California Drought
Two years ago, when I was in high school, our social science teacher told us there had a serious drought in Southern California. Most of us did not know anything about it and we felt so surprised about this new. Today, when I heard this new again, I can’t believe that the drought still exist in Southern California, I thought it already solved by the government because it had been two years when I heard this new. From most of my research, it said that it had been fourth year for California to have the drought. Water supply is no longer enough in California, our government was trying to think a best useful way to solve this problem. Some people think that desalination is a good solution because it cost less money and can also recycle the energy.
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He claimed that building storm sewer system is the best way to deal with Southern California drought. Storm sewer not only can solve flooding problem but also create a new resource of water for people who lived around the drought. In his article “How to Fix California’s Drought Problem”, he also contradicted the desalination required unthinkable amount of energy, but if we use storm sewer system it may not require too much energy as desalination. As I did some research, I found that desalination required “relatively high energy consumption”, and once it required large amounts of energy, the cost will be expensive. Comparing to both solutions, I preferred to use sewer system because building the sewer system has two functions, one is helping government solve the flooding, and the other is creating a new source of fresh water for …show more content…
The government seemed did some preparation for it, so in some extent, the government did a great job by maintaining the balance of economy and water supply. What government need to do next is keeping maintaining the current situation and finding a best solution to deal with drought. Using water from Colorado river and other rivers is not the lasting solution, we can’t unlimited use the seawater as our water supply in a long time, we need to figure out a solution to solve this problem, not just rely the resources what we have
He claimed that building storm sewer system is the best way to deal with Southern California drought. Storm sewer not only can solve flooding problem but also create a new resource of water for people who lived around the drought. In his article “How to Fix California’s Drought Problem”, he also contradicted the desalination required unthinkable amount of energy, but if we use storm sewer system it may not require too much energy as desalination. As I did some research, I found that desalination required “relatively high energy consumption”, and once it required large amounts of energy, the cost will be expensive. Comparing to both solutions, I preferred to use sewer system because building the sewer system has two functions, one is helping government solve the flooding, and the other is creating a new source of fresh water for …show more content…
The government seemed did some preparation for it, so in some extent, the government did a great job by maintaining the balance of economy and water supply. What government need to do next is keeping maintaining the current situation and finding a best solution to deal with drought. Using water from Colorado river and other rivers is not the lasting solution, we can’t unlimited use the seawater as our water supply in a long time, we need to figure out a solution to solve this problem, not just rely the resources what we have