Read the article "California Water Wars Reach a New Level of Crazy" Do you think river water should be allowed to reach the Pacific Ocean? Who is right: the farmers or the environmentalists? Use evidence from the text to support your response. Please respond to at least 2 other student entries.
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#ben#WHAT!!!!:):):):):):)
1/13/2015 06:36:27 am
I agree that the farmers should get more water because they are usually the ones who grow the food for markets and for people. If they didn't have enough water, they wouldn't be able to grow OUR food. This would be even worse than the drought! NO FOOD!! Anyone who is agreeing on the idea of giving the water to the Pacific is probably crazy. They are forgetting about our food. Remember that!
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Wolfvoelker6789
1/13/2015 06:48:12 am
Yea Ben, I don't want to starve I want to live! We need water but we don't want to use to much!
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Natasha
1/13/2015 08:02:42 am
Yes, but we also have other food. Like chocolate. Mmm... chocolate.
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VIOLET (giszmo)
1/13/2015 08:18:28 am
Yes ,i do think river water should flow into the ocean .I think that river water should flow through the ocean because if a river doesn't flow though any thing like a un-man made pond , then it will end up evaporating and sone that river will be gone,unless it flows though pipes. If all the rivers were gone then the ocean may go to. I think that the farmers are right .Any ways how are fish so important.Humans can live without meat ,but animals can't so even if the farmers us a little bit more water environmentalists get their fish and farmers get there crops.Some places get to much water so of course the fish will not die but the plants will i know because some plants need a lot of water.
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Ashley
1/13/2015 09:20:46 am
I agree with you Ben but we have a lot of other food to eat with out farm produce. Like juice and crackers.
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Jay!!!!!
1/13/2015 10:40:09 am
I agree with you Ben because something that is worse than the drought is no food!
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Charlotte.
1/13/2015 10:52:46 am
Benicio, you should probably read Arlon's comment, because it gives a really good point to release some of the river's water. If they didn't release water, then the tide of the ocean would force into the rivers, and if that happened, then the farmers wouldn't be able to grow any crops with all of that salt water!!! that would only make the plants and crops worse! If we were to starve, we'd probably starve because of them NOT releasing water than because of them doing it .Plus, they wouldn't put all of the fresh water into the ocean. they'd probably just put in a 4th of the water.
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alex
1/13/2015 12:18:31 pm
But if the farmers got more water some salt water could pour and the rivers might get salty. If Anything farmers should only get a little more water
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Cara
1/13/2015 01:07:21 pm
I agree Ben, but we have fish from the ocean and lots of other food.
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Wolfvoelker6789
1/13/2015 06:44:32 am
I think that water is becoming a large problem everywhere, but I think that the balance of the water is the most important. If the balance is destroyed life will suffer every living thing needs water to live, so I think about 65 percent of the river's water should be given to humans and animals and the rest can flow back into the sea.
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Minerva
1/13/2015 07:15:15 am
I agree, Wolf. The river should still be able to flow to the ocean, but people should be able to use its water. But I think that the fish should be relocated because if people take water out of the river, the fish will suffer.
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Justine
1/13/2015 08:40:26 am
I disagree with you because if the freshwater meets with the ocean, the freshwater is just being wasted.
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Wolfvoelker6789
5/12/2015 09:32:53 am
I disagree with ye Jay. If less water was to flow into the sea as usual then that could disrupt natraul cycles.
Aidan
3/8/2015 07:05:48 am
I agree with you Wolf because the river would still flow to the ocean and every living thing NEEDS WATER TO SURVIVE!!!
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If the farmers get water, they can grow the food for us to live on. On the other hand, the fish in the rivers should live. But fish can always be relocated. I think that the environmentalists should do a big project where they pick up the fish in big tanks and move them into the ocean. For those fish who cannot tolerate salt water, they can be moved to smaller rivers that people do not get water out of. Taking water out of the rivers is not a crime, and it is not wasting water. The water goes to a good purpose, watering crops to feed people. I think that the farmers should be able to take water out of the river as long as they don't make the river run out of water. And, the rivers should still be able to flow into the ocean.
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Natasha
1/13/2015 08:04:56 am
I agree with you, Minerva. The farmers need some more water!
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Justine
1/13/2015 08:38:05 am
I agree with you because the fish from the rivers don't have to live in a certain river, just as long as it's freshwater.
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Connie
1/13/2015 09:48:07 am
I agree with you, Minerva. Relocating the fish that live in fresh water is a great idea! Both wildlife and people/farmers need water to survive.
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Natasha
1/13/2015 07:59:04 am
I think that river water should be allowed to reach the Pacific Ocean because if we didn't, then we would only have salty water. I think that the farmers and the environmentalists do have points, so I think that they should split the water.
