Texas should pass strict water
conservation laws. It is as simple as that. Why is it so hard to get this accepted
by everyone? Rhetorical question, don’t answer that. I for one am extremely accepting
of cutting water anywhere we possibly can. I can definitely take shorter
showers, wash clothes when it is absolutely necessary and I can use paper
plates instead of regular ones so I won’t have to run the dishwasher as much.
Though I suppose that’s what a lot
of people will be okay with, right? I guess the bigger thing is watering our
yard and more importantly, watering our crops and land where our meat is. State
Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples has a lot to say. He feels that the waste
that “farmers” are using, are not what they seem. “Blaming agriculture is hog
wash…Modern agriculture has been doing more with less for decades… Agriculture
may be a convenient target for accusations of wasteful water usage but it’s
actually more efficient than ever, and its impressive return-on-investment
provides our country with a reliable, domestic food supply.”
What are we going to do? We need
our food but we also need to preserve our water source. Water Development Board
report in 2011 found that the water being used in the farmland water decreased
the amount of water used by about 14 percent. Whoa! Now that is an improvement especially
stating the fact that the Texan population has increased significantly within
the past decades.
In short, water conservation is definitely
important but maintaining healthy livestock (that requires substantial water)
is important too. I mean what else are we going to eat, meat from Maryland?
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