Eng 1020: Blog 1: What if...

What if the earth's water supply becomes regulated by the government due to its scarcity? The earth's water supply is becoming increasingly smaller and smaller. What if the government decides to do like Arizona and regulate everyone's water usage? Would it help at all? It has helped Arizona cut back by fifty percent. What if the prices of groceries went up too? This would be affected by the limited amount of water. Soft drinks, soups, and other foods all contain water. What would happen if drink companies had to use less water in their drinks? How would this affect the consumer and the business? Water levels in many places are getting lower and lower. How does this affect people's careers? Do fishermen still get the same results? Are the fish that once lived in these places still living there? Is there still as many as there once was, or have they left and adapted to new environments? What if our country becomes poverty stricken? After all, the lack of water lowers living standards. If the government did limit the amount of water for each individual or family, the number and amount of time everyone uses for bathing would have to be cut back. How do we fix such a serious problem? Desalination plants are being used as the solution. What is a desalination plant? A desalination plant eliminates the salt from salt water. It is a difficult process. How does it work? I looked up the process of desalination, and there are two methods to extract the salt from the water. One method is by distillation. Distillation is when the water is heated and then cooled. After, the water is cooled the salt will settle to the bottom and the water on top is removed. The other way is by reverse osmosis. The water is placed into a high-pressure container. It is stirred continuously as it moves through a filter. The filter only allows water molecules to pass through it. Which method is more effective? The process of reverse osmosis would probably be the more efficient method for large amounts of water. 


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