I can’t seem to find any concrete places where we get our freshwater, so I’m going to have to assume that we collect or distill our water from rivers and lakes, (perhaps the ocean), somewhere in northern California, or outside of California.
What watershed are you in?
Scripps: 906.3, which gets its water from; Los Peñasquitos Creek, Los Peñasquitos Lagoon, Rose Creek, Tecolote Creek, Mission Bay, and Miramar Reservoir. There are some concerns with this watershed; it has high sediment percentage, and some people are worried about it reduced surface water quality.
Where does your tap water come from?
The Colorado River is a major source of supply for cities in San Diego, most of our water/tap water comes from there.
Where does your waste water (sewage) go?
It seems that the wastewater for Claremont is being treated at the Point Loma wastewater treatment plant
Assignment 2:
Introduction
“The United States can be considered largely water rich relative to many other countries, and its citizens enjoy near universal access to safe water and sanitation. Yet some U.S. communities continue to face systemic violations of this human right — often those in poor, minority or rural locations.”
(comment 1 and 2)It’s actually quite intriguing that our constitution works, almost definitively, in the favor of the higher class and those in the middle class. The argument is that, when corporations take land from people and control their water, those people that corporations are taking advantage of are having their constitutional rights are being broken. Although it is in the best interest of the corporations to use their constitutional rights, because they also have the right to buy the water. Although people in power generally aren’t looked upon as people of high respect, at least most corporations in today’s society aren’t, and with that negative connotation come scorn from those who still want was they might be taken irrationally.
(Connection 1 and 2)I can’t say that the water we used in being threatened, but at the same time I can’t say that we have more water than we know what to do with, I’d say that our city has just enough to sustain its needs. Just at this article states ones accessibility towards water is entirely based off of one’s ability to supply corporations and the government with money.
(question 1 and 2) What are people doing to fix the cleanliness of our water, and after the years of trying to perfect our water management system, how is this problem not being fixed as promptly as possible?
Violations of the Human Right to Water and Sanitation
“Water scarcity often is not simply a lack of physical access to water sources; it also includes the lack of financial resources and political influence. The right to safe drinking water requires communities and governments to think of water as more than just a physical object and to consider the social, ecological and political relationships that underscore the availability, access and affordability of the resource.”
Vulnerable Populations and Discrimination
“More than four percent of American Indian and Alaska Native households lacked complete plumbing facilities. They were nearly ten times more likely than white households to be without water and sanitation service.”
It really saddens me that we still can’t work out our difference between whites and other ethnic groups, I mean we have been in “contact” with the Indians for hundreds of years, we tried converting them, then we just said screw it, let’s just get rid of them, it really baffles me how people can hold grudges that long based off accusations.
I have had Hispanic people on my block and Japanese and Chinese people, it is curious how there water bills continuously climb higher and higher with them using more and more water, yet my parents use obscene amounts of water on their garden and flowers, and yet our water bill stay relatively the same.
Could the restrictions of water towards diverse ethnic groups be in any way related to the fact that the U.S. has been against immigrants entering the U.S. and “taking” our jobs?
(Connection 1 and 2)I can’t say that the water we used in being threatened, but at the same time I can’t say that we have more water than we know what to do with, I’d say that our city has just enough to sustain its needs. Just at this article states ones accessibility towards water is entirely based off of one’s ability to supply corporations and the government with money.
(question 1 and 2) What are people doing to fix the cleanliness of our water, and after the years of trying to perfect our water management system, how is this problem not being fixed as promptly as possible?
Violations of the Human Right to Water and Sanitation
“Water scarcity often is not simply a lack of physical access to water sources; it also includes the lack of financial resources and political influence. The right to safe drinking water requires communities and governments to think of water as more than just a physical object and to consider the social, ecological and political relationships that underscore the availability, access and affordability of the resource.”
Vulnerable Populations and Discrimination
“More than four percent of American Indian and Alaska Native households lacked complete plumbing facilities. They were nearly ten times more likely than white households to be without water and sanitation service.”
It really saddens me that we still can’t work out our difference between whites and other ethnic groups, I mean we have been in “contact” with the Indians for hundreds of years, we tried converting them, then we just said screw it, let’s just get rid of them, it really baffles me how people can hold grudges that long based off accusations.
I have had Hispanic people on my block and Japanese and Chinese people, it is curious how there water bills continuously climb higher and higher with them using more and more water, yet my parents use obscene amounts of water on their garden and flowers, and yet our water bill stay relatively the same.
Could the restrictions of water towards diverse ethnic groups be in any way related to the fact that the U.S. has been against immigrants entering the U.S. and “taking” our jobs?
