“We can accommodate more people. I believe we can certainly take another 10 million, but we have to do it in a different way.” You had stated this quote when discussing the issue on California’s drought in The Sacramento bee, published June 27, 2015. As we head into our fourth year where not having enough water is becoming a huge issue what is our next step to having a “solution” to the problem?
Water is and will always be a necessity, and having enough to last a lifetime should never be an issue. Although, California has been struggling with not enough rainfall and global warming increasing each year causing more an more water to evaporate. A solution could be that we start recycling water to give back to the environment and not use so much “new” water. Aside from the fact it could cost large amounts of money to become effective. Another route could be cutting people’s use of water daily, and shutting water off after a certain amount used within that day. There has to be some way we can reserve our water use in a way us Californians aren’t worried about running out of water.…show more content… We have had a total of about 37.7 million population in 2011 increase to 38.8 million as of 2015. That is about 1.1 million increase in a little of just 4 years. Most coming from immigrants and children of immigrants coming into California. Using more than 50 gallons of water a day! On average each person uses around 30 gallons of water every time one bathes, which is already over half a daily use. The rest going to washing and drinking water for people and their pets. We must cut water uses daily to lead to long term effects of less water
