How much water they need and how much water there is will cause a dent in the water supply. If there is more water being used faster than it can replenish itself, the effect it has on the state is a negative result in reports from the amount of water being used. Therefore, the government understands that it is right to give as much water to them because Intel will help the state of New Mexico to provide jobs. As a result, Selcraig states “Intel now employs 4,000 people in Rio Rancho, plans to hire at least another 500 next year and says it creates as least two spin-off jobs in the surrounding economy for every one inside the sprawling plant (175)”. The essence of the government’s argument is that creating jobs for the city will help the economy.
Even some states allow fracking to be exempt from state water use regulation, an agreement limiting large water withdrawals; despite the fact that each fracking well uses up to five million gallons of locally sourced water. In the article, Should Fracking Stop? The authors provided information that there are water recovery tanks. These water recovery tanks contain polluted flow-back water that gets injected to a deep storage well and eventually it is sent to a treatment plant. It’s a waste because clean water is not an abundant resource and it will eventually run out.
Unfortunately, Brisbane residents are unable to conserve water without restrictions, which is why the restrictions system is utilized by local government. Brisbane residents have lived with level 6 water restrictions for the past 2 years and as they have been so limited there will undoubtedly be a self indulgent splurge by almost ever house hold. The dams won’t be able to handle the rush and it will only result in short term gain for long term loss. On level 6 water restrictions, the parameters for water use are 140 liters per person per day. At 40 per cent of the reserves, water restrictions will be reduced to level 3 which is 170 liters per person per day.
Sweden , for instance, has spent $14 Billion and rising to manage its radioactive waste and is now decommissioning its reactors. Nuclear power is not green due to all the points made above and also due to the following additional facts; namely that nuclear power plants use a great deal of water, uranium is a non-renewable resource and there is significant energy and resources needed to build nuclear plants. CONS - Nuclear power is not a renewable source of energy. High-grade, low-cost ores will run out in 50 years - It is not "greenhouse gas" free, producing more emissions than some renewable power sources such as wind - It would take at least 10 years and several billion dollars to build Australia's first nuclear power station - Plants are potential targets for terrorists attacks; smuggling of radioactive material is on the rise; no complete solution to the disposal of radioactive waste has been
The 7.6 Richter measurement of the 1811 quake is less than the 8.5 reading in the 1964 Alaska quake or the 8.3 calculated for the 1906 San Francisco quake. But scientists say that the New Madrid quake was actually more severe because of differences in the fault zones.-With a network of about 30 seismological stations throughout the New Madrid area, Mr. Morrissey and his team of 10 have recorded more than 800 quakes, about 5 a week, since they began recording in 1974. Most were too small to have been felt by residents. (New York
Water Bottle Argument The use of bottled water is a controversial topic. Some people claim that water bottles are bad for the environment. They tend to focus on the waste of producing and disposing bottles and also how transporting the bottles can cause many inefficiencies. It has even been said to drink tap water in order to save money and the planet. These facts are based off the estimate made by The Earth Policy Institute which stated that about 1.5 million barrels of oil are used to make water bottles each year when instead this oil could be used to fuel about 100,000 cars.
Over the past 43 years, Michigan has been the second-fastest-warming state in the country, followed by Minnesota and Wisconsin (Kalish, 2012). From 193 to 2011 the annual ice coverage as declined drastically. Reduced ice cover can have large impacts on the health of Lake Huron. Increased light penetration promotes algae growth and the survival of invasive species. Without ice and snow coverage, the lakes suffer from water loss due to increased evaporation.
While China has advanced sanitarily, there are still 2.6 billion people in the world who do not have access to any toilet at all. According to George, “The 1.8 million child deaths each year related to clean water and sanitation dwarf the casualties associated with violent conflict. No act of terrorism generates economic devastation on the scale of the crisis in water and sanitation” (George, 68). In other words, what can be more important than our next generation of leaders dying due to the water and sanitation crisis. In addition to sanitation within public toilets affecting the nation’s everyday lives, sociability is also an issue that public toilets take
Refutation: I feel like Americans should start thinking more about the Earths health. We are capable of being very selfish. Argument 1: Instead of consuming four billion gallons of water a year in individual-‐sized bottles, we need to start thinking about what all those bottles are doing to the planets health. Paragraph 2: Drinking water is a very good thing, but it can be bad when it comes to the cost. For example: If you choose to get your recommended eight glasses a day from bottled water, you could spend up to $1,400 annually.
According to “ The Risks of Hydrofracking”(n.d.), the process uses 8 million gallons of water for one single well. Since there are approximately 500.000 gas wells in America, this means that almost 4 billion gallons of water resources are being used in this process. Moreover, only 30% of the water can be recycled for reuse, which means that 2.8 billion gallons of water is gone (Inglesby & Jenks & Nyquist & Pinner, 2012). In addition, using huge amounts of water may cause a shortage near fracking areas. This issue is highly controversial issue in United States.