The article, “Iran’s water crisis the product of decades of bad planning”, by Jason Rezaian, published on July 2, 2014, is an informative and a rather bone-chilling article about Iran's water crisis. In the article,the author outlines and explains many different points by helping the reader to understand more in depth the problem of the article and connecting the different elements throughout the story.These points are also very important because they are what makes the reader understand the background behind the thesis that,“Iran is headed for a water shortage of epic proportions, and little is being done to reverse a decades-long trend that has reduced the country’s water supply to crisis levels.” In my opinion, this article was everything I needed for my research and I …show more content…
Throughout the article,the author argues, Iran uses a lot of water compared to their precipitation level,global climate is not fully what is causing the water crisis, and their population is getting bigger which is making their water supply smaller. Asthe reader explained the evidence behind the main points,the research became very understandable. For example,the reader states that Iran uses 66 gallons of water per day.It may seem like a lot but the author then states that the U.S uses over 106 gallons per day. When reading this fact as the reader it did not seem important and it was just a regular fact about Iran's everyday use.However,after reading deeper into the article I started to read more about how this fact like many others, plays a huge role in Iran's water crisis. In this case it was the fact that the growing population and lowering
China economy has been falling for many years. Part of this downfall is lack of clean water. You know this, but know one in this world can’t live without water ,so that means water is very important. Climate change, Industrialization, and Government policy all contribute to the chinese water crisis. Of these, the biggest driver is the government policy. The government in China has a strict policy that does not allow the people to have water because China is not using enough money for their water.
I have included three pieces of evidence to prove my case “In 2030 a projected 300 billion cubic meters of water will be used for industry in China, which is equal to 120,000,000 olympic sized swimming pools.” (Doc C) as you can see I included this piece of evidence because If we could cut down the water used for industry by at least 100 billion meters we could save so much water as seen in the evidence. As my other piece of text evidence I feel explains my cause quite well “China used only about 100 billion cubic meters of water for industry in 1980 and since then it has become 3 times that in the year 2030.” (Doc C) this proves my claim because if it went up that much, just in 50 years, in another 50 years 600 billion meters of water could be used solely for China’s industry. And for my last piece of text evidence “In 2030 almost 30% of water used for industry was for power, such as hydro electric work.” (Doc D) I believe this supports my claim because if we continue using that much water for unnecessary uses then China could have a real problem on their hands. As you can see all these pieces of evidence fairly support my claim.
In December of 1915 a huge step for the rights of Peasants in Peru was taken. Juan Pevez was born in Ica, Peru and in 1915 he lead an uprising against the Picasso family who ran the that Pevez worked on. In Water!, an excerpt from Pevez’s autobiography, a dispute over rights to water is described and how the peasants overcame . Southern Peru does not see much rain during the year, so when it does come it is an extremely valued commodity. In December 1915 a very unusual thing happened. The water came much earlier that year and to the peasant's surprise it went unnoticed by the estate owners. In that time the estate owners unlawfully kept the water from the peasants until their own fields were irrigated. The water came that year in the middle of the night so the estate owners were clueless. Unaware that they had the same rights to the water as the estate owners, the farmers were reluctant to open up the Sluice gates that allowed the water to enter their own small canals to irrigate their land. Juan Pevez, who was enrolled in the School of Agronomy informed the farmers that legally they had a right to the water. Trusting Pevez, they all opened their gates to irrigate their fields unbeknownst to the landowners. Soon, morning came and the “stolen” water was noticed and a brawl broke out between the serfs and the estate owners. After being broken up the peasants formed a delegation to make a plea to the Technical Commission to state their concern about the unfair distribution of water. The director of the commission, Ezequiel Gago, heard both sides argument. In December 1915 history was made when Gago ruled in favor of the Peasants. That was the first time in the history of the valley that a group of peasants won a case against a powerful landowner like Picasso.
China’s water supply is running out faster than it can be replaced. Water is being polluted by the environment, wasted because of the law, and a lot of water is being used due to it's growing industry. What is driving China’s water scarcity crisis? China's water scarcity crisis is mainly caused by the government mispricing water, industrialization, and urbanization.
Our water crisis is not just isolated in one area on the planet, but is a problem everywhere. Unfortunately, not everyone believes that we actually have an issue. When the documentary began talking about introducing recycled wastewater they interviewed a few groups of people and asked them to drink the water. Even though it seemed like a good majority did drink the water there were a few who still refused and called the water disgusting. One statement from one of the people asked to drink the water really bothered me. The woman said that when the satellites take images of Earth she said that there’s a lot of water being shown. That statement just proves that more documentaries like this one need to be made to educate the public. So that once the public is educated and realizes how big of a problem we have with our water they can take it to the government and force them to make
Water shortage is a growing problem for most countries in the world. For China, which has 20% of world’s population and only 7% of available water resources, this problem may become catastrophic (Hofstedt 2010, 72). Therefore some actions and measures should be performed to avoid or at least to weaken future water crisis in China. In this work the following three solutions will be proposed and analyzed in terms of efficiency and applicability: water usage efficiency improvement; adopting the local agencies on controlling water resources; reasonable water pricing.
