Author:
Neil Nagano- Young
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/17/gsif.rainwater.solutions/index.html
As cities in the west continue to get bigger the amount of pavement gets bigger. The laying of pavement eventually seals natural watersheds wasting millions of gallons of water. To add to this California has several laws that require water that hits the roof to go straight to the storm gutters wasting even more water. An organization has a plan to help California with its water problems through cisterns connected through a network of computers. A study showed that the creation of the cistern would also mean 50,000 new jobs. The collection and filtering of the water would also save millions of dollars in natural gas and electricity use.
I chose this article because I just saw the movie Chinatown which was all about the battle over water in the Southern California area and when I saw this article I thought it would show Jack Nicklaus. I also know that there is economic distress in this country and those new jobs would get a lot more people back on their feet. I also new that the collection of free clean water would be cool for my family as well.
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7 comments:
-Nebo
I found your article interesting since it related to California's water crisis. You did a good job showing the advantages of the plan. One thing you could have improved on was showing the disadvantages of the plan. I enjoyed reading about how the economy could really use this boost in jobs and such. Great Job.
From Will
Nebo
I read the article and found it interesting how 5 cisterns could collect 1.25 million gallons for every inch of rainfall. You could have added that by making and maintaining those cisterns would help 50,000 people get jobs. Good Job!
Griffin
Nebo-
I really enjoyed your article. I think it is really important to save our resources. I though it was really interesting that when it rains an inch, Los Angeles hemorrhages 7.6 billion gallons of water and I believe that cisterns are a great solution to that problem. You wrote a good summary and did a nice job overall.
-Annabel R.
Nebo,
Good job summarizing the article. I like how you chose an article that we can all relate to. The cisterns are a very big help and they can catch a lot of rainfall. Over all great job on the article.
-Robby
You really grasped the idea of this article, well. Our resourses are the most important thing we have. I though it was really cool how a studies showed that the creation of the cistern would give people the chanse to enroll in 50,000 new types of jobs. I also liked the way you summarized this article. GREAT JOB!!!
~Mckenna
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