"Sharing one's skin" jeanette armstrong.

jeanette armstrong article " sharing one's skin"....

shares some good points and the meaning behind sharing one's skin is about learning about a other person culture and what their identity means to them and how they used their identity within the community. For example from the reading and from my notes I got a good example: Sanity, self, place: from that section I got " Community, surroundings, time, explain, Okanagan view of healthy whole person." " I do not speak for my people, but my knowledge comes from okanagan." what this means to me is that we should be thankful for where we came from and let people know were proud to be where were from and let them know about our traditions and culture and learn to like where they came from. The picture on the bottom is a picture of me and my two sisters, the reason why I chose this photo was because at home I'm really connected to my culture and proud to be where I came from and proud to be me and proud that I grew up learning my culture and my traditions which I'm passing down to my sisters and so we won't lose our traditions and culture and keep passing down the traditions and make sure we don't lose our special place in this world and were we came from.

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Effects on Human Health
If drinking water contains unsafe levels of contaminants, it can cause health effects, such as gastrointestinal illnesses, nervous system or reproductive effects, and chronic diseases such as cancer. Factors that can influence whether a contaminant will lead to health effects include the type of contaminant, its concentration in the water, individual susceptibility, the amount of water consumed, and the duration of exposure.
Health effects of consuming water with disease-causing microbes. Most life-threatening waterborne diseases caused by microbes (such as typhoid fever or cholera) are rare in the United States today. The more common illnesses caused by viruses, bacteria, and parasites can result in stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, fever, and kidney failure. Infectious diseases such as hepatitis can also occur. Hepatitis may be severe in people with weakened immune systems (e.g., infants and the elderly) and sometimes fatal in people with severely compromised immune systems (e.g., cancer and AIDS patients).

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Surface water (rivers, lakes, and streams) in New Mexico originates as rain or melting snow, but over 95% of that water evaporates or is transpired by plants.Most of New Mexico’s fresh water is stored as groundwater in aquifers or confining layers below the land surface, where it occupies small open spaces between sand or gravel and small fractures in the rock.

When I first read this part of the article I thought to myself, wow my mind is blown, by this information and how it can show that we don’t have a water issue here in new mexico.

Laws & Regulations:

The primary law governing public water systems is the federal SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA). This law was first passed in 1974 and amended in 1986 and 1996.

NMED has primacy for SDWA which means it has the authority to implement and enforce the primary SDWA regulations.

The basic authority for water quality management in New Mexico is provided through the State Water Quality Act which establishes the Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC). The WQCC is the state water pollution control agency for purposes of the Federal Clean Water and portions of the Safe Drinking Water Acts. The Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) is responsible for rules relating to water supply and capacity development.

Drinking Water Systems:

nking Water Act (SDWA) and state drinking water regulations.

System Owners & Operators – All Public Water Systems (PWS) must be operated by a certified operator in accordance with the New Mexico Utility Operator Certification Act . NMED and other organizations offer many opportunities for board and operator training.

Capacity Development – Capacity is a water system’s ability to operate effectively and maintain compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act and other regulatory requirements over the long term. NMED assists and trains water systems to enhance their capacity.

Water Reuse Systems – New Mexico’s dry climate and persistent drought conditions create the need to use water and wisely and efficiently as possible. Reuse of highly treated wastewater is one way to maximize water use in water-vulnerable communities. NMED is working with New Mexico communities to develop such reuse systems based on technology proven in other parts of the country and around the world.

Source Water Protection:

NMED protects drinking water systems and customers’ health by identifying and managing actual or potential sources of contamination to the drinking water supply. Preventing contamination is much less expensive and easier than cleaning up a contaminated source or finding a new source.

NMED provides technical and planning assistance to community water systems to develop and strengthen Source Water Protection Plans.

Contaminants:

The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) regulates over 90 separate contaminants and sets the MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL (MCL) for each. A MCL is the maximum concentration of a contaminant that is allowable in a public water supply without the system being in violation of SDWA. The MCL concentration is selected by the EPA as a level below which is considered safe for consumption over a long period of time.

SDWA Contaminants are often divided into 2 categories: Microbiological and Chemical.Chemical contaminants are often broken down into several categories: VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC), SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMICALS (SOC), RADIONUCLIDES and Inorganic Chemicals (IOC). Some of the most problematic chemical contaminants in New Mexico are ARSENIC, URANIUM, NITRATE and FLUORIDE.MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTAMINANTS consist of various bacteria, viruses and protozoa. The most common microbiological contaminant is bacteria which can be introduced into a water system at almost any point.

LEAD & COPPER are two contaminants that generally are not found in source water, but may be introduced into a water system due to the piping in a home or in distribution and due to the corrosively of the water.

For more information go to: NMED Drinking Water Bureau

Ground Water

New Mexico’s ground water resources are of vital importance in sustaining life and must be preserved and protected for both present and future generations.

Approximately 78% of New Mexicans depend on ground water for drinking water. 81% of New Mexicans are served by public systems with water derived from ground water sources and over 170,000 New Mexicans depend on private wells for drinking water.

Ground water makes up nearly half of the total water annually withdrawn for all uses in New Mexico, including agriculture and industry, and is the only practicable source of water in many areas of the state.

Adequate supplies of uncontaminated groundwater are crucial not only to the health of our families but also for the continued growth of agricultural production and cutting-edge industries in New Mexico. Learn more @ NM BGMR or USGS

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