Ingrid K.
888 Lily Pad Lane
Waterville, MN 56812
April 27, 2009
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar
302 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-2304
RE: Support for Bill S. 624.
Dear Senator Klobuchar,
I highly recommend you to support bill S.624, which would provide 100,000,000 people with first time access to safe drinking water and sanitation on a sustainable basis by 2015 by improving the capacity of the United States Government to fully implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005.
This bill would foster global cooperation on research and technology development, including regional partnerships among water experts to address safe drinking water, sanitation, water resource management and other water-related issues. It would also establish regional and cross-border cooperative activities between scientists and specialists that work to share technologies and best practices, mitigate shared water challenges, foster international cooperation, and defuse cross-border tensions. It would also provide grants through the United States Agency for International Development to foster the development, dissemination, and increased and consistent use of low cost and sustainable technologies, such as household water treatment, hand washing stations, and latrines, for providing safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene that are suitable for use in high priority countries, particularly in places with limited resources.
Every year more than 5 million human beings die from illnesses linked to unsafe drinking water. Having access to safe water would decrease the rates of disease, such as malaria and tuberculosis. I hope that you decide to vote "yes" to bill S.624 that will provide safe water to those that are in dying need of it.
Thank you for your time Senator Amy Klobuchar.
Sincerely,
Ingrid K.
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Ingrid,
ReplyDeleteYour post looks great! I think your topic is really an important one for sure. It's really important that you added that last statistic about 5,000,000 deaths each year due to your topic. It really strengthens your concern. Good job!
Ingrid-
ReplyDeleteI never knew that every year more than 5 million human beings die from illnesses linked to unsafe drinking water! This is definitely an important issue that needs to be payed attention to. Good job!
Good letter Ingrid! Very convincing...and very important issue! I am convinced!!
ReplyDeleteIngrid- Good job with this letter. I liked how you had statistics throughout and not just in one paragraph. I found your wording to be very influential! --S
ReplyDeleteGreat topic ing... it is a perfect tie in to the water prioritization issues that we talked about in class. I felt that your letter was very well written and that you made your points clearly, reinforcing the idea with the great stat about amount of people dying !
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