by Sharron Moore

Created on: April 08, 2008

By simply watering our yards during the heat of the day, a silent war has already begun. Laws have started popping up in many areas in an effort to reach out to people who are unaware that there is a water shortage. Continuing to ignore the problem by simply leaving it for the following generations is sure to start a war in earnest. Water is necessary for our planet to survive and judging from the past few decades the situation is getting far worse than many want to believe. As we are reminded of High School Geology we know that rain water seeps down through layers used to strain water before it drains into the local aquifers. Naming a few layers would be silt, sand, and slate. The aquifer only gets water when it rains and passes through a series of steps that strain the impurities out before it ends up in the aquifer, so it can then be pumped up for consumption.

Farmers have quit "dry farming" in many areas due to the massive amount of work only to see their crops expire panting from thirst. A dry farmer depends on rain, and uses irrigation systems to send the water where it is needed. In dry counties water is as precious as oil. It isn't a matter of going to the faucet and turning on the water to many people. They have to hire water trucks to bring the water where it is needed. When you depend on water to be delivered by oil consuming equipment you become aware of the cost which is increased due to the fuel consumed. But where do the water trucks get their load? They buy it from areas that want to make a profit even if that means they too will be in dire straits with the same dilemma. This may not be now or even the next decade but if the rain can't keep the aquifer full the answer is the same. Water shortage. Even when people have wells on their property, they still must depend on a pump to bring it to the surface which again brings us to fuel consumption.

Even after we received more rain in February the water aquifer in Texas is low and due to low rainfall the past few years it still didn't return to the initial level. Judging from the past fifty years, in 2030 about 60% of the world will be used for those living in large cities. Most of us are aware that laws are in place to help us learn that when we water our yards during the peak of the day that much water is lost due to evaporation. This job is of vast importance now but far more for our grandchildren. Many people remember learning about droughts and then they experience flooding so they are tricked

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