Most people do not realize how much water is wasted each year. Even though there is plenty of water to go around for everyone and everything at this moment, there will come a time when humans will need to make serious adjustments in the way they use water. Anita Hamilton, Sandra Postel, and Maude Barlow demonstrate in their articles that they are concerned about water management. They also give examples of how our water is wasted. While Hamilton assumes humans are the only lives on earth that need it to survive, Postel argues that humans should consider water rights for other species on the planet. Barlow discusses her views and opinions similar to Postel and Hamilton, but also proposes government regulation of some sort. Anita Hamilton,
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Her article in Global Issues, Local Arguments is an easy read and very straight forward. She hooks the readers with this strategy by giving statistics. This approach rarely allows for any open-ended questions. Her informal tones reels the audience in and has the potential to keep the reader’s attention until the …show more content…
Hamilton provides examples of water conservation from Africa, Australia, and the United States. In Namibia, Africa, drinking water from the toilet is not uncommon. Hamilton records that “recycled water accounts for 35% of the drinking supply in the country’s capital city of Windhoek”. Recycled water consists of the water from toilets, showers, and other sources of the like. The article also notes “Windhoek is too high for desalination (purification) to be feasible and too far from big rivers to the north and south to build expensive pipelines to them”. Australia has made efforts to conserve water by watching rainwater and using that water to hydrate lawns and gardens instead of running a sprinkler system. Water supply became so scarce in India back in 2009, Hamilton informs the reader that “the city finally resorted to mandatory rainwater collection on both commercial and residential plots larger than 2,400 square feet”. This mandate forced homeowners to recycle rainwater versus using city water for their lawns and gardens. Hamilton hits home with American readers when she tells of the average 147 gallons per day per person in the United States. Albuquerque, New Mexico “has instituted another set of rebates, including $200 off the price of low-flow toilets, $75 for water urinals, and $100 off high-efficiency
Her article in Global Issues, Local Arguments is an easy read and very straight forward. She hooks the readers with this strategy by giving statistics. This approach rarely allows for any open-ended questions. Her informal tones reels the audience in and has the potential to keep the reader’s attention until the …show more content…
Hamilton provides examples of water conservation from Africa, Australia, and the United States. In Namibia, Africa, drinking water from the toilet is not uncommon. Hamilton records that “recycled water accounts for 35% of the drinking supply in the country’s capital city of Windhoek”. Recycled water consists of the water from toilets, showers, and other sources of the like. The article also notes “Windhoek is too high for desalination (purification) to be feasible and too far from big rivers to the north and south to build expensive pipelines to them”. Australia has made efforts to conserve water by watching rainwater and using that water to hydrate lawns and gardens instead of running a sprinkler system. Water supply became so scarce in India back in 2009, Hamilton informs the reader that “the city finally resorted to mandatory rainwater collection on both commercial and residential plots larger than 2,400 square feet”. This mandate forced homeowners to recycle rainwater versus using city water for their lawns and gardens. Hamilton hits home with American readers when she tells of the average 147 gallons per day per person in the United States. Albuquerque, New Mexico “has instituted another set of rebates, including $200 off the price of low-flow toilets, $75 for water urinals, and $100 off high-efficiency