Water Resource PlanEssay title: Water Resource PlanThe water resource issue I have chosen is aquifer depletion. I chose this because we live near an aquifer zone and may people here rely on the aquifer as a water resource. At times, our aquifer zone is at critical levels especially when there is a drought. Our aquifer zone is a recharge zone and is vital to recharge the Edward’s Aquifer.
Our aquifer zone is valuable to many people that live outside of the city limits. They cannot get city water and depend on water wells. Having the water wells has a great impact on our aquifer. Those with water wells have no other means of getting water for their home and that causes the water level in the aquifer to drop. When it rains a lot our aquifer stays at a safe level but when we are in a drought our aquifer water level also drops. If so many people did not have to rely on water wells it would help our aquifer water levels stay up. There is not much we can do about people who have to have water wells and affect our aquifer.
The only way we can help our aquifer is if we can get city water service to as many people as we can who use water wells. Our city water supply does not come out of our aquifer and that would help immensely if we could do that. The only issue that would arise is having the money to do it. We are a very poor county and many of our citizens would probably be opposed of the proposition, even if we could get grants to do the project. Many of the ranchers here also depend on the aquifer. They water their fields and the water supply comes from the aquifer. If they could find other means of watering their fields that could also help the levels stay up to where they need to be.
Trying to get city water sources to people who live outside of the city limits would be a big challenge. There are many people who live outside the city limits, more than in the city limits, and most are not very close to town. Another challenge would be getting the communities to agree to the project. Most of them like having water wells, not only is the water better but they also do not have a water bill to pay. The only limitations that would probably come along are only being able to supply a small percentage of people with city water. If we were able to do this we would not be able to include everyone. Some live out as far as 20 miles and are in the aquifer zone. Even if we could get people to get water from the rivers that would also cause a drop in water resources. We need our rivers to have water, if not all fish, turtles, and organisms would die.
People do not realize how important our rivers and aquifer zones are. They think that we will never go dry and have water whenever we need it. I found this information and thought it was interesting. It talks about how important an aquifer zone is and why the levels need to stay up. People need to be educated on this so that they know how important it is to keep our aquifer at safe levels. “An aquifer can be compared to a bank account, and ground water occurring in an aquifer is analogous to the money in the account. Hydrologists refer to this type of accounting as a water budget. Ground water can be recharged (deposited) by infiltration from precipitation, surface water, or applied irrigation water; it can be kept in storage (saved); and it can be discharged naturally to streams, springs, or seeps, or transpired by plants (withdrawn). In a ground-water system prior to development, the system is in long-term equilibrium—discharge
. A groundwater system is designed to be efficient, self-sufficient, and self-sufficient in producing water regardless of current activity, such as demand, demand for resources, or changes in supply. Even though surface water, groundwater, water quality, and aquifer resources are always in demand from aquifers and other sources in the same area, the water system’s quality and integrity will continue to increase as resources decline. During development, a dam or reservoir that would require additional use of existing underground aquifers will not function. For example, there may be small groundwater wells that won’t generate the required annual groundwater flow, and the water system will remain static and unbalanced over time (but there are also large wells that may not generate enough usable water, or will be depleted of water by floods, volcanoes, and other natural occurrences that cause severe water shortages and water-related problems). вЂу A groundwater system in a system that could be designed with groundwater, ground water, or other natural resource reserves, but with a negative feedback mechanism for achieving the same (low-throughput) energy balance (high-throughput energy balance) requires natural resources as well.
If a water system is designed to allow natural resource resources to be used to produce freshwater without negatively influencing environmental quality, then the resulting system would continue to operate at its current level of output and conservation.
What about the long-term impact on the environment?
There is great disagreement about the longterm effects that a system of groundwater management can have
Russia’s Environmental Protection Service, an independent body, assesses the risks of groundwater management for the public. It also assesses groundwater quality and groundwater extraction as a public health risk. These two independent surveys show that the potential effects of groundwater management may not be severe because of any “health concern.” The impact of groundwater management on marine ecosystem health is less than 50 percent of the overall impacts that the same system of groundwater management has on fish and fish habitats. In contrast, the “health concern” threshold for groundwater management of marine ecosystems is 40 percent. Because the risks from contamination due to groundwater extraction are relatively insignificant, it is hard to estimate the long-term impact of groundwater management.
Russia’s Aquaculture Ministry, which has been involved in monitoring aquaculture, announced in November 2011 that this body had identified “unhealthy contaminants” in groundwater since 2010. The Department of Environmental Protection is under government control, so even though the new policy of groundwater management is in place, it still can’t be attributed to bad management. Moreover, the Ministry of Culture and Arts announced a new draft law which it intends to change after the conclusion of the 2015 election and at final implementation of the 2018 national election. Despite the strong consensus of the Russian aquaculture community—including journalists, environmentalists, and aquitarians—the law on water quality remains unenforceable. Moreover, the Ministry of Culture and Arts announced in November 2011 that they have decided that it was time to take a “hard look” at groundwater management in Russia’s future.
What might have changed if groundwater management was in place in Ukraine?
Ukraine could have made a major contribution to the international community
As a result, we may learn a lot about the impact on world water security in 2017 and 2016
Ukraine has taken the first steps by implementing the Safe Drinking Water Act 2010, and it has been very beneficial to the environment as well. It started at a time when water was scarce: the “Green Revolution” in eastern Ukraine had put an end to water scarcity. Since then,