New York City spends millions a year to maintain some of the highest quality tap water in the world–without filtering. Yet, some reports indicate this trend may be coming to an end.
What is bottled water? Where does it come from? And why do so many people pay for it when you can get it for free?
Over the next 20 years, New York will pour millions of dollars into upgrading its water infrastructure. Our student reporters explain the importance of this upgrade.
"If you want to clean up the river, you need to close the chemical plants and stop throwing the garbage. Then the goverment can offer the water to this river again."
The rope of the bucket got longer and longer, which they used to get the water from the wells. Everyday the well became dirtier and dirtier.
Dozens of people fished in the lake. Then Honghu Park Service set up "No Fishing" warning signs, but people still fished anyway.
"This year, sunshine, fertile soil, enough water, we will have a good harvest!" Then he smiled like a sun.
My mother needed to fetch water over 200 meters away in the well and she needed to take the wash-water to water the flowers. She also used well water for drinking and cooking.
“Water pollution is a grave problem in the world. We have an eye on the water pollution, and we have to protect it.”
The river became blacker and blacker each day, and people who lived close to the river could smell some stink, and they left too.
The water failed to meet drinking water standards and people got nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, and other symptoms. Then people dug wells to survive.
"I was afraid to imagine the water that runs on the river," says my father. My father's name is Bin Li. He is 42 years old.
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