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.
It’s a waste because clean water is not an abundant resource and it will eventually run out. The amount of water used per year for fracking needs to be monitored. Earlier this year in Northern Ohio, over 400,000 residents were left without safe water due to widespread contamination. Residents were even advised not to shower due to the
Ashly Gourdie English 101/504 Dr. Martinez October 15th, 2012 The Waterless State Do you ever wondered what it be like if one day you go get a drink of water but no water was coming out of the fosset? Well, in New Mexico there is a high risk of drought but people keep thinking that there is a limitless amount of water. Despite how much rain fall New Mexico gets each year, millions of gallons of water are being used each day by corporations’ and the people. But when the time comes for people to start realizing the effects it has on the water system it might be too late. Well the U.S. Geological Survey released a report showing that Albuquerque was pumping out its ground water nearly three times faster than it could be replenished (174).
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
The diets of today’s Americans exceed the amount of calories humans should consume, yet greatly lack in nutrition. Humans have roamed the earth for several millenniums; for the vast majority of that time, we ate only natural occurring substances which weren’t plentiful in quantity, but contained much more nutrition than the majority of today’s foods. Humans have developed the ability to live everywhere in the world which resulted in a great variety of diets. People in the arctic ate primarily animal fat and muscle, while people in warmer environments were more exposed to fruits and vegetables; either way they were lean and healthy. Our diets today primarily consist of processed foods which have only existed for not even half a century.
Most of the DC Water’s revenue comes from the customers, so they collect partial payments from each customer’s bill to pay for the project fund. The Glover Park and Catherdal Heights customers are charged from $10 to $20 on their water bill to fund for the project, (ANC3B, 2014). The Clean Rivers Project is also partially funded by the government, and donations from federal companies, (O'Cleireacain, 2012). The Clean Rivers Project spent $600 million in engineering and constructions, (Holman, 2013). In conclusion, the Anacostia river, has the outdated sewer system, polluted water, and lack of green infrastructures.
Just over 50% of the population had been immunized against infectious diseases before the earthquake, well below the World Health Organization goal of 90%. According to figures from the Ministry of Public Health and Population, there are also approximately 4,000 amputees that need ongoing support, which is particularly devastating in a country where the majority of the population travels by foot or bicycle (Office of Haiti Special Coordinator, 2011). Cholera is an outbreak caused by the lack of clean water and washing facilities. Clean water and soap will dramatically slow the disease from spreading. There was a Cholera outbreak in Haiti due to the lack of these two basic necessities.
We are losing more and more water. Water is the one of the most essential elements known to life. Without it, there wouldn’t be any. It is estimated that California has only enough water in storage for the next 12 to 18 months. 60 percent of our water supply comes from the snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada Mountains, providing drinking water for 22 million people and over 600,000 acres of farmland.
Even though there are between 3.25 and 16 billion barrels of oil in all of ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge), it would take even more time, money and resources to extract it. The proposed area is only a fraction of ANWR, but would have a large impact and because the area is so small, many of the major oil companies have lost interest in drilling for oil in Alaska. Since the United States uses seven billion barrels of oil a year, or 19 million barrels a day, it would take only 24 days to use every drop of oil in the proposed area! And yes, I do understand that the United States needs to decrease its dependency on foreign oil, but drilling in Alaska is the wrong way to accomplish that. Instead of trying to figure out where to drill the next oil well, we should be finding alternative forms of energy.
No healthcare can leave many lives lost and even ruined financially. Healthcare is unaffordable, in 2007, 62 percent of all bankruptcies were related to medical expenses and 78 percent of the bankruptcies were filed by people with no health insurance. America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) that its proposal will achieve universal coverage, curtail runaway healthcare spending, help consumers and purchasers, and improve quality of care. (Versely) In order for healthcare reform to be achieved it is going to take a lot of work politically, but with American’s speaking up it is possible. Over 45 million Americans who are uninsured speak volumes about the problems with our present healthcare system.