Water is something that we all want to have...and theat tens of millions don't have... If we don't solve the water problem in Northern Africa where draught and over use are part of the tragedy of lost life; or in China where over use has dried more than one of their rivers...along the east coast for instance, droughts have reduced the Yangtze River to its lowestwater levels in 50 years.
Officials from the Yangtze River Waterway Bureau said Wednesday that they have closed a 185-kilometer (115-mile)
stretch of river from Wuhan to Yueyang to oceangoing vessels.
The river near Wuhan is down to only about 10 feet. The river, normally
almost 500 feet wide, has shriveled to only about 160 feet at its narrowest.
Since April 30, more than 700 ships have been stranded in the shrunken
waterway in Huzhou, Xinhua News Agency reported. Officials believe the shallow
water will continue hindering shipping until June.
Pollution, the other deadly water issue, must be addressed as well...for if climate change and over use are reducing our surface supplies...then we have to reduce the toxins we push into our water to keep our supplies at acceptabel levels...even in the US were we seem to think we are safe.
What can you do? Stop waste! Reduce your watering habbits ...it does not return to the aquifer, stop taking 20 minute showers...or running the water while you brush your teeth. Cut your use by 1/5th...that's 20%...and it will yield savings on your bills...and if a million of us did it...that's .3% of our population...we would save 50 million gallons a day....a day!
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