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Introduction
Oceans cover up to seventy percent of earth’s surface and are considered to be the largest place for various species to sustain. With the growing population and industrial development, oceans are being made a place for dumping wastes such as oil spills, plastics and garbage etc. Garbage patch in Pacific Ocean has added a lot in the worry of environmentalists who are studying how garbage particularly plastic in ocean is going to be the next global issue. California is struggling to fulfill public need for clean water. Water issue in California is getting worst as water banks ended up by getting out of hands of California and are going into the hands of private company. These private companies are promoting bottled water whereas state of California is facing drought conditions that bare getting worse with time and artificial means are being used. Utilization of plastic bottles for bottled water that are not degradable is the real threat for oceans that has become an issue for the Pacific Ocean and all this situation is adding problems for people who are living in drought-ridden California.
Discussion
In California, The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is getting filled with waste material. According to the experts, by 2050 there would be as much plastic as there are fish in Pacific Ocean and it is a real threat that must be taken seriously that is disturbing the marine ecosystem. Not only plastic is polluting the garbage patch but also there are found almost all other items that are used daily. According to Marcus Ericson who is environmental scientist and is studying so that a solution could be found for coping with this issue of garbage that is being dumped in Pacific Ocean as accumulation of plastic in gyre has become a global issue (Gibbs,et,al,2019). Great Pacific garbage patch has grabbed attention of the world. The whole life cycle of plastic is dangerous and garbage patch is accumulated with plastic. Scientists are making choices that would replace plastic with other materials that would be not damaging for the oceans.
California is facing another threatening issue as clean water become rare because of drought. It has been seen that water bottles that are transported all over the United States are promoted by those bottled water brands that are in California (Lebreton,et,al,2018). Not only these bottled water brands are consuming the tap water but also companies like Coca-Cola also use 1.63 liters of water in each bottle of beverage (Moyle,et,al,2018). According to the Pacific Institute, for producing one liter of bottled water three liters of water is used. This fact cannot be denied that both these issues that California is facing (Garbage patch and bottled water) are linked with each other. People using bottled water dumps these bottles and never bothered where these bottles go.
It is quite interesting to note that California is drought-ridden area but leading brands of bottled water i.e. Dasani, Nestle and Aquafina have their plants in California where they simply treat tap that one could have at his/her home (Pierce,et,al,2019). Man always thinks about his own benefit first no matter how much others are going to suffer, the same thing has been witnessed in California as these bottled water companies are taking out water and supplying to the whole United States from the area (California) that needs it the most. Private companies are making a profit but people who really want clean water are not even getting water (Nover,et,al,2019). Authorities are trying their best to cope with this challenge but if private companies would cooperate with government, this issue could be resolved more effectively.
Production of bottled water is not in the favor of California as it is already facing shortage of clean drinking water and people of California are not getting clean water to drink even when companies are extracting and transporting all the water from that area. The hardest part is that natives of California are forced to buy the bottled water at even double price that is being treated in their own areas. They are forced to buy their own thing from private companies. According to Beverage Marketing Corporation, in 2006 there were 31.2 billion liters of water that was sold at schools, homes and offices. People after using this bottled water never think that where these plastic bottles go after they use it. There is a need for energy and oil for making and destroying these plastic bottles but most threatening fact is that these bottles are found in the garbage patch of Pacific Ocean. There would be plastic in garbage patch thrice then the water and this prediction is horrifying for the environmentalists.
Conclusion
Taking in account all the facts and figures that are presented by the experts and researchers, it won’t be wrong to say that state of California must take some action for providing clear water to the natives and if necessary, restrictions should be put against private companies of bottled water. People in drought ridden, California are hardly having clean water and authorities are planting artificial water reservoirs like canals, banks etc. for providing them water. As far as garbage patch in California, is considered, this fact cannot be denied that there is need to take serious steps for controlling this issue that would become a global issue if things are going to go the same way they are now. One of the most important things that have been witnessed is that scientists are trying to make alternative items that are going to replace plastic as it cannot be degraded. Plastic cannot be destroyed easily so scientists are paying attention to making other items that would not be much damaging for the oceans.
Work Cited:
Gibbs, Susan E., et al. "Cetacean sightings within the Great Pacific Garbage Patch." Marine Biodiversity (2019): 1-7.
Lebreton, L., et al. "Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic." Scientific reports 8.1 (2018): 4666.
Moyle, Peter B., James A. Hobbs, and John R. Durand. "Delta Smelt and water politics in California." Fisheries 43.1 (2018): 42-50.
Nover, D. M., et al. "Does More Storage Give California More Water?." JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association (2019).
Pierce, Gregory, and Larry Lai. "Toward a comprehensive explanatory model of reliance on alternatives to the tap: evidence from California's retail water stores." Journal of Water and Health (2019).
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