Persuasive Essay Water

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What would happen if we ran out of water? Well for starters, it wouldn’t be nice. What if you have to use the bathroom outside? Or you couldn’t take a shower for 5 months? Now that is nasty. This is why we should have laws for the amount of water we use.The laws will help us because we won’t end up drilling holes in the ground and sinking to our death. Also, we will have water for days with the laws.California should have laws for well water because one day everyone won’t have water.
Consequently, “Officials say at least 1,300 people have lost their water in and around East Porterville, nearly three hours’ drive north of Los Angeles, making the town’s residents some of the hardest hit victims of the three-year-old drought” (Source 2).“When

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