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Oil and Water. We transport oil tankers all around the world. We transport oil through pipelines from countries to country. Yet the thought of transporting water to areas of the world that have drought seems ridiculous? Without water we DIE. Water is our only way to live and yet we go for greed every time oil. Water management around the world should be a priority. No one should deny any country water. In Australia there were floods that washed away many homes and people. Those drains in the road should have many similar drains that drained away the water through a pipe to dry areas. Engineers who want to actually do something to maintain water around the world should come up with ideas to build reservoirs, man made lakes, holding tanks, and pipe line to the areas that flood to areas of drought. Why don’t we use shipping tanks full of water instead of oil and send water to the drought areas of the world? Please do not say it costs too much I drink water and not oil. Although some drinks have oil in them ugh! Think of all the oil tankers that have gone aground spilling oil ruining the environment killing fish and animals, then think what would happen if a tanker full of water ran aground, that would be a much better story, a water spill. Diverting floodwaters with floodgates. Floodgates were built down stream for the Thames river in London UK and made to increase in height when the water rises. of course it may not be enough today because of global warming. But it is an idea and an idea starts with just one thought! There are so many mind blowing people in the world who come up with many ingenious ways to make money where are those who could help all of us? Would it not be just as mind blowing to actually help the world? Three countries who are up and coming Brazil, India, and China, have had some terrible floods and drought, in order to save the people they should take a sip of water and think of ideas to help themselves and others. 1. Texas. This year, Texas has received less than half its normal rainfall: 6.53 inches instead of 16.03. Climatologists say this dry spell is the worst one-year drought since Texas began keeping rainfall records in 1895. 2. Australia. Australia’s 40 Year Drought Linked to Antarticas’s Heaviest Snowfall in 38,000 Years 3. Horn of Africa Drought .A cycle of severe droughts has led to a humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa (which includes Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Uganda). It is estimated that over 13 million people have been affected, many fleeing their homes and are now left with limited access to food, clean water and shelter. 4. India. India is facing its worst drought in nearly 40 years because of a once-in-a-generation shortfall in summer rains, a meteorologist said Wednesday, a shortage that threatens to stall the country’s recovery from the global economic downturn. 5. Spain. Barcelona is in the grip of a climate crisis on a scale never seen before in modern-day Europe. And now this parched city is being forced to import supplies from France. 6. United Kingdom. Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes amid severe flooding across England and Wales that is now believed to have claimed four lives. 7. England. Parts of England are officially in a drought following the dry spring, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has said areas of East Anglia are in drought, with parts of the Midlands, South West and South East in a "near-drought" state. 8. Bangladesh are usually associated with flooding, but for farmers in the northwest the problem at the moment is not too much water, but too little. Water security has become an incredibly important topic for many governments and environmentalists. Without water, there would be no life on Earth, and while there has been some efforts towards water conservation, world wide water shortage may happen sooner than anticipated. Based on various climate prediction centers, 2011 appears as though it will bring in severe droughts around the world. We need people who want to do something about this issue. Talking does not help if nothing is done. Education will help and hopefully engineers with the ideas will come along and save our water in ways we never thought of. Susan Oliver owner of A Fun Gift Shop
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