Research project

I want to do my research project on the depletion of drinkable water in our world. It almost seems like a joke because the idea that water, a natural resource that we for granted, can somehow ever run out. This paper that will not focus primarily on the problems of third world countries that have polluted water supplies and are unable to gain access to them. Instead, I will look at the effect of this issue in America.

This will probably end up becoming a discussion on the neglect of something that is essential to survival. The inability to recognize that the demand of 6 billion + humans to have clean, drinkable water will one day outweigh the supply of something that seems endless is something that I want to explore more readily. An interesting article, "Our Drinkable Water Supply is Vanishing" (http://www.alternet.org/environment/64948/), highlights the serious threat that is posed when we come to face the fact that we can't just make more. The paper will trouble-shoot some of the questions and attempt to provide pragmatic solutions that we all can do.

I also want to look at the increasing privatization and outsourcing of water to different businesses. Though, I would not like this to become an attack on capitalism itself, I would primarily like to see where and why the government thinks it's a good idea to put a dollar on sign on something that is a much more invaluable resource. It's also interesting to note that plenty of water we deem drinkable, we use to water our flowers, wash our cars, and in general, just wash down the gutter, literally.