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Columbine High School, South Pierce Street, Littleton, CO, USA

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Columbine High School, South Pierce Street, Littleton, CO, USA

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Columbine High School, South Pierce Street, Littleton, CO, USA

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Environmental

Summary: The Delta was once a lush and green environment where birds and other animals would live. The delta has changed due to salinity levels and a loss of sediment in the river. Two endangered animals were hunted because their meat and eggs were loved by the people in the area. A wheat-like grass was thought to be extinct because the water had gone but right as some water was brought back to the area it had grown back.

Analysis: The animals and plants in the area couldn't survive and had all died or had been hunted and couldn't keep reproducing because they had nothing to feed on. People thought that some of the plants had gone extinct because they had not gotten water and had been over harvested but had grown back after water was brought back. Water is the main key for life and without it organisms can't live.

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Morelos Dam, Calle Sexta, Vicente Guerrero, Ciudad Morelos, Baja California, Mexico

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Morelos Dam, Calle Sexta, Vicente Guerrero, Ciudad Morelos, Baja California, Mexico

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Morelos Dam, Calle Sexta, Vicente Guerrero, Ciudad Morelos, Baja California, Mexico

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Environmental

Summary: The Colorado River hasn't seen the river delta for years and has created a dead barren landscape that isn't suitable for living. People are starting to flow more water into the river so the water can touch the sea again and bring back life to the area. Gabriella Olimón said that the water flow would bring back some birds to the area. The flow only requires 1% of the Colorado's normal usage to start to reform the Delta and bring back the thriving landscape that was once there.

Analysis: Bringing back water to the area would bring back life like the things that used to live there. People making dams and using all the river water caused the Delta to dry up and become what it is now. It doesn't even take that much water to bring it back, just a couple of small flows will be enough.

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Political

Summary: Southern California is growing super fast so people need to start conserving their water. The Government started passing laws and hiring people called "Drought Busters" to slow down the use of water in Southern California and has already decreased the use by 10 percent. They do things like pass out hoses or shower heads that help with saving water or write citations for leaky pipes that aren't fixed within a couple of days. Waiters aren't allowed to pass out water until the customers ask for it. People say that this needs to be their "way of life" if their cities are going to grow by 300,000 people a year.

Analysis: The Government has to take these actions to save the Colorado and also to stop wasting thousands of dollars and gallons of water just because some people want to make their house look nice even though the Government has better stuff to spend it on. Now people almost like police officers patrol the city and make sure that you aren't using too much water for dumb purposes. As the population gets bigger the rules will get more strict so people aren't drying up the Colorado river and all of its tributaries like how the river hasn't touched the delta for years.

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Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Maricopa-Stanfield, AZ, USA

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Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Maricopa-Stanfield, AZ, USA

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Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Maricopa-Stanfield, AZ, USA

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Political

Summary: The US government is pumping 1.5 million acre feet of water into Tucson which has been stated as "the ultimate in desert stupidity" and mostly being used for farms. These farms grow cotton, grains, alfalfa, and even fish but require an insane amount of water to grow them. The amount of water they have received has allowed them to make an amazing community in the Ak-Chin Indian reservation. The water had helped bring unemployment rates of 38% gone down to 4% in only two years.

Analysis: The Government had to supply Tucson with way too much water and ended up benefitting places that weren't part of the original plan. Since more people had started getting jobs, the Government can have more tax payers to pay for things like pumping trillions of gallons of water from the Colorado river to growing cities.

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Social

Summary: Saint George, Utah is a fast growing city in the middle of a desert. Since it is developing and growing so rapidly people are moving there and some of the main buying points is nice green grass, but the problem is since they live in the desert and it is super dry they have to use a lot of water to make their landscaping look nice. They have one very influential reservoir in the area but has lost most of its water because of how much and how fast people are using it. They think if they connect a pipeline from the already thirsty lake powell to their reservoir it will fix their issues. A lot of people think that the new town needs to grow and a lot of people think that it needs to stop because it will cause many issues in the future.

Analysis: All of the houses in Saint George use a lot of water to make their homes look nice but don't realize the problem at hand. Their reservoir has gotten down to 40% of the lakes normal state because they don't realize how much water they are using. Eventually these people might have to start using xeriscaping to cut down the water use in the already thirsty desert just like people that live in Las Vegas. There are multiple golf courses in the Saint George area which is another main factor of the water usage in the area. People will eventually have to move out because there wont be enough water in the area to support everyone and the prices of water will be at an all time high for not just Saint George but also for other states that need the Colorado river to support their cities.

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Social

Summary: The Navajo don't get running water and they either have to get it themselves or someone like Darline takes it to them in her bright yellow tanker truck. Some people are trying to help them get running water and add a well that will be able to pump water into their homes so they don't have to worry about not having water. The well needs 5000 dollars to be made and will most likely be funded by donations. Some people conserve their water so much that they use the same water to wash each other's hair.

Analysis: People living on this reservation do not have fresh running water; because of this they are forced to find ways to save water. Families have to reuse water for things like cleaning their hair. To avoid washing dishes, people often use single plasticware that they throw away when they are done. People on the reservation spend a lot of time thinking about how to use and conserve how they use their limited water supply which affects how they make daily decisions.

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Economic

Summary: Mines in Silverton Colorado once profited from the "hardrock" under the mountains. Eventually the mines were abandoned after the mining companies no longer made any money from the mines. Now these old mines are leaking into rivers and they are being polluted with dangerous metals that are harming aquatic life and at least nine states.

Analysis: Trying to clean out the rivers by the government would require a substantial amount of tax increase on the citizens especially people living in areas living by the polluted rivers. The rivers have to be treated more than normally to be cleaned for humans to drink so the treatment plants need more equipment to clean the water better which can be expensive.

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Economic

Summary: The Salton Sea was formed by a river bed destroyed by the Colorado river and filled the desert full of water. Many people decided to move there or make it a tourist attraction, and it was for almost a century. Then the more and more farming irrigation ruined the lake. The lake now is super salty, has shores full of dead fish and chemicals in the dust that harm people.

Analysis: Those who are trying to save the lake have estimated it will cost 90 billion dollars; Elon Musk doesn't even have that much money. People are losing their jobs, because tourists are no longer visiting the area. This is also impacting the government of california because their budget is shrinking. Many people have had to move away from this area to find new jobs or to improve their health. Healthcare is needed to support the people being affected the dust.