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    Poverty and lack of access to clean water exist all over texas, whether we see it or not. It is much easier to supply families with clean water if they are accessible in urban areas. Funding would be much better applied to expanding water systems in cities.

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    Poverty and lack of access to clean water exist all over texas, whether we see it or not. It is much easier to supply families with clean water if they are accessible in urban areas. Funding would be much better applied to expanding water systems in cities.

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    BigQuestionEssay

    ShouldAustinconsiderlimitingthenumberofpeopleinwithinthecitylimitsgiventhatour
    resourcesarelimited?

    PovertyandlackofaccesstocleanwaterexistalloverTexas,whetherweseeitornot.
    Approximately23%ofpeoplelivinginruralareashavedealtwithdrinkingwater
    shortage(Tacoli).Preventingthemfrommovingintothecitywillonlymaketheproblemless
    visible,soweshouldnotpreventthesepeoplefrommigratingintoAustin.
    Itismucheasiertosupplyfamilieswithcleanwateriftheyareaccessibleinurbanareas.
    Simplepipesystemscandistributewaterindevelopedareas.Expensiveandinefficientpipes
    mustbebuiltandsustainedtosupplywatertocitizenslivingoutsideofcities.Mostlythese
    projectscantbeaffordedandpeoplelivinginruralareashavelittleaccesstowater,orthe
    waterisnotdrinkingquality.Manysuppliersarenotwillingtospendmoneyonservicesfor
    thesepeoplewhocouldeasilymovetocitieswheretheyhavealreadyimplemented
    infrastructureforthepurposeofservingmanymorepeoplethanwouldbeaffected
    elsewhere(UNDESA).Preventingthesepeoplefrommovingintocitieswillwastemoneytrying
    tosupplythemwithwateranddeprivehumansofthenaturalrighttowater.
    Anestimated96%ofpeoplelivinginurbanareasusedanimprovedwatersupply,andonly
    47%ofpeoplelivinginruralareashadanimprovedwatersupply(Zandaryaa).Fundingwould
    bemuchbetterappliedtoexpandingwatersystemsincitiestosuitthegrowingpopulation
    ratherthantryingtoquellit.Urbandwellershavethepurposeofsustainingthebeautyor
    privilegeoftheircityintheseattemptstokeepthepoorout,buttheywillhavelimitedaccessto
    waterwhethertheyseeitornot.Providingwaterfortheirchildrenwouldbeinfinitelyeasierin
    thecities.
    Thewaymanygovernmentstrytolimitimmigrationistolimittheprovisionofinfrastructureto
    illegalsettlements.Thesearereallyjustlowincomeareas(Patel).Allthatisachievedisan
    evenlowerstandardoflivingandlessbasicservicessuchaswaterforallpoorfamilies
    regardlessofwhethertheyaremigrants(Ambrosini).PovertywillalwaysexistinAustin,so
    deprivingthepoorofwaterwillonlyhurtmorehumanbeings,notpreserveourwayofliving.
    Theimplementationofalawprohibitinggovernmentspendingonservicessuchasdrinking
    watersupplyforimmigrantscosttaxpayersapproximately2million.Thefederalgovernment
    saves14centsinbenefitsforeveryhundreddollarsinadministrativecosts(Schmaltz).While
    somethinkthatkeepingthepoorawayfromcitieshelpstheeconomy,itisactuallybeneficialto
    provideforthem.Obviouslyitisnoteconomicallypracticaltoattempttolimitimmigrationin
    Austin.
    LimitingpeoplefrommigratingtoAustinwillonlycostusmoneyandtheconditionofourpoor.
    Althoughitislessapparent,theaccessofthepoortowaterismuchworseinruralareasthanin
    ourcities.Thefundingandeffortwemayhaveusedtowardslimitingpublicaccesstowater
    wouldbemorebeneficialifusedtoimproveurbanwatersystemstogiveaccesstoall.Wemust
    adapttothegrowingpopulationorsacrificethehumanrightswearemisguidedlytryingto
    preserve.

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    Population
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    www.austinchamber.com/siteselection/greateraustinprofile/population.php
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