Save Water

by Olaf

INTRODUCTION

We should save water whenever its possible, because of the

drought in California and the lack of water in Africa and other places. Whenever you have a chance to save water then do it if it’s possible. Water is not something that we have lots of. We have droughts all over the world, and some droughts can turn into a big fire and when there is a big fire we waste a lot of water.

WAYS THAT WE WASTE WATER

When you turn on the faucet always turn it off if you’re not using it,

and if you are turning on the faucet to wash your hands then try to turn it off when you are putting soap on your hands, and also do this whenever you’re brushing your teeth. If you get water to drink and there  is still some left in the cup, you should save it for another time to drink it. And whenever washing dishes, don’t just let the faucet run. The average of water that Americans use per day is about 140-170 gallons. A full bathtub is about 36 gallons.

PLACES THAT DON’T HAVE MUCH WATER

Many places don’t have enough water, and water is not easy to get.

Los Angeles and Africa don’t have enough water. In Africa the girls have to go get water, which means that they can’t go to school. Sometimes the girls and women have to walk for miles to get water. In Africa they don’t have clean water like we do. In Los Angeles they don’t have that problem, but the problem they have is that it is very dry down there. And people in Africa don’t have the materials to clean the water like in America. People in Africa die every year because the water is dirty and might have all sorts of diseases in the water.

DON’T WASTE WATER

Don’t just waste water for fun, because water is important to all of

us. Water is something that we can’t make. Our water comes from the sky when it is raining. Water is also important because water is something that we need basically everyday.

CONCLUSION

Water is something that we need, we need water to drink everyday. Every time you take a shower try to make it short. And every time you take a shower you use lots of gallons of water. In Africa they don’t have materials for cleaning water. They get sick and gets diarrhea because the water is dirty and might have all sorts of diseases, and then gets sick and die because the water isn’t clean. Now I hope you know why we should save water.

Save Water and Help the Earth

by Best Surgeon Ever!

When I was in science class one day I was learning about water problems around the world. I learned that I was wasting water just by eating a hamburger. Just by eating beef we're wasting 1000 gallons of water per steak. I felt really guilty. It takes 250 gallons to water a backyard grass-- imagine a farm yard? That cows eat the grass all the time, that needs to be watered every two times a day. When the cows eat the grass it sets off a methane and a greenhouse gas. Wow thats sad. Also in other places like Africa the women don’t go to school because they have to help home. When they help home they walk 10 miles where the nearest wells are and the water is not even clean. So they get a lot of sicknesses and diarrhea because of the dirty water. They lose a lot of water and die. We have to stop wasting water and instead help the environment.

MEAT, METHANE, AND GREENHOUSE GAS

There are lots of farmers in the world, and they all use a lot of water for their cows. They use 1000 gallons once every two days. So is it worth it for a hamburger? Because the earth is where we live and we can’t make more water. As lots of people say the water is the center of our earth. The cows also cause the air that we breathe some trouble to us. The cows eat the grass and it goes though there body and it comes out in their gas. It is methane and greenhouse gas. It is not healthy for us to breathe. Thats one of the things that wastes water.

IN AFRICA

All the way across the Pacific Ocean, in Africa, children are thirsty and dying of

diarrhea.The girls don’t get an education because they have to help at home. When they help at homes they have to hold a bucket on there head and get dents because of that. They walk ten miles to get it.  They burn they feet on the sun and there skin from the sun. You may ask why do the do all this thing for. In America just turn on the fountain it is that easy, but in Africa you have to do all these things. The water they drink is not even clean. They have animal droppings in the water. Because of that they get a stomach ache or diarrhea. And since they get diarrhea that means they lose a lot of water. When they lose a lot of water there body won’t be hydrated a lot and they’ll die.

HOW TO HELP

Africa is not the only place that does not have enough water. It’s all over the world and you can help, too. One way to help is try to not eat meat. Another one is try not to eat meat until six o’clock every day or only on special occasions. Another way is to use less water and you can do that by using the dishwasher instead of washing dishes by hand, or not letting the faucet run. There are also people helping in Africa build more wells. For more ways to help is to go to www.water.org.

CONCLUSION

Now you know how water is being wasted. I hope now after you have read this

paper I hope you will be more careful about wasting water. Now get out there and make a change! Water is not something that you can make. It is the center of our earth! A small thing can make a big difference when we all work together!!!

Eat Less Beef                        

by  The wet Weasley Water Warrior of Wisconsin

          

Imagine you go into a restaurant and you order a steak.It tastes good, right?But thousands of gallons of water have gone into its production. I think we should eat less red meat because it is bad for the environment.

         

         Raising cows for beef uses 28 times more land and 11 times more water as other animal products. It takes about 1,300 gallons of water for one 8 ounce steak. This is important because California is in a large drought and does not have the water to use on all of the cows. This means that eating less beef would help a lot.           
                                                                                                                                 

         Cows also happen to produce a lot of methane, a greenhouse gas. They give off methane from their manure and when they pass gas. This shows that raising a lot of cows is bad for the environment. Gidon Eshel, a professor, told the Huffington Post,¨Really, there’s no question about it. Reduce beef whenever possible.¨

          Some people say that by the time you order steak, so much water has already been wasted that it doesn’t matter if you eat it. However, I would argue that if we cut back on red meat, farmers would eventually stop raising as many cows with the effect of less greenhouse gases and less water wasted.

