HOME          CATEGORIES          OUR TAKE

Americans are getting better at water conservation

America has shown that it can change its environmental behavior.  A report issued in October 2009 by the US Geological Survey indicates that America now uses less water than it did in 1980, when water usage peaked.  The reduction seems attributable to increased awareness that water is a scarce resource, which has led western states especially to seek conservation measures in homes, fields, factories, and utilities.  About 80% of the more than 400 billion gallons of water used daily in the U.S. go to generate electricity or to irrigate fields.  It is encouraging that as water supplies dwindle due to global warming, American industry, agriculture, and even the general public, have taken steps to conserve water.


Comment on this article

ClimateYou moderates comments to facilitate an informed, substantive, civil conversation. Abusive, profane, self-promotional, misleading, incoherent or off-topic comments will be rejected. Moderators are staffed during regular business hours (New York time) and can only accept comments written in English.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

SHARE THIS ARTICLE


More Posts Like This

CITY TECH BLOG

Student Leaders Key to Climate Change by City Tech Blogger Grzegorz Chrzan

Climate change is a major issue and concern as of today. One of the key aspects of climate change is climate change education. Therefore, students who are in higher education could be key factors in slowing down climate change. Students could be lead advocates for climate change reform

CITY TECH BLOG

How We Help to Slow, Stop or Solve Climate Change by a City Tech Blogger

If everyone could stop in a minute to acknowledge the harms we are causing on our planet, what would earth look like in the next 10 years or is it too late?  To quote George Bernard Shaw: “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their