Suez Crisis

In the current state of the world water is a commodity that is becoming more scarce and is terrifying as it is a necessity of life. It is sad to think that we live in a society that is extremely sophisticated and smart; however, we cannot provide water to the millions of people that do not have it or cease to find smarter means of obtaining it. Water is renewed by the natural processes of the Earth; however, we are polluting and degrading our water ways in such a drastic way that they are…

The San Joaquin River is the largest river in Central California measuring three hundred sixty-six miles in length. For quite some time this river had to deal with the fact that it did not have any Salmon in it due to certain issues. An idea had uprisen of starting a project in order to resolve these issues, it was called The San Joaquin river Restoration Project. Many people discouraged this project due to the amount of money it would cost in order to construct. Daniel Weintraub’s article “…

Did you know the average home in Austin can collect 900 gallons of water during a 1 inch rain? Yes, that’s right. 900 gallons! Austin sees on average 32 inches of rainfall each year. That means you could collect 28,800 gallons of water throughout the year! That not only saves you money on water bills, but it also helps to preserve this natural resource. Talk about a win-win. Why should you collect rainwater? There are 3 clear benefits to collecting rainwater aside from helping your pocket book…

isn’t clear and it’s like a propaganda. Furthermore, the opinion of this article is objective and impartial, it advocated people to drink more water to keep fit. “Freshwater Crisis”. National Geographic, environment.nationalgeographic.com. Posted nd. environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/freshwater-crisis/. Accessed on Jan 15th, 2017. C: On the website, I didn’t see when the article was posted, so it the fact there might be wrong. But in this case, the information is about…

The Everglades are a fragile wetlands ecosystem. It has been around for many years, providing shelter for wildlife. The Everglades used to be filled with rare, exotic wildlife. It has been drained by settlers for many years, and provides us with a source of water. Restoration acts are hard to carry through with. To begin with, the Everglades are a source of water for many people. Over seven million people in Florida use the Everglades as a water source. In the text,”Can We Fix the Water Supply”…

being able to attain water, but now large cooperation’s are trying to privatize our drinking water. Above, I have provided images that will help with identify the main point within the essay “Blue Gold” by Jim Hightower. Not only does he explain the crisis of the world’s water, but he also sheds light on how companies are taking advantage of this current issue. How individuals acquire their water today has completely changed from the past. What we may think as us just drinking water is…

2000, 2321 residents of the city turned ill due to the polluted water and about 7 residents died. Almost identically in Flint, Michigan, a water crisis created by mankind, which started almost 5 years ago when in order to save money, the government made a decision to switch water sources from the Lake Huron to The Flint River. The Flint water crisis started back in 2011, the city's water source was switched from Lake Huron to Flint River. The water system that was provided to Flint from…

The speaker Whitman uses image to help his readers visualize the troops that are line up in order to prepare for battle. Whitman uses the metaphor "their arms flash in the sun" (line 2), the arms flash represents the troops swords that they have drawn into the air and it is the sun that causes their swords to flash. Whitman also uses a figure of speech in this poem when he says, "Behold the brown-faced men, each group, each person, a picture" (line 5 ). The speaker makes it seems as though the…

facing its greatest water crisis. Sao Paulo’s worst water shortage since 1930 in consequence of severe drought. It has been the driest on record for the past two rainy seasons. Climate change, deforestation and reduced rainfall are the reasons for the shortage of water. Why Sao Paulo is drying out? The planet is suffering the consequences of CO2 emissions due to anthropogenic activities. Drought and bad management are the main reasons for Sao Paulo’s water crisis. There is no…

Water shortages have almost always been a problem for the arid Texas land, but the continued growth of the population in Texas has exacerbated the problem quite a bit. Fortunately, the government and residents of Texas have multiple steps they can take to mitigate the effect of an ever-increasing population on our limited water supply. At least three things that the Texas government could do would be to fix our current water system infrastructure to prevent useless water loss, build pipelines to…