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Minerva
1/13/2015 08:13:47 am
True, Natasha they both have good points. But the fish will run out of water if the farmers take their water. So the fish should be relocated.
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Tommy
1/13/2015 08:06:58 am
Both the farmers and environmentalists have a good point. The farmers are saying there water is being robbed but if the environmentalists stop the water from flowing there would be to much salt water an desalting it will still give us less water. I think the farmers are correct because we need water for our crops and without water we would have no food then prices would go even higher.
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brian
1/13/2015 08:13:22 am
I th ink the farmers are right about they should get the water because we need a lot of food because there is a lot of people in California and people are counting on the farms.
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Ashley
1/13/2015 09:17:48 am
True, but think about the balance in the world. They should both have water. Half and half.
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Sofia
1/13/2015 09:51:25 am
I agree with your Ashley because we would. Not Lise a food source with half and half.
$Cara$
1/13/2015 08:23:58 am
I think that the water should be able to flow into the Pacific ocean because the water will become salty and the water will flow into the delta. That would spoil the water for people, farms, and wildlife. If many fish die from spoiled water, there will not be enough food for the bigger fish like the sharks. However, I think that the farms should also get water from the river because we need food to survive. Also, if the farmers don't get enough water, they won't have many fruits and vegtables brought into the markets. That could cause the markets that sell fruits and vegtables to close down because they don't have enough products to sell to people. I think they should both get an equal amount of water so they don't have to fight.
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Arlon
1/13/2015 09:27:13 am
I agree with you Cara because if they didn't,the water will spoil for everybody including the water for the farmers.
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Jay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1/13/2015 10:44:06 am
I don't agree with you Cara because the water will turn salty then it will spoil the food it will not be healthy to eat it!
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Cara
1/13/2015 01:01:52 pm
Jay, that's what I wrote!
Cara
1/13/2015 01:05:30 pm
I didn't really type it right but i meant that if the fresh water doesn't flow into the Pacific ocean, the spoiled water will flow into delta and give spoiled water to the people, farms, and wildlife.
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Justine
1/13/2015 08:35:55 am
I think that they should not let the river flow into the Pacific Ocean because all of the river water would turn into salt water. There is no point in it. Also, the fish that can only survive in freshwater could die if they swam into the ocean, so it is also dangerous. I agree with the farmers, but they should only take enough for the crops and for the people who live there.
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Arlon
1/13/2015 09:24:09 am
I think they should because in the text it said that the water will spoil if they didn't let in the ocean.
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Charlotte.
1/13/2015 11:11:25 am
I don't exactly agree. there IS a point to the wildlife people releasing the fresh water into the ocean. both rivers, are flowing the opposite direction of the ocean, so the rivers have no force against the ocean when it comes in. the salt water would just flow along with it. So, they release water into the ocean to put force against the ocean tide. The prompt was extremely confusing. I had to go up one level to understand that part. It had a little more information about the whole..."releasing the water into the ocean."part. See you tomorrow!!!
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Ashley
1/13/2015 09:15:11 am
I think the river water should go only half of the whole river to the Pacific Ocean because I want the water to be shared equally. Instead of choosing to agree with someone, I think the water should be shared equally. The fish and the ocean have half of the water and the farmers and their crops have half of the water from the river. Even though the fish can be relocated I want to have balance in the world. Which means the fish and the ocean has to share the water from the river with the farmers and their crops.
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Connie
1/13/2015 09:51:09 am
You're right. The fresh water should be divided equally. And balance is important in the world.
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charlotte
1/13/2015 10:23:42 am
Ashley, I don't really agree that the water of the two lakes should be 50% given to the Pacific ocean, because the reason that the wildlife people are putting the fresh water into the salt watered Pacific ocean, isn't because the fish and the all of the ocean life need the fresh water, but because the tide of the two rivers is flowing the opposite direction/away from the ocean, there for, the ocean tide would have no problem at all, getting into the fresh water rivers, so, the wildlife people are putting water into the ocean to block water from getting in. But I don't think that they need half of the river to block off the tide. Maybe they should just use rocks!!!
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alex
1/13/2015 12:23:59 pm
I agree with you Ashley, there should only be about half of the water flowing to the pacific ocean.
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Arlon
1/13/2015 09:22:29 am
I think that they should let water into the ocean because if they don't,it will become salty for everybody and not even the farmers can use it and like it said in the article "The fresh water from rivers must flow into the Pacific Ocean.Otherwise,saltwater will flow into the area.It would make the water salty.Salty water will spoil the water for people,farms, and wildlife."That is why I think they shouldn't let water flow into the ocean or else it will spoil all the main freshwater.
