Citizens of the state of California are faced with many challenges that affect their everyday lives. “That includes deciding whether to use precious water hauled from the local fire stations for the ‘bird baths’ Mrs Gallegos says everyone now has instead of showers, or flushing the toilet” (Source 2). The drought in our economy has grown in …show more content…
“If you own property, you can dig and you can pump as much groundwater as you want”(source 3). If everyone used this than the quantities of water we have left would disappear. Another, problem with this thought is people are possibly stealing water from their neighbors, then the neighbors drill holes and find that there is no water. As farmers that drill wells have a good point, there is more flaws than positivity. As a result of all the evidence, there should be regulations on aquifers because of the environmental impacts of everyone drilling wells, and people running out of water. The ground is being emptied of groundwater, making pressure on the San Andreas fault line. Also people are going days without water. Going days without flushing the toilet, taking a shower, and washing clothes or dishes. At the rate we are losing water, we need regulations to stop people from taking advantage of the