[Catalina Silvestre]

The water crisis in Dawu, China is very extreme.  As it states in the article, it seems that the people there are falling victim to cancer, which makes it an even more controversial issue. In addition, I suspect that this part of China also experiences a lack of properly irrigated crops, which can also cause food shortages in that particular region. Upon further research, I found that " 70 percent of China's rivers and lakes are currently contaminated and half of China's cities have ground water that is significantly polluted, which is a cause of concern.  

The idea of moving the rivers is clever.  However, China should consider borrowing the idea of the great Man Made River of Libya.  The system that was used to move in the direction to stop the water shortage in Libya which received great support and recognition and was deemed a successful venture.

If China plans on making this a success to assist the population of that region there ill also need to be new polices in place as the water shortage and pollution is a man made and natural water crisis.

I am interested in seeing if this will be a quick fix that doesn’t last or resolve the major issue or if this fix will be long lasting and accompanied by new regulations on water use that don’t counteract the workings of the water move.  

 

Interstingly enough, many regions go through water shortage at times.  I beleive that I will use this article to teach informational paragraph as the topic is relevant an relates to the real idea that Califonia is in and still remains in a water crisis.  thsi will provide me an opprotuinty to collaborate with the science teacher while teaching scientific concepts, writing, and real world issues.  

[Catalina Silvestre]

Greetings,

I'm Catalina Silvestre-Lewis and I am currently a middle school teacher in LAUSD.  I am currently teaching the English intervention course at my school site. I am very excited to be here participating in this course and hope to take knowledge back to my school site and collegaues.  I am a seeker of education as I have obtained my first masters in education and my second masters in educational administartion.  I will soon become a Trojan to obtain an Ed.D. Fight On!!!

 

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