Look and you will see an OUTLINE!
Narrowed down the scope and water conservation is what I got. I went to an event that told me
all about how water is a dwindling resource and climate change does not help matters.
While important and useful information it did not grab my attention as something to study. Everyone else in the room was already highly invested in water resources; I was the lone coyote desperately trying to make sense of the presentation. I don’t want to study water in the context of only the scientific world. Instead I want to look at the interaction the scientific world has with the rest of the population. Water conservation allows me to this. Learning how to garden more efficiently when it comes to water use, or buying the latest toilet that saves water are realistic changes that a person can take. Exploring the different options for conserving water and looking at the organization Partners 4 Water are going to be the base point of my project.
I feel that water conservation is a double edged sword. People may not see that water is depleting. Therefore, I am researching rainfall, precipitation, and water levels in the Northwest over the last ten years to show why water conservation is important.
Local versus governmental. I am going to focus mostly on what individuals can do about water. Although, any big pieces of legislation on water rights I plan to outline as well.
By the research I have already done I can tell that the outcome is going to be positive. Attempts to conserve water is not something new but with the current surge water awareness there are more inventions and ideas than ever to help solve the problem.
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I love the water use idea. Since many people have no idea how much water they're actually using, it might be nice to start a campaign within your own building/house (or a building a friend of yours lives in) that suggests changes people can make--filling a sink with water to wash dishes instead of wetting and rinsing each dish individually, handwashing dishes instead of using a dishwasher, etc--to save water. You could maybe offer a reward if the building meets a water reduction target (ie saving 10 gallons of water per person over the course of two weeks, or something) that might make people more likely to actually try out some of the water reduction techniques.