          In conclusion, I believe that we should eat less red meat because it uses a lot more land and water than other animal products and releases a lot of greenhouse gas. Some ways to reduce red meat are Meatless Mondays, when you don’t eat meat on Mondays, and “vegan till 6”, where you don’t eat animal products till after 6:00.

SAVE WATER!!

by Beautiful

In science I learned that in many places people don't have access to clean water and it causes them to get sick and some people die from dirty water. I think we should save water because we don't have that much water.

There are a lot of people who dont have water, like Africa and other places. Women and children around the world spend 140 million hours a day collecting water. 1 in 9 people lacks access safe water. This data shows that we have to save as much water as we can so people in other places can have clean water.

In California we have a big drought which means that we don't have that much rain. Farmers cannot grow their crops and rivers and lakes are low. So we all need to save water because farmers need to grow food for us to eat and they cant do that without water.

There are many ways we can save water. For example, turning off the water when you are brushing or washing your hands, using shower water to flush the toilet, and not letting water go down the drain when you can use it to water plant or something else.

In conclusion, there are a lot of people who don't have water like Africa and other places. In California we have a big drought which means that we don't  have that much rain. There are so many ways to save water like turn off water when you are brushing or washing your hands.

Carnivores, Cut Down on the Steak

by Dead camel 1139

             As you may already know, meat takes a lot of water to produce, but one of the meats that take up the most water to make is steak. So, this essay will be about why you should not eat as much red meat. I think that all of you “carnivores” out there should seriously cut down on the steak. I think that we should eat less meat because it makes the drought worse.

One reason NOT to eat as much meat, is that you don’t waste as much water, because just one 8 oz. steak wastes about 1,000 gallons of water. When you are raising the cows, you have to water the grass to feed the cows, and you have to slaughter the cows. We shouldn’t kill this many cows because California has been in a drought for about four years. Also, it won't hurt you if you eat a little bit less meat than you usually do! Many people that have tried this said that they still felt great. Business mogul, Richard Branson was quoted saying, “I never feel like I’m missing out on anything”. I guess also if you ate too much meat, you would be as round and plump as a balloon. That sort of proves that eating too much meat is not that good for you, but also horrible for the earth.

        Some people may say that beef is worth the water, but I would say no, it’s risking our water supplies, and plus, food and water are both important. Some people may say that the drought doesn’t matter to them because they have plenty of water left, but then I would say that it matters to other people that don’t have as much water, they could die because they have such polluted water, and so little of it.

      Altogether I think that it is important that we should save as much water as possible, because we are currently in a drought. Not everybody understands that water doesn’t magically appear, but I hope that you now understand how precious it really is.

SAVING WATER!

by Hope #2

In science we learned that people use about 20-40 gallons of water per day. I was surprised that we use a lot of water. I think we should save water for many reasons. People don’t have access to water in other places. Also, in California we are having a drought. There are many easy ways to save water.

Many people around the world don’t  have access to water. Like for example in Africa and some other countries. According to water.org, if you add all the women and children all around the world it adds up with 140 million hours a day of collecting water. 1 in 9 people lack access to safe  water. This shows that people don’t have access to water around  the world, and that we should save water. In my science class we are trying to raise money to give water to people that don't have access to water.

In California we have a big drought which means that we don’t have that much rain. Farmers cannot grow their crops and lakes and rivers are low. So we all need to save water because farmers need to grow food for us to eat and they cannot  do it without water.

There are many easy ways to save water, like for example use shower water to flush or water plants.  Don’t run the faucet when washing dishes and hands, and save water by closing the faucet if not using. Because people are wasting too much water and it is bad for  the environment.

That is why we should save water whenever possible, to keep the environment healthy. When you take a long shower, remember how much water it used up.

In conclusion, I think we should save water because  people don't have access to water in other places and there are easy ways to save water.

   

Donate to Water.org

by Hope #1

Would you feel sad if you didn’t have enough water and your brothers and sisters were dying   because of the lack of water? Well in Africa kids and babies are dying. I think that we should donate to www.water.org because (1) girls miss out on school to get water, (2) every time a girl goes and get water they put the bucket on their head and that makes a dent in their skull, and (3) www.water.org is a website that helps countries that don’t have enough water. I know this because in class this man from Kenya came in and talked to us and told us all about his country and told us about how the girls get dents on their heads. I am trying to help by convincing people to donate to www.water.org.

Every time girls go and get water for their family they miss out on school and they walk 4 miles or more to get 1 gallon, for their family and their whole little village. They use that one gallon to wash dishes, wash clothes, and wash their hands and once they are done, the girls have to walk 4 more miles.  And the boys are the ones who go to school and once they’re done they go and hunt lion and don’t miss out on school.

Water.org helps countries with people that don’t have enough water and makes wells under ground, so that in Africa all the girls don’t have walk 4 miles to go and get just 1 gallon  for their whole little village. And sometimes they get water from the same places where animals do their business, so they dirty water. So that is why water.org is a helpful website.

Every time a girl goes and gets water, they put it on their head to make it easier to carry. So they get a dent because of the pressure the gallon, and the moms get dents too, but the boys don’t. I learned this because a man came to talk about his life in Kenya and told us that the dents gets deeper every time they get water.

These are my reasons why we should donate to water.org. Here are my reasons again: (1) girls have to miss out of school and have to walk 4 miles (2) water.org is a helpful website that helps countries that don’t have enough water, (3)every time a girl goes and gets water they get a dent in their head.  And so please donate to www.water.org.