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Charlotte
1/13/2015 10:33:33 am
Arlon, that comment was amazing!!! I didn't even think about the fact that not even the farmers can use the water after the salt water gets in. That gives another reason why the wildlife people need to let out the water into the Pacific ocean, so that salt water doesn't get in. I agree very much.
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Leilah
1/13/2015 09:23:46 am
I think that our farmers should get more water because farmers need water to grow crops so we could eat .people who think they should get less water are also agreeing we should get less food
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Connie
1/13/2015 09:41:43 am
I think the farmers should have fresh water to grow crops, because without food or crops we can't live. But, river water should be able to flow into the ocean water, too. We don't want salt water to flow into the area. In the passage, it was written, "The question is: How much water should flow into the ocean and how much should be used for farms and drinking water?" Since the wildlife and farming are both important, a solution could be that wildlife and farmers could get an equal amount of fresh water. The farming is just as crucial as wildlife. In the text, the author wrote, "We're just trying to protect our home and life,' she wrote. She'd like to save both the fish and farms."
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Sofia⚾️
1/13/2015 09:49:16 am
I agree with both the farmers and the environmentalists because the farmers need water to grow crops. Crops are food and if the farmers don't get water, we will lose a big source of food. I agree with the environmentalists because we need to save the fish. If the fish die off the food chain will get ruined because sea animals are one of the sources of food we use also. I agree with both sides. Humans would lose a source of food either way so that is why I agree with both sides.
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Nola
1/13/2015 11:52:13 am
I agree with you Sofia the farmers need to grow crops to eat but we're in a SERIOUS drought here!!!!!!!!!
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Charlotte
1/13/2015 10:09:51 am
I get that the wildlife people need to release fresh water into the Pacific ocean because of the direction of the water that is flowing in the San Juaquin and Sacramento rivers, but I also understand why the farmers, and also, just the people living in California needing water, want to lessen the amount of water that they put in the Pacific ocean. The wildlife people want to save all of the fresh water animals, but the farmers want to grow their crops, tor all of the Californians that need ripe and healthy food. To tell you the truth, I don't know whose side to pick, but then again, I don't think I would know, because I live in a part of California that is a little more anti-drought, because I live closer to the Coastal areas, like Venus beach, and all those beaches, lakes, and rivers. Where as people that live in the mountains or near California deserts,suffer a little more, because of fires, and the small amount of beaches, lakes, (etc) that are near. I think that they should just try to find a way to even it out. Just like the woman in the article, I want to hove both the farmers, AND the wildlife, to have an advantage.
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1/13/2015 10:19:22 am
I agree with both the environmentalists and the farmers because the farmers need to grow us crops to eat, but we need to keep our sea life. Farmers have a job, and it is working in a farm. The farmers work in farms so that we have fresh produce to eat. But we cant give all of the water to the farmers, because the ocean needs some too. If the ocean does not get some the water the ocean water will become too salty and our sea life will slowly die off. We want to keep our sea life so it can keep growing, and growing. We also want to keep our farms and farmers so they can harvest the food we see at markets. The point is that both the farmers and the ocean need the water.
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Nola
1/13/2015 11:48:23 am
I agree because we want our sea life but we also want food to eat!!!!!!
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Sasha
1/13/2015 01:12:27 pm
I agree with you because the sea life does need their water and the farmers need the water to grow crops
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Ryan
1/13/2015 11:21:00 pm
I agree with out water the sea creatures will slowly die off
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Jay!!!!!
1/13/2015 10:36:14 am
I do not think river water should be allowed into the Pacific Ocean because we already have a lot of sea water and it is causing to make fresh water into salt water. I think farmers are right because they need to grow food so that we can eat because with out food humanity can die! Farmers grow food the markets buy the food and the market sells it to the people of the country.
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Charlotte
1/13/2015 11:18:36 am
the point of releasing the river water into the ocean isn't because the ocean doesn't have enough water.
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JORDEN JORDEN JORDEN
1/13/2015 10:39:01 am
I think that the water control people should consider on sharing the water equally so both farms and the sea can have an equal amount of water.The storms that have came up(3)have been a great progress to our water supply.3 mil. Acres of water is a lot but the sea would get just enough.Fighting and not agreeing shouldn't be how we do things,we should consider splitting the water so each the sea and farmers can get water.Plus the major storms we've had have been helpful so there will be extra water to give to farms and sea.
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Gael
1/13/2015 11:06:49 am
I think the farmers should get the water because they mostly use the water for our crops for our fruits and vegetables also some meat for us to not starve
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Aidan
3/8/2015 07:07:56 am
I agree with you gael because Farmers need the water to help us survive.
