The Flint water crisis has been a well known life-threatening issue for nearly three years, and yet has still not been solved. The problem began in April, 2014, when the city of Flint, Michigan switched their water supply to the Flint River in order to save money. Almost immediately after the switch of water source, residents complained about the quality of water, while city and state officials denied the possibility of an issue for months. As time went by, the supply pipes had corroded and lead began making its way into the water supply, potentially endangering the Flint population, as high blood lead levels are especially harmful to children and pregnant women, and can cause “learning disabilities, behavioral problems, and mental retardation,”
In the article, “Farmers Agree to Water Cuts in California,” written by Jennifer Medina, the author writes about the new ways farmers will decrease water use in California. Medina explains that Farmers have made a deal to use a quarter less of their water. This will be done by not plating crops for a season, or finding their own ways to reduce their use of water. The new agreement between farmers and the state will have no effect on food production, but is vital since most of the water in California is used for agriculture. On the other hand, not all farmers are agreeing to give up some of their water, but they will still try to make an effort to save water in order to help decrease further water cuts in the future.
This article touches base on one of numerous ongoing issues in California right now, drought. The author travels to a few of the various counties that are feeling this drought the greatest. Meanwhile, he also interviews a few farmers on the issues, to get their opinion on the drought. “Generally, farms established before 1914 get their water allotment before farms with lower-priority rights.” (Richtel, page 6).
Chrissy Yao's essay on the Denver Water Conservation Campaign: "Use Only What You Need", skillfully described and analyzed said campaign. The campaign was created in order to lower the average water consumption of the city, so as to help alleviate the water crisis in the city. She begins with a similair description of the campaign and it's goals, and then goes on to explian how, in addition to the typical billboard advertising and magazine ads one would expect, the advertising campaign also utilized less conventional visual metaphors, such as a stripped down used car, or a bench with most of the base and back taken away so that it ony has just enough room for one person to sit. Yao analyzes the bench in particular as an innovative and minimalistic
In the article of the week The Wrong Way to “Think about California Water” by Michael Hiltzik, Hiltzik explains why we are thinking about California's water the wrong way. He gives several reasons why we are thinking about California's drought the wrong way that seem to significant , but my family can cut back on water usage using these same principles. First, even when he said that water bottles are not the significant causes of water usage they still are a portion of that water usage. A way we could save water is to finish all that water, drink only when we're thirsty, and give any leftover water to the plants, making it a double win. Another way we could save water is to use more drought resistant plants, or fake plants.
In addition, if the water is capped in Georgia the agriculture productivity will be directly affected. These impacts would cause a statewide issue since agriculture is a huge part of Georgia’s economy. Doug Miell, energy and natural resources advisor stated, “This is a statewide issue…[Agriculture] is one of the state’s largest economic drivers” (Samuel). The author appeals to ethos and pathos by using the credibility of a Georgia natural and energy resource advisor and by making the reader fear an economic disaster. The water wars have negatively affected the communities of Florida and Georgia.
Governor Rick Snyder caused one of the biggest disasters in Michigan. The flint water crisis. Governor Snyder switched the Flint water system which was connected to the Detroit water system to the Flint River. And right away people started noticing severe changes to their water. This was caused from the water pipes corroding and lead leaking into the water.
Both the state and federal governments have just declared a state of emergency for Flint, Michigan, yet (“even though” instead of “yet”?) the people of Flint have been without clean drinking water since 2014. After switching the city’s drinking water supply from Detroit’s water to the Flint river, lead infected the water that Flint’s residents rely on due to aging water pipes and polluted river water. This water crisis has not received the attention it requires. In order to solve this problem, it is important to understand how this problem started, how people are impacted day to day, and the long term consequences of this crisis.
In sunny California there is a town called Yutter. The dearth of water has caused the soil to be very dry and infertile and so the farmers cannot grow crops, impacting the economy in Yutter, changing it for the worst. The town of Yutter has a deal with the farmers and the water supply company for the town so that they can have more water than other citizens per square acre of land, in order to keep the new seeds alive before they shrivel up and the plants die. Paul Jump, Yutter’s main farmer, much to his chagrin, asked the mayor at the town meeting for water, saying “I can grow food for my pigs with the money I made off of my crops if I have two thousand more gallons a week!” The mayor ignores his request and the audience of the meeting starts to become obstreperous as they walk up to Paul Jump with screams of invective.
Author, Eliana Dockterman in her article, “The Digital Parent Trap,” exposes the potential benefits of technology use among young people. Dockterman’s purpose is to persuade her audience that there are benefits to early exposure to technology. Dockterman adopts a professional tone in order to get her audience into believing that technology does have its benefits and should be used more. Dockterman uses evidence, reasoning, word choice and tone that adds power to her ideas to build an argument to persuade her audience throughout her article.
”official say that at least 1,300 people have lost their water in and around East Porterville”.(source 2) People pay more for their drinking water and other water like the shower and sink.” An investigation into the business having to adapt to the law and water prices having elevated for buyers.(source 3) The farmer are saxicolous
First, farmers do their best to use the water they have. Even though farmers do not have as much water as they used to they still take advantage of every last drop. Farmers together with groundwater banking operations helped supply, groundwater to two-million acre-feet of land (Source four). This is important because this happened
My persuasive speech was on the water crisis in Africa. The purpose was to increase awareness about the water crisis happening right now. I explained what is happening right now in Africa and how the crisis is very harmful to the community. I also elaborated on what we can do to raise awareness such as broadcasting a commercial nationwide and the positive outcomes that will happen if my plan were to be followed. I gave this speech on Friday, March 2, 2018.
I want you to imagine you woke up this morning and was worried about whether you were going to get to have water. Imagine you also had a family you had to take care of, what would you do? How would you react if this happened every single day? For my Passion Project this year I worked with Nurai Arafa and we believe that water is something every living thing should have a right to. Sadly, many people don’t have this right, even in our country.
Topic: Water Shortage Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about water shortage and how to cope with water scarcity Thesis Statement: Across the globe, reports reveal huge areas in crisis as reservoirs and aquifers dry up. I. INTRODUCTION A. Turning off the water while brushing their teeth, a family could save about 5 to 10 gallons of water per day. B. Freshwater shortage will cause the next great global crisis.
