Should there be laws on farmers or no laws on farmers?
Should California put laws on farmers to use water to grow plants? California has been in a drought for a the past three years now, a lot of people now have no water to take shower and flush toilets. Most of California water is getting used for watering plants to send to places like Russia, but most of the crops that California grows don’t even go to California Grocery Stores. This is a problem that California deals with of Farmers using so much water to grow crops like corn, almonds, and walnuts. “Groundwater is like a bank account. You can’t take out more than you put in one an ongoing basis” (“Source #3”). I think California should put laws on Farmers use of water because they grow plants that Californians don’t even keep we just send them to other states and countries. …show more content…
In Source #2 (“Financial Times: California town faces life without water”) it talks about a person named Angelica Gallegos, who hasn’t taken a shower in five months because of farmers using water to grow crops. So many people have lost water to their homes and towns, over 320 of California towns have ran out of water to take showers, wash dishes, and to flush toilets. Soon these towns won’t exist anymore, people will start calling ghost towns. People in the area that there no water have to drive for hours to go to another city to get water. “Officials say at least 1,3000 people have lost their water in and around East Porterville, nearly three hours’ drive North of Los Angeles, making the town’s resident some of the hardest hit victims of the three-year-old drought.” (“Source
Should California put laws on farmers to use water to grow plants? California has been in a drought for a the past three years now, a lot of people now have no water to take shower and flush toilets. Most of California water is getting used for watering plants to send to places like Russia, but most of the crops that California grows don’t even go to California Grocery Stores. This is a problem that California deals with of Farmers using so much water to grow crops like corn, almonds, and walnuts. “Groundwater is like a bank account. You can’t take out more than you put in one an ongoing basis” (“Source #3”). I think California should put laws on Farmers use of water because they grow plants that Californians don’t even keep we just send them to other states and countries. …show more content…
In Source #2 (“Financial Times: California town faces life without water”) it talks about a person named Angelica Gallegos, who hasn’t taken a shower in five months because of farmers using water to grow crops. So many people have lost water to their homes and towns, over 320 of California towns have ran out of water to take showers, wash dishes, and to flush toilets. Soon these towns won’t exist anymore, people will start calling ghost towns. People in the area that there no water have to drive for hours to go to another city to get water. “Officials say at least 1,3000 people have lost their water in and around East Porterville, nearly three hours’ drive North of Los Angeles, making the town’s resident some of the hardest hit victims of the three-year-old drought.” (“Source