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Relating water issues to student’s lives and to local history and prehistory

Explore the origins of drinking water, its cleanliness, and the future of water supply in relation to student's lives and local history. Topics include New Orleans' water source from the Mississippi River, the impact of Hurricane Katrina, and the water challenges faced in El Paso, Texas. Gain a better understanding of water systems and their potential effects on daily life. Join METALS program to learn about hydrology in San Francisco, El Paso, Houston, and New Orleans.

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Relating water issues to student’s lives and to local history and prehistory

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  1. Relating water issues to student’s lives and to local history and prehistory

  2. Basic questions • Where does your drinking water come from? • How clean is your drinking water? • What is the future of your water supply? • What is the future of your home relative to water?

  3. New Orleans: • Drinking water comes from the Mississippi River

  4. New Orleans: • Drinking water comes from the Mississippi River • How clean can that be with all of the cities and farms, people, and factories that river has passed through?

  5. New Orleans: • Drinking water comes from the Mississippi River • How clean can that be with all of the cities and farms, people, and factories the river has passed through? • Everyone who can afford to, drinks bottled water • Most of the bottled water comes from springs ~25 miles north of New Orleans • Why do they have good drinking water when New Orleans does not?

  6. New Orleans: • Drinking water comes from the Mississippi River • In 2005, bottled water companies were negotiating with the city to buy the local tap water for bottling. Hurricane Katrina may have kept us all from drinking New Orleans tap water and paying a lot of money for it.

  7. New Orleans: • Drinking water comes from the Mississippi River • So, what should you be drinking and how can you find out if it is safe?

  8. New Orleans • Other topics of discussion regarding future and past concerns of the city • Possible (inevitable) shift of the Mississippi river away from New Orleans • Environmental effect of things like MRGO • Hurricanes and levee failures??? • Flooding from the River • Subsidence and coastal erosion

  9. El Paso, Texas • Drinking water comes from a combination of wells and the Rio Grande.

  10. El Paso, Texas • Drinking water comes from a combination of wells and the Rio Grande. • Located in the Chihuahuan Desert, water is in short supply from either source

  11. El Paso, Texas • Drinking water comes from a combination of wells and the Rio Grande river • Located in the Chihuahuan Desert, water is in short supply from either source • Rio Grande has been through a few cities, people, and farms. It is only ocassionally available • how much should you trust a water purification system that is only used occasionally?

  12. El Paso, Texas • Drinking water comes from a combination of wells and the Rio Grande. • Located in the Chihuahuan Desert, water is in short supply from either source • Wells are not expected to supply water beyond 2020 with the present rate of use.

  13. El Paso, Texas • Drinking water comes from a combination of wells and the Rio Grande river • Located in the Chihuahuan Desert, water is in short supply from either source • Wells are not expected to supply water beyond 2020 with the present rate of use. • ~100,000 more people will move to the city in the next 5 years because of the local military base.

  14. El Paso, Texas • Drinking water comes from a combination of wells and the Rio Grande • Located in the Chihuahuan Desert, water is in short supply from either source • Rio Grande has been through a few cities, people, and farms and often is not available • how much do you trust a water purification system that is only used occasionally? • Wells are not expected to supply water beyond 2020 with the present rate of use. • ~100,000 more people will move to the city in the next 5 years because of the local military base. • To meet the needs of this population boom, El Paso has just completed the world’s largest inland desalinization plant. • What do they do with the salt? • How long will the local salt water supply last? • What about Juarez and it’s water needs?

  15. What is the future of your land relative to nearby water sources? • Flooding • Drought • Climate/sea level Change • Population growth

  16. Message: Everyone needs to understand water systems and their possible effects on your life—so pay attention in class!

  17. METALS brings together students from San Francisco, El Paso, Houston, and New Orleans to learn more about hydrology.

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