Persuasive Essay About Drought

Water is necessary for life to survive. About 3/4s of the Earth’s surface is populated with water. Despite how much water there is on Earth we cannot use all of it. Ocean water is contaminated with many items that aren’t edible to humans. There are water filters that will remove most of these contaminants but, they are usually pricey. In the West Coast of America, we live next to the Pacific Ocean which contains most of the water on Earth. Why are we in a drought despite promising facts? The reason is despite an abundance of water on Earth, we have access to merely one per cent of all the water on the Earth’s surface. The rest of the freshwater is hidden in ice caps or somewhere deep underground. The remaining salt water which is 97.5% of the water on Earth can have the salt removed but, the process is costly and challenging.
Farmers usually profit from items such as almond trees which take one gallon of water for one almond seed to grow. They are significantly pricier because they require more water but, they pay off in profits by which almond trees return an annual profit of around 5 billion USD.
There are many ways to save water such as run the dishwasher when full or landscape your yard with climate appropriate plants. They all are based on following the order Gov. Jerry Brown issued in 2014 to reduce water consumption by at least 20%. Not many people actually listen these statements which also contributes to water consumption. We are in a drought because the people of California overuse water in unreasonable