Would you resist not taking a shower for five months? California has been in a drought for the past year. Citizens do not have enough water to shower, flush the toilet, and other basic rights. California should control water from the ground, Aquifer. “For Angelica Gallegos, the worst part has been going without a shower for five months.There are also the endless treks to the laundromat for the family wash and the supermarket for drinking water, not to mention the horror of the nightly dishes (source
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There are numerous of environmental problems, in this country, but the major problem going on in California is the need of water. Water is the main resource to many things so there can be life. If water doesn’t flow in California, many residents are going to be migrating to a different state. The three ways I believe it should be handled is by, conserving it in resident’s houses, closing water parks, and the responsibilities of the teachers to educate their students. Closing several places where
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Clean Water Project Report Day 1- “The Balanced Equation” Documentary Notes In the documentary, “The Balanced Equation”, a group of high school girls tells their story of traveling to Kenya and the Dominican Republic to investigate and learn more about issues dealing with water in developing countries. The girls focus primarily on problems with water that exist in these countries and the water filtration systems being provided. According to the video, approximately 3.5 million people die from water-related
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In Brampton and other parts of North America we are lucky to have access to clean, fresh water that we are able to drink and use for other essentials from our home by simply opening a tap. For example, we are able to use the water to make food and take showers. However, in Kenya and many other third world countries like Afghanistan, Madagascar, Zambia, etc. the citizens need to walk a long distance to get water. In the article “Water Walk” Megan Bryan says “the water is the colour of chocolate milk
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American Southwest is located in the United States which includes totally six states of the United States: Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma and Utah. And San Diego, a “birthplace” of California, is a part of American Southwest. Based on some information, American Southwest climate has a trend to be semi-arid or arid climate depend on the location of this city. Like San Diego, this city has the semi-arid climate when it is going to raining from December to March and it has
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Bottled or tap water is the new “paper or plastic” because of the high interest in how much better tap water is than bottled water. Articles “Movements against bottled water gains municipal adherents” by Nicole Cotroneo, “Mayors push benefits of cities tap water” by Annie Gentile, and “ New Study Finds Fault With Some Bottled Waters; Tap Water a Better Bet” by Environmental Nutrition all have a common interest in taps benefits over bottled water. The study over bottled water versus tap water has
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Toronto was a dry city and never seemed to have a waterfall in a long time. They were in special need of water because water is essential for living and they can't live without it. Everyone in the city was dying of thirst and more importantly couldn't grow there crops which meant that they don't have food to eat either. At this point they knew that they needed a rainfall or else they would have a tough time surviving. So everyone sat down together and thought of what they can do to get water or a
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The documentary Cadillac Desert is a documentary produced by Mark Reisner which is broken into four parts. The part of the documentary that I chose to view and analyze is part one, “Mullholland’s Dream.” In this part of the documentary we learn about the career and life of William Mullholland as well as the problem of supplying water to Los Angeles. At the beginning of his career, Mullholland started out as a ditch digger for the Los Angeles water company which gave him the knowledge he needed to
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Midlife crisis Asante watts Mrs.BroussardMrs. Broussard Midlife tend to happen as we age males tend to go threwthrough it when they lose a love one or have a lot on theretheir mind, in a female You're making some rash decisions. As a result of soul searching, it's possible that you've drawn some significant conclusions about the state of your life, like perhaps that your marriage isn't as romantic as you had hoped or your career is no longer fulfilling. "The danger is when somebody makes an
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Diction plays just as important a role as description when looking at the themes presented in Sag Harbor. Throughout this book, Benji describes the geographic details of Sag Harbor and how that pertains to the cultural perspectives that form the unique people who vacation in Sag Harbor. One such person that Benji describes is NP. NP’s name stands for “Nigger, please”. Although it may seem that this is a common term thrown out among Benji’s friends who live in that area, Benji states what makes NP’s
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