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a)I believe that a single person shouldn’t have rights to water. It’s a natural resource. Just because a underground river passes under your property doesn’t mean its yours. Yes it is traveling through your property but how does that alone make it a item you can possess. If everyone decided to lay claim to water that flows naturally under their property, people who cannot pay for water suffer from dehydration. There would eventually be a shortage of water because of people being greedy and hording as much water as possible for money. Lakes, rivers, streams, and all of the outlets these underwater rivers fill into would dry up, leaving animals without water to survive. Other possible solutions for getting water is collecting rainfall and filtering it into acceptable drinking standards. Rain is a natural occurrence so it would be a steady income of water, but because its natural no one should be able to claim it just as no one should claim water under their property. Florida has much more water under its surface and even above it so the chance of it happening here is slim, but still possible
b)
Shower – 13 minutes - ~2 gallons a minute = 26 gallons
Toilet Flush – 3 times- ~1.6 gallons = 4.8 gallons
Dishwasher – 1 time-~11 gallons = 11 gallons
Washing Machine – 1 time-~44 gallons = 44 gallons
Hand Washing, Shaving etc...- ~2 gallons
Drinking – 5 drinks-~2.5 cups each = .7 gallons
Total = 88.5 gallons
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