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Celeste
1/13/2015 11:40:59 am
I think that farmers should have more water because we eat the food that they grow. Either that or 50 50. Yah the fish are protected but whose life is more important, your life or a fish's? Your's, right( if you don't agree then you can say so)! I think that river water shouldn't go to the Pacific.
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Nola
1/13/2015 11:45:12 am
I agree with both farmers and environmentalists. I agree partially with the farmers because they need water to grow crops, which they sell at our local markets, and then we bye them. But we're still in a very BAD drought, which is not only bad for the plant environment, but it can kill fish from the sea, that has desalination machines in their habitat ,and it can hurt migrating birds, that are taking a rest in a near by lake/river. I agree partially with the environmentalists because, yes the drought is awfully bad but we can still conserve water while still using it. Two ways you can conserve water is that, we can only water lawns once a week or when washing dishes only run the water on a little bit or turn the water off when your putting it away.
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Sarah
1/13/2015 11:53:01 am
I also agree with environmentalists and farmers.
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Sasha
1/13/2015 01:10:56 pm
I partly agree with you because I think the farmers should have gotten most of the water
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*sarah*
1/13/2015 11:50:10 am
I think that the river should be allowed to reach the Pacific Ocean. If the Ocean flows into the river, it will kill the fish and wildlife. The Newsela said," Wildlife groups, though, say farmers are getting too much water. They worry the rivers will salt up. Then the fish and wildlife will suffer." I agree with both environmentalists and farmers, but I agree more with farmers. The only thing is that I agree with environmentalists when they said, " Farmers are getting too much water." The farmers should use and take the water need, not what they want.
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alex
1/13/2015 12:13:50 pm
Yes, but water should only go half way to the pacific ocean. This is because we need water in Sacremento and states near it but we also need water pouring out into the ocean so salt won't go into the river.The people (mostly farmers) can have the same amout as the ocean life such as fish or squids get. If people don't decide to split it halfway, I Think the people in or around sacremento should get a little more water because farmers need water to grow strong and healthy crops.
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julian selby
1/13/2015 12:34:41 pm
i think the water should not reach the pacific ocean. i think the environmentalists are correct when they said that farmers are getting to much water, because think about it, don't farmers have giant fields just for growing crops? all the farmers across california may be the main reason. but i also think farmers should get that crazy amount of water because almost all of our food comes from crops farmers grow.
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Sasha
1/13/2015 01:09:01 pm
I suggest that famers get about 75% of the water and the pacific ocean gets 25%. Think about it if??? Farmers need fresh water to grow their plants and the pacific ocean has already enough water. It isss the ocean!!! Farmers desperately need to water their crops daily. So, imagine how many gallons of water one single farm needs. We are going to eat those crops once their ripe. We want to keep our plants healthy and fresh. There are hundreds of farmers ever where in our world. Most of them are are very poor. How would they find the water to do this job??/ so why don't we stand up.
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Gavin
1/13/2015 01:22:10 pm
I think farmers should get more water and food because the farmers are the people that help grow the corns,apples and other foods to help the world survive and they are the people who work mostly everyday to help the earth be healthy eating.Also I think kinda that farmers deserve more water than some other because maybe farmers are working harder in my opinion.
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Jacob
1/13/2015 01:54:25 pm
I think the farmers should not get the water because if they use too much water it will kill the fish and the farmers should think about the water animal that lives in the ocean and use less water. I agree with the farmer too because if they don't grow crop and fruit and vegi we won't even get to eat that much fruit. I think the farmer sould get 25% of water and the pacific get about 75% of water and if we use all the water the fish would die so i don't really agree on the farmer.
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Lesly
1/13/2015 01:57:06 pm
I think that the farmers are right because if they don't get water then who will give us all of our veggies? Then who will give us our fruits? If the farmers don't get water then we won't be able to get our food! Also we won't be able to get our milk because if the farmer can't feed the cows the cows will die and then there will be no more milk and we need milk.So that is why the farmers need the water so they can grow their crops.
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Ryan
1/13/2015 11:20:16 pm
No I do not think that river water should come to the ocean because water needs to be balanced. I also agree w/ the environmentalist and farmers because we need food and they produce it. But the environmentalist are right, the farmers can't have all the water because the ocean needs the water for other animals to survive.
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AIdan
3/8/2015 05:35:55 am
Yes, I do think that water should go to the ocean to balance it out because water will just keep on going through out river. Rivers do flow. The water cycle is that rain or snow melts/comes down and then it helps create to water cycle.
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Aidan
3/8/2015 05:36:53 am
I agree with the enviromentalists.
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