Combating Lead Contaminated Water Through Policy Action
Every time a faucet is turned on in your home, water rushes through a network of unseen pipes, driven by pressure so you can use it to...
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The California Water Board’s Legislative Response to Microplastic Contamination
Microplastics are commonly defined as any plastic fragment less than 5 mm in length. They originate from numerous sources: they’re...
The California Drought on Groundwater
What exactly is groundwater? Like the name suggests, groundwater is found in cracks of soil, sand and rock in the Earth, comprising...
Drought-related Cholera Outbreaks in Africa
Throughout its history, Africa has seen several periods of prolonged and extreme droughts across the continent that, along with...
The Effects of the Cotton Industry on the Water Supply
“Cotton is the most widespread profitable non-food crop in the world.” (1) The plant is found in nearly every article of clothing, from...
The Californian Delta Smelt Controversy
The delta smelt is a little three-inch silvery blue fish that lives in the San Francisco Bay and the San Joaquin Delta, and its declining...
Hurricane Ida and the Water Supply
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30, and it’s already been a rough one: 12 named storms, including fierce...
Kiribati's Sinking Islands (And How Some Policies Might Help)
Kiribati is an island country made up of a chain of 33 islands in Oceania (the central Pacific Ocean). Though picturesquely beautiful and...
Day Zero: A Citywide Water Apocalypse
Day Zero–the term coined for the date when a city runs out of water. All taps connected to homes and businesses are shut off. Each...
The Great Salt Lake Is Drying Up, and It’s A Big Problem
Do you know what the biggest salt lake in the western hemisphere is? It’s the Great Salt Lake, located in northwestern Utah....
The Sacrifice For A Pretty Lawn
If you have a lawn in your backyard, you know that maintaining a perfectly uniform and green field of grass is incredibly hard. If you...
Nestle Versus San Bernardino: A Fight for Water Rights
By Kyle Tianshi, Grade 10 The San Bernardino National Forest is one of nature’s finest miracles–a lustrous unpolluted sky over 800,000...
Tentative Findings on the Effects of COVID-19 on the Environment
By Emma Li, Grade 12 At this point, “the coronavirus” is probably the most famous household name of them all. Emerging in a series of...
On Recycling and Polar Bears
By Ryan Zhao, Grade 7 Imagine landfills piling up with trash and animals going extinct. The cause of this would in part be because we...
An Introduction to Osmosis, Reverse Osmosis, and Water Filtration Systems
By Samhita Pokkunuri, Grade 8 By the title, I presume you think that this blog has something to do with osmosis, reverse osmosis, and...
What Does Water Pollution Have To Do With Gender-Bending Fish?
By Sidor Clare, Grade 9 Water pollution is created when damaging substances, usually microorganisms or chemicals, enter and contaminate...
5 Innovations That Help Conserve Water
By Samhita Pokkunuri, Grade 8 Have you ever considered what happens to the world around you when you forget to turn off the sink or spend...
Does Meat Meet Our Water Conservation Standards?
By Zoe Xu, Grade 11 Enter a McDonald’s anywhere in America and you can buy a cheeseburger for a dollar. Americans eat approximately 0.6...
Water Isn't Permanent: The Fast Fashion Industry's Impact
By Ryan Zhao, Grade 7 In this world, not many things are permanent, and water definitely isn’t one of them. With our current water...
Water Pollution 101
By Grace Sun, Grade 10 “Water is essential to all of us living on Earth, whether we’re plants, animals, or humans.” This is said so often...
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