The American Crisis

The Aquabot Elite is a great automatic pool cleaner, which will keep you inground pool clean, with minimum effort. This unit costs about $1,200, a rather high price, considering the fact that the average pool cleaner costs about $800. However, this is a good investment, as you will no longer have to clean your pool manually or pay someone to do it for you. Moreover, by using a rootic cleaner, you will extend the life of your pool's main filtration system. If we've got your atention, keep on…

droughts in history is The Dust Bowl. This drought occurred from the years 1931-1939. During the time of the drought, there were dust clouds that shaped and made it hard for plants, animals, and humans to breathe. The heat and dust storms caused 5,000 Americans and the addition of 1,100 Canadians left to die due to not being able to breathe clean healthy air. During 1987-1989 the Northern Great Plains was harmed by a serious drought. Plants suffered from low income of rainfall and wasted away.…

Destabilizing Desiccation Circumstances in the Coachella Valley “Long ago, the Coachella Valley held ephemeral lakes and later an abundance of artesian wells. Now it is one of the driest places in North America, getting only 3 to 4 inches of rain every year. But it's also one of the fastest-growing regions in the state. The valley's population has surged from 1,000 in the early 1900s to about 500,000 today -- and is expected to soar to 812,000 by 2035” (Krieger Paragraph 6). Drought affects…

for his community in several ways. Jemal was the richest person in the village, so he built toilets and water lines. First, he built the first free public toilets in 1973. In Agena, Ethiopia, using toilet cost 0.50 Ethiopian cents, which was 0.10 American cents. Some people who could not pay used the road instead of toilets. Also, people had to walk 30- 60 minutes to use toilets; however, he made it easy for them. He built hundreds of toilets, and he built two toilets in every one mile.…

The Tiwanaku, was not just a civilization, it was a people. A people that created one of the most incredible civilizations in the world that lasted over 500 years. The people of Tiwanaku exemplified how religious ideology and ritual practice can shape the cultural processes that made it possible for the Tiwanaku to rise and expand in the south-central Andean highlands. Located at 3800 meters in the southern Lake Titicaca Basin of the Andean high plateau, Tiwanaku thrived as a vast religious…

Water: the foundation of life, covers nearly 70% of the world’s surface, and yet still inaccessible to millions. Water shortages are not simply short bouts of rainless years as most people of California complain of, but are global problems as many people simply do not have access to clean, drinkable water. Whether in America, the Middle East, or Africa, water is a necessary natural resource that cannot be done without. However, with an ever-increasing world population, water demands continue to…

Hi, I'm Doug the water droplet I know what you're thinking you think i just sit in a puddle all day but no I go thrusting through the water cycle every day. The water cycle is when it's about to rain but not yet so you should go look up an article because I'm not going to tell you nah just kidding I'm going to go through it with you today so let's go. So first the evaporation that's when I get levitated into the sky the first thing I saw was a tree it was a small tree but it was still a tree…

pregnant daughter Eleanor; ergo, Virginia Dare was the first English child born in America. According to letters recovered by John White in 1587, the colonists were determined to succeed; however, they arrived in late summer surrounded by Native Americans and challenging terrain. It was too late to plant crops and the expedition had not taken on new provisions in the Caribbean (e.g., fresh water, salt) leaving them with minimal supplies; thereby, forcing White with no ultimatum except to…

Water should not be privatized because privatization leads to rate increases, privatization undermines water quality, and reduces local control and public rights. Water privatization is when water is chosen to be private property which will cost, or the water will be for public use and will not cost. If it's private the companies will clean the water, and if it's public then the consumer must clean the water itself. Water Should not be privatized because it leads to a rate increase. Among the…

When Flint decided to stop buying Detroit’s water and switch to new water, they had no idea what was in store. Soon, every Flint civilian was exposed to Lead. Lead can affect children’s brain development, education attainment, and impair the body. Increasing Lead amount in Flint’s water can cause permanent issues in the town members’ health. Flint’s government is at fault here, and it needs to take charge before things get worse. Starting at the beginning, Flint is a fairly poor city. They…