Article Title: Facing the Freshwater Crisis Author/Source: Peter Rogers A: List the major ideas, concepts or key

points- point by point - As demand for freshwater soars, planetary supplies are becoming unpredictable. Existing technologies could avert a global water crisis, but they must be implemented soon. - Global freshwater resources are threatened by rising demands from many quarters. Growing populations need ever more water for drinking, hygiene, sanitation, food production and industry. Climate change, meanwhile, is expected to contribute to droughts. - Policymakers need to figure out how to supply water without degrading the natural ecosystems that provide it. - Existing low-tech approaches can help prevent scarcity, as can ways to boost supplies, such as improved methods to desalinate water. - But governments at all levels need to start setting policies and making investments in infrastructure for water conservation now. - To a great extent, the technologies and policy tools required conserving existing freshwater and secure more of it are known. What is needed now is ACTION. - Virtual water is the amount of water that is used to produce food or another product and is thus essentially embedded in the item. A kilogram of wheat, for instance, takes about 1000 liters of water to make, so each kilogram contains that quantity. Export-trade shipments of wheat to an

arid country means that the inhabitants will not have to expend water on wheat, which eases pressure on local supplies. B: Summarize the AUTHORs main point or idea- at LEAST 1-2 paragraphs This article is about as demand for freshwater soars, planetary supplies are becoming unpredictable. Existing technologies could avert a global water crisis, but they must be implemented soon. - Global freshwater resources are threatened by rising demands from many quarters. Growing populations need ever more water for drinking, hygiene, sanitation, food production and industry. Climate change, meanwhile, is expected to contribute to droughts. Policymakers need to figure out how to supply water without degrading the natural ecosystems that provide it. Existing low-tech approaches can help prevent scarcity, as can ways to boost supplies, such as improved methods to desalinate water. But governments at all levels need to start setting policies and making investments in infrastructure for water conservation now. C: Write a reaction paragraph to the article stating your own thoughts on the topic, using specific citations from the article to support your views After reading this article, I believe that we, people in the world should take an action to conserve the freshwater now. Growing populations need ever more water for drinking, hygiene, sanitation, food production and industry. Climate change, meanwhile, is expected to contribute to droughts. Increase the price of water? Sound pretty not a good idea, but its actually helping us to conserve the water. As the price increase, there is less people wasting the water for those things that not necessary.

So What? Must take an action now Conserve the water Reduce population Because water cheap -> Lack of water What If? There was no more water in the world? -> Human and other living things would die. -> Desert

Says Who? Peter Rogers

What Does This Remind Me Of? Our forest Many people that overusing the forest lead to deforestation. So we should be conserve it as soon as possible.