II. Body A. Residential Water Conservation and Water Policies In California, our residential growth has a role for water conservation especially with our growing population in comparison with Australia. In the article called "Residential Water Conservation in Australia and California," by Ryan Cahill and Jay Lund, it compares between California 's and Australia 's use of water when it comes to residential use and the components behind it. Cahill and Lund explain, "This paper compares residential water use in Australia and California, identifying realistic residential conservation behavior and objectives based on urban water use in Australia. California, and perhaps other regions, may be able to see their future in water conservation by looking
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With our population growth, we have to realize the amount of water we have in the long run. In the article called "Is Water Policy Limiting Residential Growth? Evidence from California" by Ellen Hanak, it explains why regulating water adequacy is a good method and how it is used in California. Hanak goes more in-depth by stating, "Regulation protects these consumers [homebuyers] from an investment loss, because home values would fall once the problem became apparent" (32). From this, we can depict that we should use regulation in order for homebuyers to not be worried about buying the wrong house in the end. The only inadequate part of this would be for houses in development, water supplies will be affected for existing homeowners in the area. In California, there was a survey between November 2003 and February 2004 in order to see if any cities have had any water policies in order. These policies were about as Hanak states, "linking subdivision approval or residential construction permitting to water supply" (34). Whichever cities or counties had any policies like these were ordered to explain their policies, when it was established, and the amount of houses initiating …show more content…
According to Jennifer Weeks, in her article "Water Shortages," she claims, "Meanwhile, many cities depend on water mains and sewer pipes more than 100 years old. Environmental laws have sharply cut water pollution and improved drinking-water quality since the 1970s. But experts say the nation needs to spend more than $250 billion in the next several years to modernize water treatment systems, and current investments are falling short" (Weeks 1). Weeks goes more in depth in her article stating our background and health, the growth and pollution of our water, and how our growing population is effecting our water use. It all started with our pipelines that were used to clean up the garbage in our streets, then homeowners decide to have running water and toilets. Around the late 1800’s, people started to have sand filters to decontaminate water then started using chlorine. Then, cities began to build bathhouses and around the 1920’s indoor plumbing began. Unfortunately, most of the U.S. population lived on farms, so they didn’t have this option. Then, the 1940’s came and everything went vice versa, because metropolitans had clean water first. Furthermore, there were growth and pollution of our water. Towards the end of the Great Depression, the drought turned states with Great Plains into a Dust Bowl. Because of this, farms had a huge effect with all the
With our population growth, we have to realize the amount of water we have in the long run. In the article called "Is Water Policy Limiting Residential Growth? Evidence from California" by Ellen Hanak, it explains why regulating water adequacy is a good method and how it is used in California. Hanak goes more in-depth by stating, "Regulation protects these consumers [homebuyers] from an investment loss, because home values would fall once the problem became apparent" (32). From this, we can depict that we should use regulation in order for homebuyers to not be worried about buying the wrong house in the end. The only inadequate part of this would be for houses in development, water supplies will be affected for existing homeowners in the area. In California, there was a survey between November 2003 and February 2004 in order to see if any cities have had any water policies in order. These policies were about as Hanak states, "linking subdivision approval or residential construction permitting to water supply" (34). Whichever cities or counties had any policies like these were ordered to explain their policies, when it was established, and the amount of houses initiating …show more content…
According to Jennifer Weeks, in her article "Water Shortages," she claims, "Meanwhile, many cities depend on water mains and sewer pipes more than 100 years old. Environmental laws have sharply cut water pollution and improved drinking-water quality since the 1970s. But experts say the nation needs to spend more than $250 billion in the next several years to modernize water treatment systems, and current investments are falling short" (Weeks 1). Weeks goes more in depth in her article stating our background and health, the growth and pollution of our water, and how our growing population is effecting our water use. It all started with our pipelines that were used to clean up the garbage in our streets, then homeowners decide to have running water and toilets. Around the late 1800’s, people started to have sand filters to decontaminate water then started using chlorine. Then, cities began to build bathhouses and around the 1920’s indoor plumbing began. Unfortunately, most of the U.S. population lived on farms, so they didn’t have this option. Then, the 1940’s came and everything went vice versa, because metropolitans had clean water first. Furthermore, there were growth and pollution of our water. Towards the end of the Great Depression, the drought turned states with Great Plains into a Dust Bowl. Because of this, farms had a huge effect with all the