Ohio
For strong government action
building plants which desalinate
the giant sequoias, the bears
birds and people salivate
It is California's wish
that desalinaters protect the fish.
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: water
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
There are desalination operations in India, China, Japan, Australia, Cyprus, Malta, Spain, Israel, Portugal, Greece, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, and altogether over 120 countries.
Nestle has attempted to privatize the world's water and markets the theft of the public's water under over 200 brand names around the world. Nestle broke a contract with the state of California as it continued to siphon water out of a Sacramento reservoir.
Neither the Republicans in Congress nor President
Obama have helped California save the giant sequoias, pines,
fruit and nut trees of California, nor shown leadership about desalination.
Ruth Poteet has raised the issue of the byproducts of desalination and their environmental impact.
California desalination legislation to protect fish who are sucked in and killed in many plants.
http: //www.sfgate.com/science/article/Tapping-the-ocean-for-drinking-water-State-lays-6247262.php
http: //www.paua.de/Impacts.htm
http: //cdn1.vtourist.com/19/7075319-My_dads_picture_from_the_back_Yosemite_National_Park.jpg? version=2
Israel has built the world's largest desalination plant
http: //www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/534996/megascale-desalination/
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