Water Pros and Cons

I'm writing for my assignment to find out where my home water comes from. To find out where my water comes from, I went to the website “City of Corona” and from there to the water department and clicked a picture saying “want to know where your water comes from?” There were offers for tours with dates to find out how our Corona’s water is created. Our water comes from a trade Association of municipalites that help with recycling services. In the image above from Layperson's Guide to California Wastewater each letter stands for a step; A: Homeowner/Business Sewer lateral, B: Sewer Cleanout, C: Collectors, D:Trunk Sewers, E: Local Collection Pump Station, F: Interception and Pump Station and lastly, G: Wastewater Treatment Plant.

The International Bottled Water Association informs that, "The FDA regulations governing the safety and quality of bottled water must be as stringent as the EPA regulations which govern tap water." The website shows concern over the interest of the public with bottled water safety. The information on here acknowledges the controversy of bottled water versus tap water and claims that there are many myths including tap water being better regulated than bottled water.
 
United States Environmental Protection Agency stated that, "Primary standards protect public health by limiting the levels of contaminants in drinking water." Proving that tap water is carefully regulated these standards note of any contaminants in the S.

 

The two sources seem to be very well regulated now but after watching the trailer and preview of the film Tapped, it seems that bottled water has had a negative reputation for not running enough tests and avoiding the topic as well.

References:

"Bottled Water." Bottled Water. International Bottled Water Association, 2013. Web. 22 Oct. 2013.

"Facility Tours." DWP:. Ciy of Corona, 15 Oct. 2013. Web. 22 Oct. 2013.

Layperson. "California Wastewater." Abridged Ed. Water Education Foundaion, n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2013.

"Drinking Water Contaminants." Home. EPA, n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2013.

Earth Resources in a Day

①First I   woke up at 6 and watched recording of Toy Story with my son Jovanni then went back to sleep.
②Then, I woke up again at house of parents with black long sleeve and shorts.
③Next I took a shower with warm water and changed to gray long sleeve and blue jeans.
④Later I had coffee, water, sugar, milk and waffle with nestle syrup and change to gray shorts instead
⑤Later I microwaved chicken nuggets and ate some with ketchup
⑥Walked with stroller to library at 1pm on 6th street and bought 4 baby magazines. There, I did homework and printed a total of 5 pages
⑦got back to house and ate a vanilla ice cream cone and a guava fruit.
⑧took bus on 6th St. to RCC tech building
⑨took bus back on 6th St.
⑩Ate a cheeseburger from a Mcdonalds bag that was on the kitchen table
⑪Did some homework and watched TV
⑫Slept in parent’s home on bed

Food and drink:
Coffee, water, sugar, *milk* and waffle with nestle syrup
Housing and other buildings:
Parents house, Corona Public Library, RCC tech building
Transportation and roads:
Bus, Sixth Street, car 91 freeway back
Clothing:
Black long sleeve, shorts, gray long sleeve, dark blue jeans, dark gray shorts
School supplies:
Paper, folder, pen,
Personal care products:
Soap, shampoo, conditioner, lotion
Leisure acitivities:
Breathing oxygen, guava fruit

Milk is the item I chose to expand on because it makes for a lot of my daily resources. I have never thought to much into how milk I'd made besides cows and farms. So I googled milk process and eliminated the bad resources. This lead me to a website with information on how milk becomes the milk in our stores. After the milking in the farm, which is sometimes done by robots, the milk is first pasteurized by getting heated to kill bacteria. Then it is combined with creme and mixed thoroughly. When it is no longer useful to me it will go into my stomach fats because it is a want and not a need. This product makes me happy and sometimes sleepy. Other people like it or hate it completely. Milk is good for animals if they are babies and have no other alternative food. Alternatives that I can use instead is tea .

I was surprised to learn that milk is processed at such a high demand. I was also surprised to learn that milk is mixed with centre and then deteriorated again to make sim milk and sour cream. Most of what I ate on this day had some form of milk for example, ice cream.

How Sustainable is our Campus?

>Factors of Ecological and Economic Productivity<  

To determine how "green" our campus is I would assess what our student store is selling, what our clubs are about, and what our students are thinking. I would ask if or why our student store doesn't sell lunch waste friendly items. Instead of having such convenient wrappers and packaged meals there should be more options for lunch containers. Our clubs should all be involved in recycling as much as we can while we are on campus and I would ask our environmental clubs for some tips. Clubs are for sure the most involved students and spend a lot of time on campus which I think makes the most difference whether or not they are ecofriendly. I would ask students what they are thinking while they are on campus and if they would support it if our campus became more energy saving. For example, if they would be willing to donate old cellphones or buy organic items being sold.

>Another Campus Discussing the Issues<

Although we are discussing the issues at our campus within great clubs and inside fun science classrooms, a campus that has done extremely well with these three factors is the University of Colorado. The campus assesses the factors I stated of store items, club meetings, and students thoughts. They are doing this by having faculty use resources in the curriculum toward the goal of using environmental school supplies. Their motivation comes from the teachers interest in sustainability of their campus. This assessment is a collaboration of students, teachers and faculty management for informing the rest of the individuals at UC. The campus also offers multiple science degrees to inform students about their ecological impact.

>The First Factor<

My assessment plan for our student store would be to sell containers with less of an ecological footprint, like glass containers and variety of reusable shopping bags. I would talk to Arturo Alcaras from the human resource staff of RCC and ask what we can do about advertising reusable items sold at the bookstore and I would ask if we can assist the students with more options in the store. I would measure it by the amount of students that said would be interested in buying ecofriendly items. I would provide the labor of creating advertising films or graphic posters and post it on all directions of the campus. To do all of this I would get permission from someone from the board of trustees like Samuel Davis and would ask for a part on the school’s website to encourage support from everyone including management.