Dear Kearny HS Students: We Are Out Of Water

California is going through a drought that seems like it'll never end. The drought has only been noticed recently, but it's been going on for much longer than you might have thought. The drought has been going on for longer than 20 years, and only now are we feeling the effects that we should have prevented years ago. We have lost so much water that we only have enough water for everyone for one more year. There won't be enough water for even half the population in San Diego though there are ways that people have come up with to limit water use, in order to conserve. There would be restrictions on water use that would be punished by a fine of up to $500 if you don't listen to the restrictions and waste more water than necessary. These restrictions would regulate water use, restricting the times that you can hand-wash cars and water your lawn. There are some always in effect, such as the rule that you can't hose down a sidewalk with water to clean it. These aren't all of the restrictions, though. There are restrictions that even affect the rich that control companies with buildings that have water circulating through them. They would be required to fix any leak in their water pipes' system immediately otherwise there will be a large fine they'd have to pay. We may be too late in taking action against this drought, but we are doing our best to deal with what we have and fix what we can.


A picture showing where we're at in the drought
sdcwa.org

a picture of dry, cracked earth lacking water.
Countrynewscenter.com