
Conserving Water in Southern California
Water conservation has been a debated topic over recent history, and the need for such action becomes necessary in contemporary crises.
The Worry at Hand
Concerns rise over the growing prominence of water crises as more is used/needs to be conserved to quell local and environmental concerns such as wildfires and droughts. Furthermore, drinking water rises as an adversity in many regions and alleviating the pressure on the water supply can help allocate more resources towards purification and agriculture.
Drought levels and wildfire spread in southern California.
Drinking water sources at risk in Southern California.
Combating Water Shortage
To combat this concerning trend of increasing water scarcity, home-based actions are helpful in an environmental settings.
Infographic on ten different methods to conserve water.
These actions are greatly vital in managing household finances and well-being as well. In my community of Oceanside, our water use to greatly reduced by technology and everyday practices such as minimizing use of water-heavy tools such as hoses and ensuring idle water outputs are not running. These factors greatly reduce our community use and allows us to have minimal water bills.
Graph of three-person household comparison between my family, average Oceanside family, and average Californian.
Running hose (can use up to hundreds of gallons if unattended or overused in gardening/cleaning)
Running faucet (idle water use and running leaks can increase water expenditure in great amounts)
Internship Experience
trubel.co Workshops
These lessons and activities greatly enhanced my aptitude in interpreting and reading maps as well as editing in ArcGIS. Topics such as the potentially misleading nature of color and shapes as well as data ranges to represent different factors permeates in my decision-making when analyzing graphs and data representations.
Energy Coalition Internship
This experience has been a great blessing although my hefty schedule allowed slow-crawling progress. Nevertheless, the check-ins and workload expanded my horizons on graphical analysis and data as well as overall bringing my attention towards energy/electricity usage and water conservation. These topics greatly influence my life today as I've instantiated many methods in my household such as turning off all lights and utilities when inactive.