“Water is the most crucial resource in our lives and that of our children. The health of our waters is the main measure of how well we love the earth. (Luna Leopold) Can you imagine life without water? Would the earth be as dry as the desert? Could you survive without it? Is water important? Is it a need or a want? There are many reasonable explanations to answer these questions. However, as I explore environmental issues in my home region, I want to focus on water uses. Many people use water recklessly and do not know how and when to protect our water. Every day we use water for many purposes, such as drinking, showering, washing cars, doing laundry, and many uses that we don't see, but are important to our lives. According to the National Atlas of the United States, they said: “We use water every day – for drinking, for watering our lawns and gardens, for recreation, and for many uses we don't necessarily see but which are essential to our lives. Large quantities of water are used to generate electricity and to cool power generation equipment. The water is used for irrigation, aquaculture, and many industrial processes and commercial uses. Our nation's ground and surface waters are vitally important to our daily lives. In other words, they believe that water is the main source of our daily lives economically, socially and environmentally. We use large amounts of water in homes, businesses, industries, and agriculture in the United States. We need to think about our uses of water and learn how to conserve it. Why should you conserve water? Conserving water is important when there is a drought and water crisis with this climate change without any rain...... middle of paper ......caused by bacteria, viruses and waterborne parasites (protozoa and helminths) related disease transmitting agents, also called vectors or intermediate hosts. Furthermore, “drainage canals or drainage water treatment and disposal facilities are often misused for washing, drinking and uncontrolled disposal of human excreta or other wastes by social groups the poorest and therefore the most vulnerable. In this way, drainage water contributes to the transmission of diseases. (Chapter 7) I find this source to be very positive with an excellent report and research that has proven their point of view on the cause of health problems related to drainage. This article contains a lot of information that you can question about the causes of our health problems and whether we should do anything about it. I assume all their reports can be linked to people who contributed to having health problems..