elc 501 article analysis - water foot prints

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Water Foot Prints In the article adapted from National Geographic Magazine, the author talked about how water is being used carelessly and that we should do our best to use water more effectively. The author first explains how water demands are going to increase along with the advancement of society. The statement from the author is too general, stating that cities and industries will demand more water. The author does not take account that with urbanisation, water recycling systems will generally be better. Producing biofuels will place even more pressure on dwindling water supplies has no valid support to the claim. It is the intention of the author to make it seem that the efforts of preserving the environment are futile. The author then gives a grim outlook of the future as a result of the author’s previous examples of increasing water usage by stating that there will not be enough water for producers to grow enough food and sustain a healthy environment. The author begins paragraph four by stating a reasonable opinion that the only solution of preventing water shortage is to learn how to live with less water by making much better use of what we have. The author then makes two contrasting sentences to draw attention from readers. Following that, the author gives examples of farmers in Nepal, India and sub- Saharan Africa using new and old techniques of growing crops.

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Page 1: ELC 501 Article Analysis - Water Foot Prints

Water Foot Prints

In the article adapted from National Geographic Magazine, the author talked about

how water is being used carelessly and that we should do our best to use water more

effectively.

The author first explains how water demands are going to increase along with the

advancement of society. The statement from the author is too general, stating that cities and

industries will demand more water. The author does not take account that with urbanisation,

water recycling systems will generally be better.

Producing biofuels will place even more pressure on dwindling water supplies has no

valid support to the claim. It is the intention of the author to make it seem that the efforts of

preserving the environment are futile. The author then gives a grim outlook of the future as a

result of the author’s previous examples of increasing water usage by stating that there will

not be enough water for producers to grow enough food and sustain a healthy environment.

The author begins paragraph four by stating a reasonable opinion that the only

solution of preventing water shortage is to learn how to live with less water by making much

better use of what we have. The author then makes two contrasting sentences to draw

attention from readers. Following that, the author gives examples of farmers in Nepal, India

and sub-Saharan Africa using new and old techniques of growing crops.

Paragraph five begins with another positive example of farmers having good water

management. However, the author does not give specifics to the author’s examples by only

stating that sales of pumps have skyrocketed in Asia. The number of sales and which part of

Asia are not stated. Another example of positive water management is given by the example

of farming communities being organised into associations for better irrigation management.

The author then breaks the positive tone by bringing up that change is not happening fast

enough.

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The main idea for paragraph six is despite water being available in nature, many

farmers routinely lack enough water to produce food to feed their families. This paragraph

presents an example of deductive reasoning as the author provides all the instances after

stating his main idea such as farmers are more conservative with water as all the benefits of

water flow to cities and many countries do not invest enough in water to enable poor rural

communities to grow more food.

In paragraph seven, the author danced around positive and negative tones. The author

begins by stating how sub-Saharan Africa has considerably less annual per capita water

storage compared to the US and Australia without giving proper credibility. The author then

gives the readers hope by informing them of the International Water Management Institute

which is helping resource-poor farmers in opportunities for low-cost water investment.

Following that, the author’s tone immediately turns bleak as the author explain how we have

ruined natural water systems and implies that we don’t really know how things really are.

A sense of frustration is seen in paragraph eight as the author blames institutions that

govern water of not addressing issues of continual increase of water usage. The author then

raises a good question of what will happen to the climate with new water problems. More

investment in obtaining data and knowledge on water resources can help us understand more

in regard to water problems but the author claims there is a lack of it. The author ends the

paragraph by tackling the issue of our habits of wasting food as it indirectly affects waste of

water since water is needed to grow food.

The final paragraph is filled with the author’s tone of urgency as the author shares

ways of lessening water foot prints which include establishing policies, investing in better

water management, and investing in the infrastructure and knowledge systems needed to

manage complex water systems. The final sentence urges the readers to consider the water

implications of our lifestyles and the water foot print we are leaving behind in the effort to

reach out to the reader’s guilt.

Page 3: ELC 501 Article Analysis - Water Foot Prints

In summary, the author first explains the increase of water demands and judging that

in the future, there will be not enough water for producers to grow enough food and sustain a

healthy environment. The author gives his own reasonable opinion that the only solution of

preventing water shortage is to learn how to live with less water by making much better use

of what we have. The author also blames institutions that govern water of not addressing

issues of continual increase of water usage. In the end however, the author shares ways of

lessening water foot prints. The author basically provides all the information with lack of

support. Therefore, the flaws in his reasoning are inevitable.