November 11, 2013
1 Washington Sq,
San Jose, CA 95112
Mr. Nichols,
Water is one of the most important substances to living
beings and without it we cannot survive.
We can desalinate water to make it
safe for human consumption, we can create artificial irrigation canals, lakes
and reservoirs to feed crops.
The average person does not fully appreciate how
delicate this process is, and how much more work there needs to be done in
providing safe drinking water.
My name is Abraham Rodriguez and I have nearly four years of
writing experience.
I wrote for and managed my community college newspaper, the
Chabot Spectator and contributed to an automotive website called Hooniverse.
Following those experiences I interned at the Eastbay Express, a weekly
newspaper in Oakland where I had my contributions published. In Spring 2013 I
had a short story published in a small literary magazine.
I have experience
working with investigative long form stories.
Water in Silicon Valley is considered by some to actually be
heavy water, weighing a .016 parts per million rather than the standard .010.
My
feature story will look at how San Jose gets its water supply and the steps the
water authority here takes to makes it safe for consumption.
It will look at
how contamination from the gold rush era will continue to pollute natural water
reserves in our area.
It will talk about the quality of our water compared to
other immediate areas in the bay area, like Oakland and San Francisco, and why
in some places the water is a milky white.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Abraham Rodriguez
