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Recycled Water Benefits Our Environment

Benefits to the Environment. (2016, February 2). Retrieved August 27, 2016, from http://sites.lafayette.edu/egrs251-fa11-greywater/environmental-2/benefits-to-the-environment/

 

Water recycling can not only decrease the removal of freshwater from sensitive ecosystems but also decrease waste water discharge to sensitive water bodies. The lack of enough freshwater flow can deteriorate the water quality and ecosystem health and reduce water supply caused by, the need of fresh water in urban, industrial and agricultural settings. By recycling water people are still able to keep freshwater and increase the flow to important ecosystems.  The issue to decrease the amounts of wastewater discharge flowing to major bodies of water is especially prevalent in South San Francisco bay, where high amounts of waste water from the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control are found.
It is interesting that water in urban areas like where we live can reduce the water supply and bring about the deterioration of water of quality and ecosystem health. This is related to environmental science because if we are reducing our water supply soon we might not have enough water to survive, recycling water could ultimately play a big role in our survival and how much water we have. By reducing the ecosystem we are yet again destroying our survival.

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Recycled Water Benefits

Holland, J. (2016, August 26). Recycled water project launches on west side. Retrieved August 28, 2016, from http://www.modbee.com/news/business/agriculture/article98168762.html

 

The water project will produce and provide highly treated sewage water to the Del Puerto Water district from Modesto and Turlock. The project is the largest in water recycling efforts in and beyond California. This project will take on an estimated $100 million covered by state loans and Del Puerto Farmers. This recycled water will go back to farmers, for crops and some of it will go to national wildlife refuges south of the Delta.

 

This article relates to environmental science because it does not just focus on how recycling water will benefit human lives but also nation wildlife the environment around us. I was again was shocked at how much it costs for these projects to happen. This is just another article that shows how important recycling water is.

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Healthier Planet Due to Recycled Water!

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences. (2016, March 18).Expanding use of recycled water would benefit the environment, human health.ScienceDaily. Retrieved August 28, 2016 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160318091012.htm

 

Although recycled water is considered dirty and impure expanding the use of recycled water could benefit the environment and human health in many ways. For example, by recycling more water the effect of greenhouse gas emissions would reduce as well as energy use which could reduce respiratory disease as well. A new study found that recycled water has great potential for more efficient use in urban settings and to improve the overall resiliency of the water supply.

 

Freshwater is a more precious commodity than many people recognize, by recycling water we are not only saving ourselves but saving our world. Like the article said recycling water is able to reduce greenhouse emissions, reduce energy and improve our overall health, which I found pretty incredible. This relates to environmental science because it shows in just how many different ways recycling water can benefit our environment.

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Water Projects is the Name of the Game

Recycled water on way to growers. (2016, September 1). Recycled water on way to growers. Retrieved September 03, 2016, from http://www.westsideconnect.com/news/local_news/recycled-water-on-way-to-growers/article_8045c9b2-706a-11e6-8c10-4342691d5986.html

 

New water is on the way to parched fields and orchards in a West Side water district which has seen its annual allocation of surface water eliminated in recent years.Ground was broken Friday on an innovative program which will recycle treated wastewater from Modesto, Turlock and Ceres for use by growers in the Del Puerto Water District, a narrow federal water district which stretches along the Interstate 5 corridor from Vernalis to Santa Nella. By the end of 2017, recycled water will begin flowing into the canal at that point, where it can be directly used by growers or stored in San Luis Reservoir.

 

This article shows how people are constantly thinking of new ways to improve water distribution to different places suffering from water shortage. This relates to environmental science because it shows that people are worried about our world and environment and are taking initiative to do something about it. Congressman Jim Costa stated“I think it is a model for the kind of water projects we will see more of in the future,” showing that this project might spark others and help our drought and conserve water.

 

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Does Money Decide our Future?

New Treatment Converts Recycled Water to Drinking Water – Topanga Messenger. (2016, August 11). Retrieved August 27, 2016, from

http://www.topangamessenger.com/story_detail.php?ArticleID=8455

After an 18-month study dealing either to select advanced water treatment technology to transform recycled water to drinking water or not, the Las Virgenes-Triunfo Joint Powers Authority (JPA) voted to use it. The benefits of this would lessen the demand for imported water by renewing and reusing water instead of discharging treated water to Malibu Creek and Santa Monica bay. $95 million will be the cost of the construction for this plan to build new facilities and to meet water quality standards.
This article was very interesting to me. This relates to environmental science because it shows that people are worried about our world and environment and are taking initiative to do something about it. I was also surprised on how expensive this is all is, it is something that is beneficial to human life yet costs an enormous amount of money. It is sad to think that money could ultimately be a deciding factor between a healthy environment or a world with humans running out of recourses we cannot live without.