Harun KianiPeriod 6

San Diego Approves $3.5B Recycled Water ProjectBy: Gene CubbisonNovember 18, 2014 NBC NewsA. I selected this article because it shows how humans are finding ways to reuse a limited resource, especially in areas of drought.

B. As a result to the drought in California, San Diego is making a giant leap to a long term water supply. With a 9-0 vote in city council approving such action, waste water will be recycled into purified drinking water. Experts say that the water from such treatment will exceed the current water quality, while meeting a third of the city's basic needs. According to Matt O'Malley, a water scientist, addressing the opposition, But really, what people have to realize is that every source of water they have is recycled many times over. What we're just doing is maximizing that recycling here locally. But critics say that it will rise housing costs and that the city hasn't explored other options enough.

C.Conservation- preservation, protection, or restoration of the natural environment, natural ecosystems, vegetation, and wildlife. Drought- a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water resulting from this. Recycle- convert (waste) into reusable material.

D.I. The research in this article is important because now areas that have drought can reuse their water instead of having to find new water sources.

III. This article connects to what I am learning in this course because we learned about limited resources and we also learned how humans have various conservation techniques.

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