A nuclear holocaust would result in more deaths than water pollution. Robert Glennon highlights the absence of interest people have when it come to the water crisis in “Fouling Our Own Nests” as he opens the chapter with women walking around half naked and having no concern for the filth surrounding them, being in the United State’s largest city without a sewer system, Lake Havasu (Glennon 65). Glennon believes humans are contaminating their valuable water supply and are unaware of the seriousness of consuming tainted water. He argues that people are at fault for the water pollution and that something needs to be done to salvage our existing water supply. The evidence Glennon uses to support his claim, however, are biased, overblown, and improbable.
Pina, P. (2011 , March ). Addressing water Crisis in Mexico City. Retrieved 2014, from SYPA: http://watersecurityinitiative.seas.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/Patricia%20PINA%20SYPA%20on%20Mexico%20City%20Water_0.pdf
...t be as prevalent in the United States as in other developing counties such as Bolivia, Lesotho, China and India. The film expert explains “water is a transient element, recycles itself around the globe through natural redistribution system of precipitation, accumulation and evaporation”. Even if we are half way around the world pollution and water affects us. The film relates to human growth and development in a sense that water is essential to us so therefore we cannot live without it. It provides us with energy and most important function is to help remove toxins from the body. The film was very informative it helps to gain a new perspective as to what is happening in other counties with their day to day challenges. A very sad story was being told about what these people are going through in Iran Salinas’ words “Many have live without love but not without water”
An environmental policy refers to the commitment of an organization to the laws, regulations, and other policy mechanisms concerning environmental issues and sustainability. These environmental issues can pertain to anything from air and water pollution to deforestation and solid waste management. Today, we live in a world full of developing countries that face environmental issues and degradation every day. Yemen, known to be one of the least developed countries, is facing various environmental issues, as well as social and political challenges while on its way to development and becoming a much more stable country.
Water Issues in South Asia If there is any single most important issue that mars bilateral relations among the countries of the subcontinent, it is water. The issues of cross-border water distribution, utilisation, management and mega irrigation/hydro-electric power projects affecting the upper and lower riparian countries are gradually taking centre-stage in defining interstate relations as water scarcity increases and both drought and floods make life too often miserable. Thanks to its location, size and contiguous borders with other South Asian countries, it is India, in its capacity as both upper and lower riparian, that has come into conflict with most of its neighbours, except Bhutan, on the cross-border water issues. Given an atmosphere of mistrust, an upper riparian India has serious issues to resolve with lower riparian Pakistan and Bangladesh and, despite being lower riparian, with the upper riparian Nepal.
Many scientific studies also show increases in the intensity, duration, and extent of droughts, higher atmospheric temperatures, warmer sea surface temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, and diminishing glaciers and snowpack. The bottom line is that causes of climate change, such as greenhouse gas emissions, will have to be minimized if people want to do as much as possible to solve the water crisis. Works Cited Water demand management: the case of Zaragoza, Spain Web 25 Nov. 2014. http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/swm_cities_zaragoza_2010/pdf/final_report_swm_cities.pdf.
One main causes of water scarcity is water mismanagement worldwide. Water mismanagement has become a crisis of governance that will impact heavily ...
Have you ever experienced water shortage? Have you ever paid to access public areas? Have you ever seen a brown river? Welcome to Lebanon. “Thousands have lived without love, none without water” (Auden, 1940). The genuine predicament lies in the mismanagement of the water resources, not in the amount of available water in Lebanon. As the international population is growing, the need for water is increasing at the same rate. Therefore, it is essential to manage the remaining resources rationally for the better of the international community. The epidemic of neglecting the eminence of water in Lebanon is best illustrated when it comes to water pollution, lack of water conservation methods, and unjust beach dredging. On the other hand, this significant issue could be resolved by the collaborative efforts of the Lebanese society and authority.
“Water is the lifeblood of this planet. Every time a good is bought or sold there is a virtual exchange of water. Every time we interact with water, we change it, redirect it, or otherwise alter its state. We have never learned how to efficiently manage water.”(Cluckie, 2009) Ian Cluckie, Professor of Hydrology and Water Management, emphasizes the fact that humans can’t survive without water. Although water is a renewable resource that can replenish under hydrological cycles, our intervention has interrupted its natural cycle causing its supply to decrease.(Cluckie, 2009)