I believe the number one environmental problem is the increase in the human population, and sustainability and conservation should be our environmental objectives. Water is one of the most common substances in the universe, and our planet is blessed with a fairly large amount of it. As far as having enough on the earth, water is not a problem; the problem lies with having it in the right place at the right time in the right form. This subject I believe to be of the utmost importance and consequently have picked it and the various aspects regarding it to be covered in my personal philosophy paper. If indeed this paper were to be as it is entitled, a personal philosophy pertaining to the environment, then this in my opinion would be the best topic to describe the human interaction with nature.

Although there is more then enough water for all of mankind to use, unfortunately 97 percent of the earth’s water is salt water and much of the rest is locked up in ice. Actually out of a hundred percent, if you took out the ninety seven percent for the oceans, then took another two percent for the glacial ice we have stored, less then one percent of that water is suitable for our use

The most troublesome aspect of water is the transportation and storage of it. There is plenty of it out there, but who is going to pay to have it pumped to where you are? Preventable “water-related diseases kill an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 children every day”, and the newest findings in our studies show that we are falling behind in our efforts

The major problems that have been evident in dealing with damming in the past is the fact that, well they break. Dams are made of steel and concrete neither of which are considered to be permanent fixtures, and at some point despite good engineering and a sound geological setting they are going to give. There have been numerous accounts of dams giving way in the past whether it be because of it being placed on top of an unsafe

Fault had been deemed safe. Soon after construction was completed and the dam was in use the structure was jolted in a quake and being right above the focus of the fault and immediately on the epicenter the dam cracked. Luckily there had been a two-hour warning for the towns surrounding and only five people lost their lives. 11million dollars in damage however was the result of this engineering flop.

One of the major problems that we face in dealing with our water supply is the amount used up every day for irrigation, the single largest use of freshwater. The irrigation techniques we use today are very inefficient. Almost half of the water used to irrigate is lost to run-off, or is a contributing factor in erosion. One options that has been considered to help solve this problem besides increasing the plumbing efficiency, is desalination, the process of taking ocean water and transforming it into fresh usable water for irrigation. The only problem with this is that it requires a large amount of energy to turn salt water into fresh water, and energy isn’t cheap; consequently neither is the result. Desalination has proved effective in some areas though, such as in the desert regions of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, where money is not a problem for the government, desalination is commonly practiced.

sometimes the weapon) in conflicts around the world. Whether it is used for cultivation, recreation, or providing a town with life, water is the blood of the earth.

Some topics in this essay:
William Roberts, Fluid Death”, Bangladesh India, Los Angeles, Niagara Falls, St Francis, Israel Pakistan, Arabia Kuwait, Hills Reservoir, Baldwin Hills, william roberts, water supply, water blood, salt water, fresh water, recycling conservation, geological setting, blood earth, baldwin hills, fault line,