Water Rights and Water Usage Reflection

The idea of rerouting water resources to create an electricity source is a great approach to cut down on the use of fossil fuels and dependency from foreign oil, but water is a resource that should be free no matter the occasion. It’s one of the most abundant resources on earth, yet the one that takes a greater abuse from society. Also he is looking at his project as a business adventure instead of an environmental solution to a problem we have brought upon our selves. No one should have the right to control water or decide the price of such. They want to reroute water to create electricity, you should have some benefit over this. If water runs under your property I believe you have some kind of owner ship over it. As a property owner you have a saying on the decision, benefits, and outcomes of this innovation. This project not only impacts the resident, but also can impact the wildlife. Taking water from ancient aquifers beneath Texas and rerouting it can create shortages of water in their natural environment. It may be that some of these animals are use to a certain water supply in the field and we decided to take it away or decrease it. Where would this animal take care of their thirsts and refresh them selves in a hot day. The article states that he is guarantying that no one is going to be left without water, but that the water shortages in other cities would be much less thanks to this. I completely disagree that one man has the power to decide what to do with such a precious resource. We already allow large corporations to control the oil and its price. I hope our society is not going to commit the same mistake twice. On the other hand I don’t really believe we would have a situation like this arise in Florida, for the fact that we are a very conservative state, surrounded on three sides by water sources. We don’t support or like change. Therefore the chances of something like this being developed in Florida are very small. Over all it’s a great approach to a better environment, but there is a lot of ethical dilemmas to work out in this project.

b) List your daily Water Usage:

Consumption of Water on Saturday

Dishwasher: 1 wash

Toilet: 1 Flush =1/2 bucket

Washer: 1 wash =20 gallons = buckets

Washing the car: 28-30 Buckets

Washing the stairs: 12-15 Buckets

Shower: 8-15 buckets

I’ll be honest I never noticed I use and waste so much water on a daily bases. For example I never realized that to wash my car would take so many buckets of water, I usually let the water run while I was soaping the car. Thank to this experiment or observation I realize I was wasting a precious resource that we don’t have great amounts of. I have decided to cut down on the amount of times I wash my car in a month. At the same time I have to create a better schedule to wash my clothes. I wasn’t aware of the amount of water being wasted when I don’t fully use the washer to capacity.