Team 4: Water Is Life
Protect Clean Water. #WaterIsLife Water as a Human Right. Protect Water Ecosystems. No Drilling. No Fracking. Water Testing. Conservation. Stormwater. Greywater, etc.
“The High Seas Treaty establishes marine protected areas in these high seas which will help achieve the global goal of protecting 30% of the world's oceans - made at the UN biodiversity conference last year.”
Big oil poisoned the water, fish, people and land.
In 1972, President Nixon signed the Clean Water Act. It established a national commitment to protect the nation’s waters.
💧SDG #6 Goal: Ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation.
💧SDG #6.3 “By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials...“
💧”Wastewater generated by economic activities such as manufacturing industries may contain a variety of pollutants, including hazardous substances.”
💧”The focus on recycling, for example, recirculating water within an industry, and safe reuse, for example, using wastewater in agriculture, are complementary to the focus of SDG target 6.4 on reducing freshwater withdrawals and improving use efficiency.”
According to the UN:
💧1 in 4 health care facilities lacks basic water services
💧3 in 10 people lack access to safely managed drinking water services
💧Women and girls are responsible for water collection in 80% of households without access to water on premises.
💧Water scarcity affects more than 40% of the global population and is projected to rise.
💧2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services, such as toilets or latrines
💧Each day, nearly 1,000 children die due to preventable water and sanitation-related diarrheal diseases
💧Floods and other water-related disasters account for 70% of all deaths related to natural disasters.
Coal power plants are the #1 source of toxic water pollution in the US. 72% of all toxic water pollution comes from coal plants.
“…the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is failing to regulate and enforce limits required by the Clean Water Act on dangerous wastewater pollution from the nation’s oil refineries — waste that can contain hazardous chemicals linked to cancer, anemia, and immune and neurological effects, such as cyanide, mercury, selenium, and benzene.”
A Toxic Crisis In America’s Coal Country
Articles
Achieving the Human Right to Water in California
Arsenic in Some Bottled Water Brands at Unsafe Levels
Human Health and Ocean Pollution
Effects of Ocean Pollution on Marine Life
EWG's Tap Water Database
Grey Water Action
Buried Lead: How the EPA left Americans exposed to lead
issues and challenges for non-potable water in San Diego
Just One-Third of the World’s Longest Rivers Remain Free-Flowing
12 Reasons To Plant a Clover Lawn
Trouble in Farm Country: Ag Runoff Fouls Tap Water Across Rural America
Why Does My Water Taste Weird?
Water Report: National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA)
Check Water Quality
San Diego Beach Water Quality
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*Stop Fracking
*Stop Offshore Drilling
*Pipeline Dangers
*Standing Rock -Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)
