Where does LA's tap water come from?
Our water come from everywhere in the world. LA's tap water comes from The States Water Project, The Colorado River, Aqueducts built by the City of Los Angeles, and Groundwater.
The States Water Project was approved in 1960 by California. The Water Project provides more than 22 dams. This system provides water for farms in The San Joaquin Valley and this system is a major water to Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and many others cities in California. The Colorado River mostly provides irrigation for Palo Verde, Imperial and other Valleys. The Colorado River also provides water sources to California by a system called The Metropolitan Water District.
Aqueducts is a major factor to the contribution of water to Los Angeles. In 1913 a 223 mile aqueduct was completed. This aqueduct distributes water to the Owens River and in the Eastern Sierra. In 1970 another Aqueduct was completed and this aqueduct provided 50% capacity to the water system.
About 30% of our water comes from the ground. This water comes from usually spaces between sand, and gravel. (www.water-ed.org)
The States Water Project was approved in 1960 by California. The Water Project provides more than 22 dams. This system provides water for farms in The San Joaquin Valley and this system is a major water to Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and many others cities in California. The Colorado River mostly provides irrigation for Palo Verde, Imperial and other Valleys. The Colorado River also provides water sources to California by a system called The Metropolitan Water District.
Aqueducts is a major factor to the contribution of water to Los Angeles. In 1913 a 223 mile aqueduct was completed. This aqueduct distributes water to the Owens River and in the Eastern Sierra. In 1970 another Aqueduct was completed and this aqueduct provided 50% capacity to the water system.
About 30% of our water comes from the ground. This water comes from usually spaces between sand, and gravel. (www.water-ed.org)
What is considered to be safe water?
Water has certain amount of "acceptable" contamination level. These ingredients below are the substances that are in filtered water.
- vinyl chloride, known to increase the risk of cancer (goal level is 0; actual level is 0.02%).
- lead, which causes high blood pressure and kidney disease in adults and developmental delays in children (goal level is 0; actual level is 0.015 mg/L).
- copper, which contributes to gastrointestinal disease in the short-term and liver/kidney damage in the long-term (goal/actual level of 1.3 mg/L) .
- cadmium, known to cause kidney damage (goal/actual level of 0.005 mg/L).(www.freedrinkingwater.com)
Discuss the Water Crisis in developing Countries?
Haiti is one of the countries that suffer from water crisis in America. Before Haiti's earthquake occurred they suffered from a water crisis because the 10 million people that lived there had water from rivers, springs, wells, and even a broken down municipal water system but this water was not safe. The water contained bacteria, parasites, chemicals, and even pollutants. This caused diarrhea, hepatitis, dysentery, typhoid, and even cholera. Studies show that in recent years that the lack of "clean water" has caused half of the deaths in Haiti not including the earthquake that occurred nor hurricanes. At least one billion people around the world does not have clean water to drink from; neither do they have toilets which make the situation worse. It is recorded that around two billion people die from lack of clean water resources. This is all around the world. Most of the victims are children and in a recent study according to United Nations data " more children die from simply drinking unhealthy water than from HIV/AIDS, malaria and measles combined." This is ridiculous because many children are dying and people are not aware of this situation which is sickening to the stomach because the government focuses on other things that don't help our society in a good way. (www. knight.miami.edu.com)
