Water effect on animals

 Teagan Lovin

2/20/2021

As you know you use water in everything in your life. In the article “environmental issues on water” talks about how early miners dig gold through hydraulic fracturing. Later we found out that this practice dirtied the water causing to choke aquatic life in those streams and rivers. Another issues we have in America is in California, farmers built levees that pumped water all through California. In doing this it causes them to drain out the wet lands in California. Due to this happing California had to change the laws when it climes to using water. The new system they use is call instream. This system help the wildlife in the California ecosystem, it also helps the plants. Although even though you think this is all great some people didn’t. The article also talks about a backlash people felt like all these changes in California, meant they were putting the ecosystem above the people. This was very wrong, if we don’t start to conserve our water there will be no people or even no ecosystem.



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  1. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2021 at 1:34 PM

    Yes, water policy in the west is very complex, and very different from the eastern US (where MO is). California just doesn't have enough water for all its people and agriculture, and the states it gets water from, well, they need it, too.
    bob

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  2. Carliss HowellFebruary 22, 2021 at 9:23 PM


    I really enjoyed reading your blog addressing the water affects on animals. I did a blog prior to this which talked about hydraulic fracking; and I completely agree with the fact that several practices have been affecting the water life negatively by either killing them or affecting their habitats greatly. I also think that the information regarding California was very important in this blog. I do not think a lot of people are aware of the detrimental effects until the law was placed. I think there should be systems in place that are focused on bettering the environment rather than creating more issues for our climate. I think people need to be more informed about these causes and effects of the things we put into our world.

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