance, deficiency of snowpack, scarcity of rainfall, high temperature, and paucity of underground water. I calculated my daily water use, according to Vigil, “1.6 gallons per flush for toilets, 2.5 gallon per minute for shower heads, and 2.2 gallon per minute for faucet aerator.” In consequence, I used 81.68 gallons of water in a normal day. Among of the activities, I used most of the water in showering, and then teeth brushing. On the next day, I restricted my water use to as minimum as I feel comfortable. For instance, I reduce water use from shower, teeth brushing. Therefore, I total used 60.11 gallons on the restricted day. However, I was successful to reduce 21.57 gallons of water, even I was used a little more of unnecessary water for dish washing and shower. Anyway, that was a big step for me to begin saving water. …show more content…
In the presentation, I realized that there are more than fifty agricultural water supplies and more than four hundreds of urban supplies in California. On the other hand, according to Lindsey, “the snowpack only reached 32 percent of its average annual depth this winter.” Obviously, the water was not enough for agricultural and urban supplies. Because the drought, there were at least 400,000 acres of unplanted farmland. Consequently, the farmer lost about $2.2 billion. $2.2 billion was a huge number. Because the loss from lack of water, the price of food and water increased, which means it brought pressure for lower class and middle class, even the government and economic. Furthermore, the drought increases the chance of fire disaster. People need to face losing
Dr. Fiegel
CE111-01
14 October 2015
The California Drought and Livelihood Resilience Drought is the most serious complication in California now. There are so many reason drive California into a droughty situation, for instance, deficiency of snowpack, scarcity of rainfall, high temperature, and paucity of underground water. I calculated my daily water use, according to Vigil, “1.6 gallons per flush for toilets, 2.5 gallon per minute for shower heads, and 2.2 gallon per minute for faucet aerator.” In consequence, I used 81.68 gallons of water in a normal day. Among of the activities, I used most of the water in showering, and then teeth brushing. On the next day, I restricted my water use to as minimum as I feel comfortable. For instance, I reduce water use from shower, teeth brushing. Therefore, I total used 60.11 gallons on the restricted day. However, I was successful to reduce 21.57 gallons of water, even I was used a little more of unnecessary water for dish washing and shower. Anyway, that was a big step for me to begin saving water. …show more content…
In the presentation, I realized that there are more than fifty agricultural water supplies and more than four hundreds of urban supplies in California. On the other hand, according to Lindsey, “the snowpack only reached 32 percent of its average annual depth this winter.” Obviously, the water was not enough for agricultural and urban supplies. Because the drought, there were at least 400,000 acres of unplanted farmland. Consequently, the farmer lost about $2.2 billion. $2.2 billion was a huge number. Because the loss from lack of water, the price of food and water increased, which means it brought pressure for lower class and middle class, even the government and economic. Furthermore, the drought increases the chance of fire disaster. People need to face losing