Canada Surplus Water

On a bright and clear summer day, the birds were chirping, the sun was boring down onto your back. You skipped through the dry fields of grass, the plants withered at your feet. Then you saw it. Was that… water? You set your eyes upon the goal: the stunning oasis of freshwater and leafy green trees only a few steps before you. It was true! You drank the water hurriedly, taking huge gulps as the cold liquid ran down your throat. You paused for a moment, thinking about the border, and the people across it starving for water like you once had. Should you send some over to them? Oh, but the cost! Setting up pipes would be so expensive! The water levels were already lowering rapidly across your side of the border, so maybe you should just salvage

Abraham Lustgarten has written a very informative article that is published by Pro Publica and titled “How the West Overcounts Its Water Supplies.” In great detail, he analyzes the drought situation in Arizona and California to draw attention the underlying cause: the miscounting of available water. There is miscounting because officials are refusing to legally accept that the major water resource of the West—the Colorado River—is interconnected with underground water resources. All in all, Lustgarten writes a convincing article that effectively addresses the need for officials to recognize the interconnection of ground and surface water so that water shortage in the West can be better managed; he does this through his ability to gain the

Canada, like so many other countries in the world continues to deal with many different environmental resource issues. Throughout our history, one of the issues affecting our country has been the treatment of our First Nations people. For the purpose of this paper, the focus will be on the safe water crisis facing Canada’s First Nations communities. The Oxford Dictionary (2016) defines a crisis as a time of great difficulty or danger. The research included will help clarify the reality of the Canada’s First Nations safe water crisis. Despite some improvements over the past few decades, many of our First Nation citizens still lack access to safe and clean water. Our reserves have water that is contaminated, difficult to access or toxic because of outdated and faulty treatment systems. (Klasing, 2016) This safe water crisis is in need of immediate attention. It is Canada’s responsibility to provide the right to clean and safe water for all of its citizens.

China’s water supply is in danger. Throughout time, there many glaciers, rivers, and other sources of water until scarcity reigned. Due to Population rapidly growing, Global Warming, and developing industries, China’s water supply decreased significantly. Population was growing to quickly, Global Warming melting and shrinking our main sources of water, and lastly, development of industries requiring a big supply of water for their business such as manufacturing. As you can see, these factors has been affecting China greatly. There are three main causes of China’s water scarcity crisis: Global Warming, Population Growth/Urbanization, and Industrialization. Of these, the biggest driver is Industrialization.

Water is just more than drinking water. Water is the most basic and vital resource that humans need to sustain themselves. Water is used for food production from irrigating crops to actually manufacturing them. Canada like the world, uses water for sanitation, cleaning, manufacturing and daily function. Demand and supply will soon be at a crossroad, as increasing population creates increases in pollution, waste-water and global warming (Baker, 2007). This paper will seek to examine the effects of global warming on Canada’s freshwater system, the effects of pollution and will evaluate how Canada manages its freshwater now and what Canada can do to form policies that will adapt to the future crisis in Canada’s freshwater.

Since more than 70% of the Earth is covered with water, one would assume that there is enough water for everyone. However, this statement would be incorrect. Only 3% of that water is considered usable and 2% of the usable water is locked in the polar ice caps. This leaves 1% of that water for the use of humans. Canada possesses a substantial amount of this water, while other countries are less fortunate. One of these countries is the United States of America, the biggest users of water in the world. They are looking for a new source of water and have been hoping Canada can be this new source. The Canadian government should accept the proposal to sell water in bulk to the United States due to the availability, the safety and the economic

Bulk fresh water exports from Canada will be eliminated to keep the fresh water plentiful in Canada, and keep it from depleting rapidly.

The way Americans use water all depends on the location and how much water is readily available. California, a dry state with scarce water supply, versus Florida, a tropical state with more water resources, have very different ways of using water throughout the day. For example, Coastal southern California has cutting-edge water usage policies, including mandatory low-flow toilets and strict lawn watering laws (Pickert, 19). Compared to Florida, which has an adequate water supply, Floridians still use more water than what is available, and have very little water usage policies to resolve this issue (Behn, 45). Although there are many issues concerning water usage in Florida and California, there are many ways in which they can be resolved,

about the problem with the water several days before they told the public about it. (In-depth:

Water scarcity is a major issue the world now faces because of the prolonged global warming that the Earth has been enduring. Global warming has been causing a dramatic change in the Earth’s atmosphere, water supply, as well the ecosystem. It has caused glaciers, that hold a great deal of the world’s freshwater supply, as ice, to melt into the surrounding oceans because of the Sun’s heat warming the waters, and melting the glaciers. This has caused a problem for countries that rely on those sources. Not only the warming of the Earth, but also the multitude of pollutants that currently affect water supplies such as fecal matter, lead, and garbage, harm the available drinking water and render it useless. Due to the fact that certain countries are more polluted than others, just by default, their water supply has a greater chance of contamination. Therefore, the most ethical thing to do would be divide up remaining water equally amongst all countries. However, America and other first world countries will get privilege over the water because of their resources, wealth, and power.

Living Canada, it is hard to believe what it would be like to not have a virtually unlimited supply of freshwater. In places and areas where freshwater is not that easy to get, such as the drought in California that is so highly talked about, as well as places in Africa who wonder if they will have enough fresh water to last the rest of the week. Being a country of high strength in this resource we have to think if we are going to help some to these countries or not. This piece writing will explain what freshwater really is and whether Canada should export our water to the United States of America and why we should not.

Second, enhancement in the government’s focus on granting constant and improved access of water to Indigenous peoples will improve the population’s health. most aboriginal communities in Canada are located far from the cities and close to the North, which is the main cause for high prices due to transportation difficulties such as long distances and snowy roads. Because of this, water bottles in those communities have giant prices “14.28$ for a case of 12 500 ml water bottles at the grocery store” (Harper 95). Considering the poverty of the population in those places, the price becomes unaffordable for most of the people, which forces them to find substitutes. One of the alternatives consist of consuming pop soda, which ironically has lower

With Ontario's many lakes, rivers and streams of fresh surface water it will be great for fishing and a source of transportation. 66% of Ontario's land is classified as forested land. Harvested wood is used to make building materials, pulp and paper and a wide range of other value-added products, such as furniture and flooring. Ontario's varied climate and geography support habitat for many mammals and fish, so they would be able to hunt.

The industrialization of Canada is severely affecting the nations lakes, streams, and rivers. If something is not done to improve the situation it is going to have some severe environmental problems in its future. The following essay will be looking at the factors that cause pollution, and the effect that pollution has on the environment of Canada. It will also explore some of the methods used to treat and clean-up wastewater, and oil spills.

As most people in the people in the world are aware we are running out of fresh drinking water so much so that bottle water companies like Nestle and others owned by the World Bank are bottling and selling it like a commodity and not a necessity for living. This article “A short 2010 Newsweek story, "The New Oil: The Race to buy up the World 's Water" offers a basic primer for those with no prior familiarity with the issue. It covers both issues within the US and globally.”(Few Resources.org p.1) This type of action has become so bad that in some counties and states it’s illegal to collect rain water because there isn’t enough drinking water and that by collecting rain water the water is not entering the