Water is a basic human right. We need water to grow food and replenish our body. Why then does the California water crisis have only few worried? Like all natural resources, water is no exception to the “tragedy of the commons.” Survival is a basic human instinct, prompting us to maximize our personal consumption of resources like water, food, and land.
In the United States, the average person consumes 100 gallons of water per day, equivalent to a medium sized jacuzzi. We certainly aren’t drinking all of this water or solely using it to grow food in our backyard. More than half of the water used is for landscaping and construction.
There is no other industry that pollutes water more than construction, ranging from quiete suburban homes to high rise commercial buildings. Countless oil, debris, chemicals, and paints, enter the water supply and contaminate aquifers.
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