Health/ Disease Blog Entry Ten
Azrealle McClain
Sociology 202-01
November 5th 2009
11:54pm
Azrealle McClain
Sociology 202-01
November 5th 2009
11:54pm
Summary:
A drought in Caracas, Venezuela has become a major issue for its residents. On Monday the government has started rationing out water as a way to preserve the depleting resource. Unfortunately the water rationing is set to last through the first quarter of 2010, which the residents are very unpleased with. The Camatagua Reservoir supplies Caracas with almost half of its supply and with the downward trend it’s been setting since a few years ago, citizens are beginning to become discouraged. It is believed that because of the lack in preparation by the government, conditions are worse than expected. The only good thing from this is that hospitals are exempt from this mandate and will have a water supply 24/7.
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I can’t even begin to imagine what it would be like if our government simply cut off the water supply and I’d have to deal with it. Just imagining taking periodical showers depending when the mandate was lifted is crazy. I wouldn’t be able 2 wash my hands after using the restroom or clean my food. This is a perfect condition for disease to grow and fester. That means other measures have to be taken to keep infection rates the same. Yet in this article the government had no temporary solution for its people. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out and I hope for their sake the government comes up with a better plan than just to shut off the water.
Web Link: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/02/venezuela.water.rationing/index.html
3 comments:
This really makes you appreciate water. My boyfriend complains about how the water in the lake is low and he can't take his boat out. Imagine only having a certain amount of water a day to drink, bathe, etc.
A little over a year ago maybe when it had not rained at home in a while and the water in the reservoir was really low. They were strict about “wasting water” by watering yards and washing cars and things like that especially for the people in side of the city limits. But I cannot imagine really having to have water rationed out like that.
Water is one of the most needed thing we have on earth. It is apart of our daily lives and our body. To know that the amount of water you have has to be regulated is crazy. I'm sure it is difficult for both sides.
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