Water Uses, Conservation, and Acts

Water Uses, Conservation, and Acts

Water Uses

Water is an essential requirement for domestic, agricultural, and industrial activities. For domestic purposes, water is necessary for cooking, bathing, brushing teeth, washing clothes and utensils, cleaning the house, and washing fruits and vegetables. Secondly, in the agricultural sector, water is used in gardening, irrigation, and fish farming. Finally, water is required in the cooling, processing, diluting, and washing stages during production in industries such as food processing companies.

Domestic Water Conservation

Due to water shortages, it is essential to adopt water conservation methods such as domestic water conservation. Domestic water conservation practices include repairing leaking bathrooms, using half-flush buttons in toilets, and using washing machines only when they are full. Additional techniques include taking a short time in the shower, installing low-flow shower systems, turning the tap off while brushing teeth, and minimizing garden watering practices. Additionally, promoting water-saving devices is a practice that facilitates water conservation. For example, installing rainwater tanks enhances water conservation and may even reduce water demand by approximately 80% (Moglia et al., 2018).

Water Acts

The Clean Water Act or the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is the principal governing pollution of the country’s surface waters. It consists of two major parts. The first part is the central provision that authorizes financial assistance by the government for the construction of municipal sewage treatment plants. The other part states the regulatory requirements that industries and municipalities should apply to release their discharges. Initially, it focused on regulating conventional pollutant discharges, but recently, controlling releases from toxic pollutants has also been part of the water quality programs (Copeland, 2016).

The Safe Drinking Water Act is the federal law for protecting public water sources from detrimental contaminants and was formerly enacted in 1974. It establishes the standards and requirements of treatment for public water sources. It also focuses on promoting the compliance capacity of public water systems, providing mechanical assistance to small water systems, controlling the discharge of fluids to the ground above or underground, financing infrastructure projects, and protecting drinking water sources (Tiemann, 2017).

References

Copeland, C. (2016). Clean Water Act: A Summary of the Law. Congressional Research Service. Retrieved 2 February 2022, from https://aquadoc.typepad.com/files/crs_cwa_18oct2016.pdf.

Moglia, M., Cook, S., & Tapsuwan, S. (2018). Promoting Water Conservation: Where to from here? Water, 10(11), 1510. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10111510

Tiemann, M. (2017). Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA): A Summary of the Act and Its Major Requirements. Congressional Research Service. Retrieved 2 February 2022, from https://documents.deq.utah.gov/water-quality/ground-water-protection/underground-injection-control/general/DWQ-2018-001025.pdf.

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Water Uses, Conservation, and Acts

Assessment Description
Provide an example of water use and describe some examples of domestic water conservation. Define the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act (make sure to include in-text citations and references).