https://padlet.com/20schwimmerh/Hunter 25: shrinking water source en-us 2016-04-15 18:42:38 UTC 2016-04-21 17:08:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/smiley.jpg 20schwimmerh https://padlet.com/20schwimmerh/Hunter/wish/106087638 2016-04-15 18:43:48 UTC https://padlet.com/20schwimmerh/Hunter/wish/106087638 20schwimmerh https://padlet.com/20schwimmerh/Hunter/wish/106610476
In 1960 Moynaq was a fishing town it was surrounded by the Aral sea, But all of that changed today it's now surrounded by dust the nearest water is 90 miles away the reason they lost the water was because the misuse of very little water.

]]> 2016-04-19 17:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/20schwimmerh/Hunter/wish/106610476 20schwimmerh https://padlet.com/20schwimmerh/Hunter/wish/106618076 farmers needed a good area to plant cotton so they decided to farm it in the desert they provided water by making dams by the rivers surrounding it they used large amounts of pesticide and fertilizer to increase production ]]> 2016-04-19 18:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/20schwimmerh/Hunter/wish/106618076 20schwimmerh https://padlet.com/20schwimmerh/Hunter/wish/106622364 in 2001 visitors from moynaq saw rusting boats and scattered across the deserts showing that once was all water and that people would use to fish there the shrinking of aral sea destroyed the fishing industry now the sea is so salty vary few organisms can live there. No water lead to many people losing there job and now there's a lot of jobless people there ]]> 2016-04-19 18:28:31 UTC https://padlet.com/20schwimmerh/Hunter/wish/106622364 20schwimmerh https://padlet.com/20schwimmerh/Hunter/wish/106625432 The Aral sea is to salty to drink so people turn to rivers and groundwater to get safe water many people have got sick from drinking sea water because how salty it is, Air pollution also poses a problem to the population's health they have dust storms that carry toxic chemicals that can lead to cancer and deadly lung disease ]]> 2016-04-19 18:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/20schwimmerh/Hunter/wish/106625432 20schwimmerh https://padlet.com/20schwimmerh/Hunter/wish/106850533 Areas with a lot of farmers have water stress (low on water) because they use a lot of water on their animals and also there crops also areas with a lot of rain aren't in as much water stress because they can use the rainwater unlike really dry areas, so areas that are dry or have a lot of farms with no water around are more likely to have water stress. the best solution to this problem is for farmers to have mares where it rains alot and not where its really dry, Another solution is far people to just use less water when you shower or other stuff like that also fixing a dripping faucet can save 3000 galons a day
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How bad the situation is over there

How our world is using up our water at an unhealthy rate

How can we fix this issue

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